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The role of the human SWI5-MEI5 complex in homologous recombination repair.


ABSTRACT: The Swi5-Mei5 complex and its homologues are involved in specialized recombination pathways in budding and fission yeasts. Although the fission yeast homologue Swi5-Sfr1 is critical for homologous recombination repair, the budding yeast counterpart Sae3-Mei5 is meiosis-specific, interacts with Dmc1, and promotes assembly of Dmc1 on meiotic chromosomes. Here, we identify and characterize the human SWI5-MEI5 (C9orf119-C10orf78) complex. We showed that SWI5 and MEI5 form a stable complex in vitro and in vivo. The C-terminal Swi5 domain of SWI5 and the middle coiled-coil region of MEI5 dictate this conserved interaction. In addition, SWI5-MEI5 directly interacts with RAD51 in vitro. Depletion of SWI5 or MEI5 in human cells causes defects in homologous recombination repair. Finally, SWI5- or MEI5-depleted cells display enhanced sensitivity to ionizing radiation, consistent with the role of this complex in HR repair. Our results suggest that human SWI5-MEI5 has an evolutionarily conserved function in homologous recombination repair.

SUBMITTER: Yuan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3059048 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The role of the human SWI5-MEI5 complex in homologous recombination repair.

Yuan Jingsong J   Chen Junjie J  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20110120 11


The Swi5-Mei5 complex and its homologues are involved in specialized recombination pathways in budding and fission yeasts. Although the fission yeast homologue Swi5-Sfr1 is critical for homologous recombination repair, the budding yeast counterpart Sae3-Mei5 is meiosis-specific, interacts with Dmc1, and promotes assembly of Dmc1 on meiotic chromosomes. Here, we identify and characterize the human SWI5-MEI5 (C9orf119-C10orf78) complex. We showed that SWI5 and MEI5 form a stable complex in vitro a  ...[more]

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