Increased spontaneous recombination in RNase H2-deficient cells arises from multiple contiguous rNMPs and not from single rNMP residues incorporated by DNA polymerase epsilon

Ribonucleotides can become embedded in DNA from insertion by DNA polymerases, failure to remove Okazaki fragment primers, R-loops that can prime replication, and RNA/cDNA-mediated recombination. RNA:DNA hybrids are removed by RNase H enzymes. Single rNMPs in DNA are removed by RNase H2 and if they r...

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Main Authors: Anastasiya Epshtein, Catherine J. Potenski, Hannah L. Klein
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Published: Shared Science Publishers OG 2016-05-01
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Online Access:http://microbialcell.com/researcharticles/increased-spontaneous-recombination-in-rnase-h2-deficient-cells-arises-from-multiple-contiguous-rnmps-and-not-from-single-rnmp-residues-incorporated-by-dna-polymerase-epsilon/
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description Ribonucleotides can become embedded in DNA from insertion by DNA polymerases, failure to remove Okazaki fragment primers, R-loops that can prime replication, and RNA/cDNA-mediated recombination. RNA:DNA hybrids are removed by RNase H enzymes. Single rNMPs in DNA are removed by RNase H2 and if they remain on the leading strand, can lead to mutagenesis in a Top1-dependent pathway. rNMPs in DNA can also stimulate genome instability, among which are homologous recombination gene conversion events. We previously found that, similar to the rNMP-stimulated mutagenesis, rNMP-stimulated recombination was also Top1-dependent. However, in contrast to mutagenesis, we report here that recombination is not stimulated by rNMPs incorporated by the replicative polymerase epsilon. Instead, recombination seems to be stimulated by multiple contiguous rNMPs, which may arise from R-loops or replication priming events.
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spelling doaj-art-f2e2ef1fe5834c0887e8c7d74d18c01c2025-08-20T02:53:21ZengShared Science Publishers OGMicrobial Cell2311-26382016-05-013624825410.15698/mic2016.06.506Increased spontaneous recombination in RNase H2-deficient cells arises from multiple contiguous rNMPs and not from single rNMP residues incorporated by DNA polymerase epsilonAnastasiya Epshtein0Catherine J. Potenski1Hannah L. Klein2Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA.Nature Publishing Group, One New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004, USA.Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA.Ribonucleotides can become embedded in DNA from insertion by DNA polymerases, failure to remove Okazaki fragment primers, R-loops that can prime replication, and RNA/cDNA-mediated recombination. RNA:DNA hybrids are removed by RNase H enzymes. Single rNMPs in DNA are removed by RNase H2 and if they remain on the leading strand, can lead to mutagenesis in a Top1-dependent pathway. rNMPs in DNA can also stimulate genome instability, among which are homologous recombination gene conversion events. We previously found that, similar to the rNMP-stimulated mutagenesis, rNMP-stimulated recombination was also Top1-dependent. However, in contrast to mutagenesis, we report here that recombination is not stimulated by rNMPs incorporated by the replicative polymerase epsilon. Instead, recombination seems to be stimulated by multiple contiguous rNMPs, which may arise from R-loops or replication priming events.http://microbialcell.com/researcharticles/increased-spontaneous-recombination-in-rnase-h2-deficient-cells-arises-from-multiple-contiguous-rnmps-and-not-from-single-rnmp-residues-incorporated-by-dna-polymerase-epsilon/RNase H2 recombination rNMPDNA polymerase
spellingShingle Anastasiya Epshtein
Catherine J. Potenski
Hannah L. Klein
Increased spontaneous recombination in RNase H2-deficient cells arises from multiple contiguous rNMPs and not from single rNMP residues incorporated by DNA polymerase epsilon
Microbial Cell
RNase H2
recombination
rNMP
DNA polymerase
title Increased spontaneous recombination in RNase H2-deficient cells arises from multiple contiguous rNMPs and not from single rNMP residues incorporated by DNA polymerase epsilon
title_full Increased spontaneous recombination in RNase H2-deficient cells arises from multiple contiguous rNMPs and not from single rNMP residues incorporated by DNA polymerase epsilon
title_fullStr Increased spontaneous recombination in RNase H2-deficient cells arises from multiple contiguous rNMPs and not from single rNMP residues incorporated by DNA polymerase epsilon
title_full_unstemmed Increased spontaneous recombination in RNase H2-deficient cells arises from multiple contiguous rNMPs and not from single rNMP residues incorporated by DNA polymerase epsilon
title_short Increased spontaneous recombination in RNase H2-deficient cells arises from multiple contiguous rNMPs and not from single rNMP residues incorporated by DNA polymerase epsilon
title_sort increased spontaneous recombination in rnase h2 deficient cells arises from multiple contiguous rnmps and not from single rnmp residues incorporated by dna polymerase epsilon
topic RNase H2
recombination
rNMP
DNA polymerase
url http://microbialcell.com/researcharticles/increased-spontaneous-recombination-in-rnase-h2-deficient-cells-arises-from-multiple-contiguous-rnmps-and-not-from-single-rnmp-residues-incorporated-by-dna-polymerase-epsilon/
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