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. 2003 Jan;163(1):55–67. doi: 10.1093/genetics/163.1.55

The Rad27 (Fen-1) nuclease inhibits Ty1 mobility in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Anuradha Sundararajan 1, Bum-Soo Lee 1, David J Garfinkel 1
PMCID: PMC1462422  PMID: 12586696

Abstract

Although most Ty1 elements in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are competent for retrotransposition, host defense genes can inhibit different steps of the Ty1 life cycle. Here, we demonstrate that Rad27, a structure-specific nuclease that plays an important role in DNA replication and genome stability, inhibits Ty1 at a post-translational level. We have examined the effects of various rad27 mutations on Ty1 element retrotransposition and cDNA recombination, termed Ty1 mobility. The point mutations rad27-G67S, rad27-G240D, and rad27-E158D that cause defects in certain enzymatic activities in vitro result in variable increases in Ty1 mobility, ranging from 4- to 22-fold. The C-terminal frameshift mutation rad27-324 confers the maximum increase in Ty1 mobility (198-fold), unincorporated cDNA, and insertion at preferred target sites. The null mutation differs from the other rad27 alleles by increasing the frequency of multimeric Ty1 insertions and cDNA recombination with a genomic element. The rad27 mutants do not markedly alter the levels of Ty1 RNA or the TyA1-gag protein. However, there is an increase in the stability of unincorporated Ty1 cDNA in rad27-324 and the null mutant. Our results suggest that Rad27 inhibits Ty1 mobility by destabilizing unincorporated Ty1 cDNA and preventing the formation of Ty1 multimers.

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