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Publication Date

8-1-2023

Journal

DNA Repair

Abstract

Uracil DNA glycosylase (UNG) removes mutagenic uracil base from DNA to initiate base excision repair (BER). The result is an abasic site (AP site) that is further processed by the high-fidelity BER pathway to complete repair and maintain genome integrity. The gammaherpesviruses (GHVs), human Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV68) encode functional UNGs that have a role in viral genome replication. Mammalian and GHVs UNG share overall structure and sequence similarity except for a divergent amino-terminal domain and a leucine loop motif in the DNA binding domain that varies in sequence and length. To determine if divergent domains contribute to functional differences between GHV and mammalian UNGs, we analyzed their roles in DNA interaction and catalysis. By utilizing chimeric UNGs with swapped domains we found that the leucine loop in GHV, but not mammalian UNGs facilitates interaction with AP sites and that the amino-terminal domain modulates this interaction. We also found that the leucine loop structure contributes to differential UDGase activity on uracil in single- versus double-stranded DNA. Taken together we demonstrate that the GHV UNGs evolved divergent domains from their mammalian counterparts that contribute to differential biochemical properties from their mammalian counterparts.

Keywords

Animals, Mice, Humans, Uracil-DNA Glycosidase, Leucine, Epstein-Barr Virus Infections, Herpesvirus 4, Human, DNA, Uracil, DNA Repair, Mammals, Uracil DNA glycosylase, gammaherpesvirus, abasic site

DOI

10.1016/j.dnarep.2023.103515

PMID

37315375

PMCID

PMC10441670

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

8-1-2024

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Published Open-Access

yes

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