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Mechanistic and biological aspects of helicase action on damaged DNA Suhasini AN; Brosh RM JrCell Cycle 2010[Jun]; 9 (12): 2317-29Helicases catalytically unwind structured nucleic acids in a nucleoside-triphosphate-dependent and directionally specific manner, and are essential for virtually all aspects of nucleic acid metabolism. ATPase-driven helicases which translocate along nucleic acids play a role in damage recognition or unwinding of a DNA tract containing the lesion. Although classical biochemical experiments provided evidence that bulky covalent adducts inhibit DNA unwinding catalyzed by certain DNA helicases in a strand-specific manner (i.e., block to DNA unwinding restricted to adduct residence in the strand the helicase translocates), recent studies suggest more complex arrangements that may depend on the helicase under study, its assembly in a protein complex, and the type of structural DNA perturbation. Moreover, base and sugar phosphate backbone modifications exert effects on DNA helicases that suggest specialized tracking mechanisms. As a component of the replication stress response, the single-stranded DNA binding protein Replication Protein A (RPA) may serve to enable eukaryotic DNA helicases to overcome certain base lesions. Helicases play important roles in DNA damage signaling which also involve their partnership with RPA. In this review, we will discuss our current understanding of mechanistic and biological aspects of helicase action on damaged DNA.|*DNA Damage[MESH]|*DNA Repair[MESH]|DNA Helicases/genetics/*metabolism[MESH]|DNA Replication[MESH]|DNA, Single-Stranded/chemistry/genetics[MESH]|DNA/chemistry/genetics/metabolism[MESH]|Humans[MESH] |
