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西亚试剂:Direct imaging of human Rad51 nucleoprotein dynamics on ind

发布时间:2025-06-18

Direct imaging of human Rad51 nucleoprotein dynamics on individual DNA molecules

Jovencio Hilarioab, Ichiro Amitaniab, Ronald J. Baskinb and Stephen C. Kowalczykowskiab1

aDepartments of aMicrobiology and
bMolecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8665

Abstract

Rad51 protein (Rad51) is central to recombinational repair of double-strand DNA breaks. It polymerizes onto DNA and promotes strand exchange between homologous chromosomes. We visualized the real-time assembly and disassembly of human Rad51 nucleoprotein filaments on double-stranded DNA by single-molecule fluorescence microscopy. Rad51 assembly extends the DNA by ≈65%. Nucleoprotein filament formation occurs via rapid nucleation followed by growth from these nuclei. Growth does not continue indefinitely, however, and nucleoprotein filaments terminate when ≈2 μm in length. The dependence of nascent filament formation on Rad51 concentration suggests that 2–3 Rad51 monomers are involved in nucleation. Rad51 nucleoprotein filaments are stable and remain extended when ATP hydrolysis is prevented; however, when permitted, filaments decrease in length as a result of conversion to ADP-bound nucleoprotein complexes and partial protein dissociation. Dissociation of Rad51 from dsDNA is slow and incomplete, thereby rationalizing the need for other proteins that facilitate disassembly.

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