Single-Molecule Analysis Reveals the Kinetics and Physiological Relevance of MutL-ssDNA Binding
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- Title
- Single-Molecule Analysis Reveals the Kinetics and Physiological Relevance of MutL-ssDNA Binding
- Authors
- Park, J; Jeon, Y; In, D; Fishel, R; Ban, C; Lee, JB
- Date Issued
- 2010-11-12
- Publisher
- PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
- Abstract
- DNA binding by MutL homologs (MLH/PMS) during mismatch repair (MMR) has been considered based on biochemical and genetic studies. Bulk studies with MutL and its yeast homologs Mlh1-Pms1 have suggested an integral role for a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) binding activity during MMR. We have developed single-molecule Forster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) and a single-molecule DNA flow-extension assays to examine MutL interaction with ssDNA in real time. The smFRET assay allowed us to observe MutL-ssDNA association and dissociation. We determined that MutL-ssDNA binding required ATP and was the greatest at ionic strength below 25 mM (K(D) = 29 nM) while it dramatically decreases above 100 mM (K(D)>2 mM). Single-molecule DNA flow-extension analysis suggests that multiple MutL proteins may bind ssDNA at low ionic strength but this activity does not enhance stability at elevated ionic strengths. These studies are consistent with the conclusion that a stable MutL-ssDNA interaction is unlikely to occur at physiological salt eliminating a number of MMR models. However, the activity may infer some related dynamic DNA transaction process during MMR.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/25283
- DOI
- 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0015496
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- PLOS ONE, vol. 5, no. 11, 2010-11-12
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