Werner protein recruits DNA polymerase delta to the nucleolus.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 97(21): 11365-70, 2000 Oct 10.
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Werner syndrome is a Mendelian disorder of man that produces a number of manifestations resembling human aging. This disorder is caused by inactivation of the wrn gene, a member of the RecQ family of DNA helicases. The helicase and exonuclease activities of the Werner protein (WRN) suggest that it functions in DNA transactions, but the physiological function of WRN remains elusive. We present several lines of evidence that WRN interacts specifically with the p50 subunit of polymerase delta, the major DNA polymerase required for chromosomal DNA replication. P50, identified by yeast two-hybrid screening, interacts physically with the C terminus of WRN. Native WRN protein coimmunoprecipitates with p50 in a cellular fraction enriched in nucleolar proteins, and this immunocomplex also includes p125, the catalytic subunit of polymerase delta. In subcellular localization studies of cells transfected with WRN, p50 and p125 redistribute to the nucleolus and colocalize with WRN. These results suggest that one of the functions of WRN protein is to directly modify DNA replication via its interaction with p50 and abet dynamic relocalization of the DNA polymerase delta complexes within the nucleus.
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Asunto principal:
Síndrome de Werner
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Nucléolo Celular
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ADN Helicasas
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ADN Polimerasa III
Límite:
Humans
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En
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Año:
2000
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
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Estados Unidos