Issue 7, 2023

Conservation of the insert-2 motif confers Rev1 from different species with an ability to disrupt G-quadruplexes and stimulate translesion DNA synthesis

Abstract

In some organisms, the replication of G-quadruplex (G4) structures is supported by the Rev1 DNA polymerase. We previously showed that residues in the insert-2 motif of human Rev1 (hRev1) increased the affinity of the enzyme for G4 DNA and mediated suppression of mutagenic replication near G4 motifs. We have now investigated the conservation of G4-selective properties in Rev1 from other species. We compared Rev1 from Danio rerio (zRev1), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yRev1), and Leishmania donovani (lRev1) with hRev1, including an insert-2 mutant form of hRev1 (E466A/Y470A or EY). We found that zRev1 retained all of the G4-selective prowess of the human enzyme, but there was a marked attenuation of G4 binding affinity for the EY hRev1 mutant and the two Rev1 proteins lacking insert-2 (yRev1 and lRev1). Perhaps most strikingly, we found that insert-2 was important for disruption of the G4 structure and optimal stimulation of processive DNA synthesis across the guanine-rich motif by DNA polymerase kappa (pol κ). Our findings have implications for how Rev1 might contribute to G4 replication in different species spanning the evolutionary tree – signaling the importance of selection for enzymes with robust G4-selective properties in organisms where these non-B DNA structures may fulfill taxa-specific physiological functions.

Graphical abstract: Conservation of the insert-2 motif confers Rev1 from different species with an ability to disrupt G-quadruplexes and stimulate translesion DNA synthesis

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Mar 2023
Accepted
08 May 2023
First published
11 May 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Chem. Biol., 2023,4, 466-485

Conservation of the insert-2 motif confers Rev1 from different species with an ability to disrupt G-quadruplexes and stimulate translesion DNA synthesis

A. Ketkar, R. S. Sewilam, M. J. McCrury, J. S. Hall, A. Bell, B. C. Paxton, S. Tripathi, J. E.C. Gunderson and R. L. Eoff, RSC Chem. Biol., 2023, 4, 466 DOI: 10.1039/D3CB00027C

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