MSH2-MSH3 directs the repair of insertion/deletion loops of up to 13 nucleotides in vivoand in vitro. To examine the biochemical basis of this repair specificity, we characterized the mispair binding and ATPase activity of hMSH2-hMSH3. The ATPase was found to be regulated by a mismatch-stimulated ADP → ATP exchange, which induces a conformational transition by the protein complex. We demonstrated strong binding of hMSH2-hMSH3 to an insertion/deletion loop containing 24 nucleotides that is incapable of provoking ADP → ATP exchange, suggesting that mismatch recognition appears to be necessary but not sufficient to induce the intrinsic ATPase. These studies support the idea that hMSH2-hMSH3 functions as an adenosine nucleotide-regulated molecular switch that must be activated by mismatched nucleotides for classical mismatch repair to occur.
Dissociation of Mismatch Recognition and ATPase Activity by hMSH2-hMSH3*
T. Wilson,S. Guerrette,R. Fishel
Published 1999 in Journal of Biological Chemistry
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1999
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Journal of Biological Chemistry
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1999-07-30
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