DNA interstrand crosslink repair by XPF-ERCC1 homologue confers ultraviolet resistance in Neurospora crassa.
Fungal Genet Biol
; 164: 103752, 2023 01.
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Ultraviolet (UV) light is a mutagen that causes DNA damage. Some UV-sensitive Neurospora crassa strains have been reported to exhibit a partial photoreactivation defect (PPD) phenotype, and the possible cause of this has been unknown for more than half a century. In this study, in the process of elucidating the possible causes of a PPD phenotype, we discovered that the XPF homologue MUS-38 is involved in repairing the UV-induced DNA interstrand crosslink (ICL) in N. crassa. Furthermore, the sensitivity of the Δmus-38 and Δmus-44 strains to ICL agents was significantly higher than that of other nucleotide excision repair (NER)-related gene knockout (KO) strains, indicating that the MUS-38/MUS-44 complex is involved in an NER-independent ICL repair mechanism. Based on reports concerning the mammalian homologues XPF and ERCC1 we obtained separation-of-function mutants defective only in NER in mus-38 and mus-44. Additionally, the photoreactivation ability of these mutants was significantly higher than that of the KO strains. These results indicate that the PPD phenotype is caused by a defect in the repair-ability of ICL induced by UV and that an NER-independent ICL repair by MUS-38 and MUS-44 confers resistance to UV in N. crassa.
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Neurospora crassa
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2023
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