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SUBMITTER: Bugreev DV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4279451 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bugreev Dmitry V DV Huang Fei F Mazina Olga M OM Pezza Roberto J RJ Voloshin Oleg N ON Camerini-Otero R Daniel RD Mazin Alexander V AV
Nature communications 20140619
The HOP2-MND1 heterodimer is required for progression of homologous recombination in eukaryotes. In vitro, HOP2-MND1 stimulates the DNA strand exchange activities of RAD51 and DMC1. We demonstrate that HOP2-MND1 induces changes in the conformation of RAD51 that profoundly alter the basic properties of RAD51. HOP2-MND1 enhances the interaction of RAD51 with nucleotide cofactors and modifies its DNA-binding specificity in a manner that stimulates DNA strand exchange. It enables RAD51 DNA strand ex ...[more]