TY - JOUR
T1 - LIG1 syndrome mutations remodel a cooperative network of ligand binding interactions to compromise ligation efficiency
AU - Jurkiw, Thomas J.
AU - Tumbale, Percy P.
AU - Schellenberg, Matthew J.
AU - Cunningham-Rundles, Charlotte
AU - Williams, R. Scott
AU - O'Brien, Patrick J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research 2021.
PY - 2021/2/22
Y1 - 2021/2/22
N2 - Human DNA ligase I (LIG1) is the main replicative ligase and it also seals DNA breaks to complete DNA repair and recombination pathways. Immune compromised patients harbor hypomorphic LIG1 alleles encoding substitutions of conserved arginine residues, R771W and R641L, that compromise LIG1 activity through poorly defined mechanisms. To understand the molecular basis of LIG1 syndrome mutations, we determined high resolution X-ray structures and performed systematic biochemical characterization of LIG1 mutants using steady-state and pre-steady state kinetic approaches. Our results unveil a cooperative network of plastic DNA-LIG1 interactions that connect DNA substrate engagement with productive binding of Mg2+ cofactors for catalysis. LIG1 syndrome mutations destabilize this network, compromising Mg2+ binding affinity, decreasing ligation efficiency, and leading to elevated abortive ligation that may underlie the disease pathology. These findings provide novel insights into the fundamental mechanism by which DNA ligases engage with a nicked DNA substrate, and they suggest that disease pathology of LIG1 syndrome could be modulated by Mg2+ levels.
AB - Human DNA ligase I (LIG1) is the main replicative ligase and it also seals DNA breaks to complete DNA repair and recombination pathways. Immune compromised patients harbor hypomorphic LIG1 alleles encoding substitutions of conserved arginine residues, R771W and R641L, that compromise LIG1 activity through poorly defined mechanisms. To understand the molecular basis of LIG1 syndrome mutations, we determined high resolution X-ray structures and performed systematic biochemical characterization of LIG1 mutants using steady-state and pre-steady state kinetic approaches. Our results unveil a cooperative network of plastic DNA-LIG1 interactions that connect DNA substrate engagement with productive binding of Mg2+ cofactors for catalysis. LIG1 syndrome mutations destabilize this network, compromising Mg2+ binding affinity, decreasing ligation efficiency, and leading to elevated abortive ligation that may underlie the disease pathology. These findings provide novel insights into the fundamental mechanism by which DNA ligases engage with a nicked DNA substrate, and they suggest that disease pathology of LIG1 syndrome could be modulated by Mg2+ levels.
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U2 - 10.1093/nar/gkaa1297
DO - 10.1093/nar/gkaa1297
M3 - Article
C2 - 33444456
AN - SCOPUS:85102217978
SN - 0305-1048
VL - 49
SP - 1619
EP - 1630
JO - Nucleic acids research
JF - Nucleic acids research
IS - 3
ER -