PMID- 37628604 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230828 LR - 20230829 IS - 2073-4425 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4425 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 8 DP - 2023 Jul 28 TI - Arabidopsis RAD16 Homologues Are Involved in UV Tolerance and Growth. LID - 10.3390/genes14081552 [doi] LID - 1552 AB - In plants, prolonged exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation causes harmful DNA lesions. Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is an important DNA repair mechanism that operates via two pathways: transcription coupled repair (TC-NER) and global genomic repair (GG-NER). In plants and mammals, TC-NER is initiated by the Cockayne Syndrome A and B (CSA/CSB) complex, whereas GG-NER is initiated by the Damaged DNA Binding protein 1/2 (DDB1/2) complex. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S. cerevisiae), GG-NER is initiated by the Radiation Sensitive 7 and 16, (RAD7/16) complex. Arabidopsis thaliana has two homologues of yeast RAD16, At1g05120 and At1g02670, which we named AtRAD16 and AtRAD16b, respectively. In this study, we characterized the roles of AtRAD16 and AtRAD16b. Arabidopsis rad16 and rad16b null mutants exhibited increased UV sensitivity. Moreover, AtRAD16 overexpression increased plant UV tolerance. Thus, AtRAD16 and AtRAD16b contribute to plant UV tolerance and growth. Additionally, we found physical interaction between AtRAD16 and AtRAD7. Thus, the Arabidopsis RAD7/16 complex is functional in plant NER. Furthermore, AtRAD16 makes a significant contribution to Arabidopsis UV tolerance compared to the DDB1/2 and the CSB pathways. This is the first time the role and interaction of DDB1/2, RAD7/16, and CSA/CSB components in a single system have been studied. FAU - Alrayes, Linda AU - Alrayes L AD - Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada. FAU - Stout, Jake AU - Stout J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0193-9066 AD - Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada. FAU - Schroeder, Dana AU - Schroeder D AD - Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230728 PL - Switzerland TA - Genes (Basel) JT - Genes JID - 101551097 RN - 0 (RAD7 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - EC 3.6.1.3 (RAD16 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (Adenosine Triphosphatases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae MH - *Arabidopsis/genetics MH - *Cockayne Syndrome MH - DNA Repair/genetics MH - Ultraviolet Rays/adverse effects MH - Mammals MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics MH - *Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins MH - Adenosine Triphosphatases PMC - PMC10454142 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Arabidopsis OT - CSA/CSB OT - DDB1/2 OT - Nucleotide excision repair OT - RAD7/16 OT - UV sensitivity COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/08/26 10:45 MHDA- 2023/08/28 07:16 PMCR- 2023/07/28 CRDT- 2023/08/26 01:13 PHST- 2023/06/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/07/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/08/28 07:16 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/26 10:45 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/26 01:13 [entrez] PHST- 2023/07/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - genes14081552 [pii] AID - genes-14-01552 [pii] AID - 10.3390/genes14081552 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Genes (Basel). 2023 Jul 28;14(8):1552. doi: 10.3390/genes14081552.