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. 1989 Nov;9(11):4767–4776. doi: 10.1128/mcb.9.11.4767

Interactions between yeast photolyase and nucleotide excision repair proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli.

G B Sancar 1, F W Smith 1
PMCID: PMC363625  PMID: 2689865

Abstract

The PHR1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes a DNA photolyase that catalyzes the light-dependent repair of pyrimidine dimers. In the absence of photoreactivating light, this enzyme binds to pyrimidine dimers but is unable to repair them. We have assessed the effect of bound photolyase on the dark survival of yeast cells carrying mutations in genes that eliminate either nucleotide excision repair (RAD2) or mutagenic repair (RAD18). We found that a functional PHR1 gene enhanced dark survival in a rad18 background but failed to do so in a rad2 or rad2 rad18 background and therefore conclude that photolyase stimulates specifically nucleotide excision repair of dimers in S. cerevisiae. This effect is similar to the effect of Escherichia coli photolyase on excision repair in the bacterium. However, despite the functional and structural similarities between yeast photolyase and the E. coli enzyme and complementation of the photoreactivation deficiency of E. coli phr mutants by PHR1, yeast photolyase failed to enhance excision repair in the bacterium. Instead, Phr1 was found to be a potent inhibitor of dark repair in recA strains but had no effect in uvrA strains. The results of in vitro experiments indicate that inhibition of nucleotide excision repair results from competition between yeast photolyase and ABC excision nuclease for binding at pyrimidine dimers. In addition, the A and B subunits of the excision nuclease, when allowed to bind to dimers before photolyase, suppressed photoreactivation by Phr1. We propose that enhancement of nucleotide excision repair by photolyases is a general phenomenon and that photolyase should be considered an accessory protein in this pathway.

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