Cotransport of the Heterodimeric Small Subunit of the Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Ribonucleotide Reductase Between the Nucleus and the Cytoplasm

Overview

Journal Genetics

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Genetics

Date 2006 Feb 21

PMID 16489218

Citations 18

Authors

Xiuxiang An

Zhen Zhang

Kui Yang

Mingxia Huang

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Abstract

Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) catalyzes the rate-limiting step in de novo deoxyribonucleotide biosynthesis and is essential in DNA replication and repair. Cells have evolved complex mechanisms to modulate RNR activity during normal cell cycle progression and in response to genotoxic stress. A recently characterized mode of RNR regulation is DNA damage-induced RNR subunit redistribution. The RNR holoenzyme consists of a large subunit, R1, and a small subunit, R2. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae R2 is an Rnr2:Rnr4 heterodimer. Rnr2 generates a diferric-tyrosyl radical cofactor required for catalysis; Rnr4 facilitates cofactor assembly and stabilizes the resulting holo-heterodimer. Upon DNA damage, Rnr2 and Rnr4 undergo checkpoint-dependent, nucleus-to-cytoplasm redistribution, resulting in colocalization of R1 and R2. Here we present evidence that Rnr2 and Rnr4 are transported between the nucleus and the cytoplasm as one protein complex. Tagging either Rnr2 or Rnr4 with a nuclear export sequence causes cytoplasmic localization of both proteins. Moreover, mutations at the Rnr2:Rnr4 heterodimer interface can affect the localization of both proteins without disrupting the heterodimeric complex. Finally, the relocalization of Rnr4 appears to involve both active export and blockage of nuclear import. Our findings provide new insights into the mechanism of DNA damage-induced RNR subunit redistribution.

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