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Yeast DNA polymerase η possesses two PIP-like motifs that bind PCNA and Rad6-Rad18 with different specificities.

ABSTRACT: In translesion synthesis (TLS), specialized DNA polymerases, such as polymerase (pol) η and Rev1, are recruited to stalled replication forks. These polymerases form a multi-protein complex with PCNA, Rad6-Rad18, and other specialized polymerases. Pol η interacts with PCNA and Rev1 via a PCNA-interacting protein (PIP) motif in its C-terminal unstructured region. Here we report the discovery of a second PIP-like motif in the C-terminal region of pol η, which we have designated as PIP2. We have designated the original PIP motif as PIP1. We show that the pol η PIP1 and PIP2 motifs bind PCNA with different affinities and kinetics. PIP1 binds with higher affinity than does PIP2, and PIP1 dissociates more slowly than does PIP2. In addition, we show that the interaction between pol η and Rad6-Rad18 is also mediated by the pol η PIP1 and PIP2 motifs. Again, we show that the affinity and kinetics by which these motifs bind Rad6-Rad18 is different. These findings are significant, because the multiple PIP-like motifs on pol η likely play quite different roles within the multi-protein complex formed at stalled replication forks. PIP1 likely plays a critical role in the recruiting pol η to this multi-protein complex. PIP2, by contrast, likely plays a critical role in maintaining the architecture and the dynamics of this multi-protein complex needed to maximize the efficiency and accuracy of TLS.

SUBMITTER: Ripley BM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8240473 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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