Yeast Pif1 Accelerates Annealing of Complementary DNA Strands
Biochemistry2014Vol. 53(48), pp. 7659–7669
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Abstract
Pif1 is a helicase involved in the maintenance of nuclear and mitochondrial genomes in eukaryotes. Here we report a new activity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pif1, annealing of complementary DNA strands. We identified preferred substrates for annealing as those that generate a duplex product with a single-stranded overhang relative to a blunt end duplex. Importantly, we show that Pif1 can anneal DNA in the presence of ATP and Mg(2+). Pif1-mediated annealing also occurs in the presence of single-stranded DNA binding proteins. Additionally, we show that partial duplex substrates with 3'-single-stranded overhangs such as those generated during double-strand break repair can be annealed by Pif1.
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