Preparation and crystallization of human flap endonuclease FEN-1 in complex with proliferating-cell nuclear antigen, PCNA

Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2003 May;59(Pt 5):933-5. doi: 10.1107/s0907444903004815. Epub 2003 Apr 25.

Abstract

Flap endonuclease-1 (FEN-1) is a structure-specific nuclease that removes 5'-overhanging flaps in DNA repair and replication. FEN-1 binds proliferating-cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), a DNA-clamp protein, when processing Okazaki fragments during lagging-strand DNA synthesis. Here, the crystallization of the complex between human FEN-1 and PCNA is reported. The crystals were found to belong to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 82.2, b = 143.4, c = 246.7 A, and contained one complex in the crystallographic asymmetric unit. A diffraction data set was collected to a resolution of 3.0 A.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallization
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Flap Endonucleases / chemistry*
  • Flap Endonucleases / genetics
  • Humans
  • Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / chemistry*
  • Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Flap Endonucleases