Project description:BRCA1-deficient cells have increased IRE1 RNase, which degrades multiple microRNAs. Reconstituting expression of one of these, miR-4638-5p, resulted in synthetic lethality in BRCA1-deficient cancer cells. We found that miR-4638-5p represses expression of TATDN2, a poorly characterized member of the TATD nuclease family. We discovered that human TATDN2 has RNA 3' exonuclease and endonuclease activity on double-stranded hairpin RNA structures. Given the cleavage of hairpin RNA by TATDN2, and that BRCA1-deficient cells have difficulty resolving R-loops, we tested whether TATDN2 could resolve R-loops. Using in vitro biochemical reconstitution assays, we found TATDN2 bound to R-loops and degraded the RNA strand but not DNA of multiple forms of R-loops in vitro in a Mg2+-dependent manner. Mutations in amino acids E593 and E705 predicted by Alphafold-2 to chelate an essential Mg2+ cation completely abrogated this R-loop resolution activity. Depleting TATDN2 increased cellular R-loops, DNA damage and chromosomal instability. Loss of TATDN2 resulted in poor replication fork progression in the presence of increased R-loops. Significantly, we found that TATDN2 is essential for survival of BRCA1-deficient cancer cells, but much less so for cognate BRCA1-repleted cancer cells. Thus, we propose that TATDN2 is a novel target for therapy of BRCA1-deficient cancers.
Project description:To determine the interactome of RNA Polymerase II (RNAPII), HA-tagged RPB3 was stably expressed in U2OS cells. The cells were harvested followed by the native stepwise isolation of chromatin-associated RNAPII complexes. HA-RPB3 was immunoprecipitated and interacting proteins analyzed by quantitative mass spectrometry. U2OS cells expressing no HA-tagged protein were used for comparison.
Project description:The purpose of this experiment was to identify the genes bound by Ndt80 in P. pastoris when constitutively expressed. Ndt80 was tagged with c-myc, the native Ndt80 promoter was replaced with the E. gossypii Tef1 promoter and the protein was immunoprecipitated with a c-myc antibody. Cells were grown unti log-phase in YPD. Each experiment was repeated twice and sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq 2500.
Project description:The purpose of this experiment was to identify the genes bound by the two Ndt80 paralogs in S. stipitis when constitutively expressed. Both paralogs were tagged with c-myc, the native Ndt80 promoter was replaced with the E. gossypii Tef1 promoter and the protein was immunoprecipitated with a c-myc antibody. Cells were grown unti log-phase in YPD. Each experiment was repeated twice and sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq 2500.
Project description:The purpose of this experiment was to identify the genes bound by Ndt80 in S. cerevisiae during meiosis and sporulation. Ndt80 was tagged with c-myc and the protein was immunoprecipitated with a c-myc antibody. Cells were grown in liquid YPA (2% Peptone, 2% Potassium Acetate, 1% Yeast Extract) at room temperature for 22 hours. Each experiment was repeated twice and sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq 4000.
Project description:The purpose of this experiment was to identify the genes bound by Ndt80 in S. cerevisiae when constitutively expressed, for the native Ndt80 as well as a heterologous Ndt80 from Pichia pastoris. For the ChIPs on the native Ndt80s, Ndt80 was tagged with c-myc; for the heterologous ChIP P. pastoris Ndt80 was integrated into the S. cerevisiae genome and tagged with c-myc. In both cases, the native Ndt80 promoter was also replaced with an A. gossypii Gal1 promoter and the protein was immunoprecipitated with a c-myc antibody. Cells were grown overnight in SRaffinose until log-phase, then in SRaffinose + 1.7% Galactose for 5 hours. Each experiment was repeated twice and sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq 4000.
Project description:The purpose of this experiment was to identify the genes bound by Ndt80 in K. lactis when constitutively expressed. Ndt80 was tagged with c-myc, the native Ndt80 promoter was replaced with the K. lactis Gal1 promoter and the protein was immunoprecipitated with a c-myc antibody. Cells were grown overnight in SRaffinose until log-phase, then in SRaffinose + 1.7% Galactose for 5 hours. Each experiment was repeated twice and sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq 4000.
Project description:Myc-tagged FBP1-WT, Myc-tagged FBP1-G164D, Myc-tagged FBP1-F194S or empty vector were transfected into FBP1-KO HepG2 cells. FBP1 complexes were immunoprecipitated with anti-Myc beads and then separated by SDS‒PAGE. Bands were removed from the gel, and trypsin-digested samples were subjected to liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) using an Orbitrap Velos Pro (Thermo Scientific). MS/MS dataset analysis was performed using the Mascot software program (Matrix Science).
Project description:The purpose of this experiment was to identify the genes bound by the two Ndt80 paralogs in C. albicans when constitutively expressed, and for Ndt80B when endogenously expressed. Both paralogs were tagged with c-myc, and the protein was immunoprecipitated with a c-myc antibody. For constitutive expression, each native Ndt80 promoter was replaced by the C. albicans Tdh3 promoter. Cells were grown unti log-phase in YPD. Each experiment was repeated twice and sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq 2500.