PMID- 8289808 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19940224 LR - 20210526 IS - 0270-7306 (Print) IS - 1098-5549 (Electronic) IS - 0270-7306 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 2 DP - 1994 Feb TI - Two different types of double-strand breaks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are repaired by similar RAD52-independent, nonhomologous recombination events. PG - 1293-301 AB - In haploid rad52 Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains unable to undergo homologous recombination, a chromosomal double-strand break (DSB) can be repaired by imprecise rejoining of the broken chromosome ends. We have used two different strategies to generate broken chromosomes: (i) a site-specific DSB generated at the MAT locus by HO endonuclease cutting or (ii) a random DSB generated by mechanical rupture during mitotic segregation of a conditionally dicentric chromosome. Broken chromosomes were repaired by deletions that were highly variable in size, all of which removed more sequences than was required either to prevent subsequent HO cleavage or to eliminate a functional centromere, respectively. The junction of the deletions frequently occurred where complementary strands from the flanking DNA could anneal to form 1 to 5 bp, although 12% (4 of 34) of the events appear to have occurred by blunt-end ligation. These types of deletions are very similar to the junctions observed in the repair of DSBs by mammalian cells (D. B. Roth and J. H. Wilson, Mol. Cell. Biol. 6:4295-4304, 1986). When a high level of HO endonuclease, expressed in all phases of the cell cycle, was used to create DSBs, we also recovered a large class of very small (2- or 3-bp) insertions in the HO cleavage site. These insertions appear to represent still another mechanism of DSB repair, apparently by annealing and filling in the overhanging 3' ends of the cleavage site. These types of events have also been well documented for vertebrate cells. FAU - Kramer, K M AU - Kramer KM AD - Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254-9110. FAU - Brock, J A AU - Brock JA FAU - Bloom, K AU - Bloom K FAU - Moore, J K AU - Moore JK FAU - Haber, J E AU - Haber JE LA - eng GR - GM07122/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM32238/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Mol Cell Biol JT - Molecular and cellular biology JID - 8109087 RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (DNA, Fungal) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Fungal Proteins) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Pheromones) RN - 0 (RAD52 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - 0 (Rad52 DNA Repair and Recombination Protein) RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - 61194-02-3 (Mating Factor) SB - IM GS - MAT GS - RAD52 GS - rad52 MH - Base Sequence MH - Chromosome Mapping MH - Chromosomes, Fungal MH - *DNA Damage MH - DNA Primers MH - DNA, Fungal/genetics/metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis/*genetics MH - Fungal Proteins/biosynthesis/*genetics MH - *Genes, Fungal MH - Mating Factor MH - Mitosis MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Mutagenesis, Insertional MH - Peptides/genetics MH - Pheromones/genetics MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Rad52 DNA Repair and Recombination Protein MH - *Recombination, Genetic MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae/*genetics/metabolism MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins MH - Sequence Deletion PMC - PMC358484 EDAT- 1994/02/01 00:00 MHDA- 1994/02/01 00:01 PMCR- 1994/02/01 CRDT- 1994/02/01 00:00 PHST- 1994/02/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1994/02/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1994/02/01 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1994/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1128/mcb.14.2.1293-1301.1994 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Biol. 1994 Feb;14(2):1293-301. doi: 10.1128/mcb.14.2.1293-1301.1994.