Exonuclease 1

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EXO1
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases EXO1 , HEX1, hExoI, exonuclease 1
External IDs OMIM: 606063 MGI: 1349427 HomoloGene: 31352 GeneCards: EXO1
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

9156

26909

Ensembl

ENSG00000174371

ENSMUSG00000039748

UniProt

Q9UQ84
Q5T397

Q9QZ11

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003686
NM_006027
NM_130398
NM_001319224

NM_012012

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001306153
NP_003677
NP_006018
NP_569082

NP_036142

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 241.85 – 241.9 Mb Chr 1: 175.71 – 175.74 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Exonuclease 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the EXO1 gene. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

This gene encodes a protein with 5' to 3' exonuclease activity as well as RNase activity (endonuclease activity cleaving RNA on DNA/RNA hybrid). [8] It is similar to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein Exo1 which interacts with Msh2 and which is involved in DNA mismatch repair and homologous recombination. Alternative splicing of this gene results in three transcript variants encoding two different isoforms. [7]

Meiosis

A current model of meiotic recombination, initiated by a double-strand break or gap, followed by pairing with an homologous chromosome and strand invasion to initiate the recombinational repair process. Repair of the gap can lead to crossover (CO) or non-crossover (NCO) of the flanking regions. CO recombination is thought to occur by the Double Holliday Junction (DHJ) model, illustrated on the right, above. NCO recombinants are thought to occur primarily by the Synthesis Dependent Strand Annealing (SDSA) model, illustrated on the left, above. Most recombination events appear to be the SDSA type. Homologous Recombination.jpg
A current model of meiotic recombination, initiated by a double-strand break or gap, followed by pairing with an homologous chromosome and strand invasion to initiate the recombinational repair process. Repair of the gap can lead to crossover (CO) or non-crossover (NCO) of the flanking regions. CO recombination is thought to occur by the Double Holliday Junction (DHJ) model, illustrated on the right, above. NCO recombinants are thought to occur primarily by the Synthesis Dependent Strand Annealing (SDSA) model, illustrated on the left, above. Most recombination events appear to be the SDSA type.

ExoI is essential for meiotic progression through metaphase I in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and in mouse. [9] [10]

Recombination during meiosis is often initiated by a DNA double-strand break (DSB) as illustrated in the accompanying diagram. During recombination, sections of DNA at the 5' ends of the break are cut away in a process called resection. In the strand invasion step that follows, an overhanging 3' end of the broken DNA molecule "invades" the DNA of a homologous chromosome that is not broken, forming a displacement loop (D-loop). After strand invasion, the further sequence of events may follow either of two main pathways leading to a crossover (CO) or a non-crossover (NCO) recombinant (see Genetic recombination and Homologous recombination). The pathway leading to a CO involves a double Holliday junction (DHJ) intermediate. Holliday junctions need to be resolved for CO recombination to be completed.

During meiosis in S. cerevisiae, transcription of the Exo1 gene is highly induced. [9] In meiotic cells, Exo1 mutation reduces the processing of DSBs and the frequency of COs. [9] Exo1 has two temporally and biochemically distinct functions in meiotic recombination. [11] First, Exo1 acts as a 5’–3’ nuclease to resect DSB-ends. Later in the recombination process, Exo1 acts to facilitate the resolution of DHJs into COs, independently of its nuclease activities. In resolving DHJs, Exo 1 acts together with MLH1-MLH3 heterodimer (MutL gamma) and Sgs1 (ortholog of Bloom syndrome helicase) to define a joint molecule resolution pathway that produces the majority of crossovers. [12]

Male mice deficient for Exo1 are capable of normal progress through the pachynema stage of meiosis, but most germ cells fail to progress normally to metaphase I due to dynamic loss of chiasmata. [10] Surprisingly though, this meiotic role of Exo1 is not mediated by its nuclease activity per se, since Exo1-DA mice harboring a point mutation in Exo1's nuclease domain have no detectable meoitic defects. [13]

Interactions

Exonuclease 1 has been shown to interact with MSH2 [6] [14] [15] and MLH1. [15]

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">DNA mismatch repair</span> System for fixing base errors of DNA replication

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Holliday junction</span> Branched nucleic acid structure

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">MSH2</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

DNA mismatch repair protein Msh2 also known as MutS homolog 2 or MSH2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MSH2 gene, which is located on chromosome 2. MSH2 is a tumor suppressor gene and more specifically a caretaker gene that codes for a DNA mismatch repair (MMR) protein, MSH2, which forms a heterodimer with MSH6 to make the human MutSα mismatch repair complex. It also dimerizes with MSH3 to form the MutSβ DNA repair complex. MSH2 is involved in many different forms of DNA repair, including transcription-coupled repair, homologous recombination, and base excision repair.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MLH1</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">MSH6</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">MAP2K1</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">MRE11A</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">PMS2</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bloom syndrome protein</span> Mammalian protein found in humans

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rad50</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">RAD1 homolog</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">MSH3</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

DNA mismatch repair protein, MutS Homolog 3 (MSH3) is a human homologue of the bacterial mismatch repair protein MutS that participates in the mismatch repair (MMR) system. MSH3 typically forms the heterodimer MutSβ with MSH2 in order to correct long insertion/deletion loops and base-base mispairs in microsatellites during DNA synthesis. Deficient capacity for MMR is found in approximately 15% of colorectal cancers, and somatic mutations in the MSH3 gene can be found in nearly 50% of MMR-deficient colorectal cancers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PMS1</span> Protein-coding gene in humans

PMS1 protein homolog 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PMS1 gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MSH4</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">REXO2</span> Protein-coding gene in humans

REX2, RNA exonuclease 2 homolog , also known as REXO2, is an enzyme which in humans is encoded by the REXO2 gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MLH3</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

DNA mismatch repair protein Mlh3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MLH3 gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">RAD54B</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

DNA repair and recombination protein RAD54B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAD54B gene.

References

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  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000039748 - Ensembl, May 2017
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  4. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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