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Gao J, Proffitt D, Marecki J, Protacio R, Wahls W, Byrd A, Raney K. Two residues in the DNA binding site of Pif1 helicase are essential for nuclear functions but dispensable for mitochondrial respiratory growth. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:6543-6557. [PMID: 38752483 PMCID: PMC11194084 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024] Open
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Pif1 helicase functions in both the nucleus and mitochondria. Pif1 tightly couples ATP hydrolysis, single-stranded DNA translocation, and duplex DNA unwinding. We investigated two Pif1 variants (F723A and T464A) that have each lost one site of interaction of the protein with the DNA substrate. Both variants exhibit minor reductions in affinity for DNA and ATP hydrolysis but have impaired DNA unwinding activity. However, these variants translocate on single-stranded DNA faster than the wildtype enzyme and can slide on the DNA substrate in an ATP-independent manner. This suggests they have lost their grip on the DNA, interfering with coupling ATP hydrolysis to translocation and unwinding. Yeast expressing these variants have increased gross chromosomal rearrangements, increased telomere length, and can overcome the lethality of dna2Δ, similar to phenotypes of yeast lacking Pif1. However, unlike pif1Δ mutants, they are viable on glycerol containing media and maintain similar mitochondrial DNA copy numbers as Pif1 wildtype. Overall, our data indicate that a tight grip of the trailing edge of the Pif1 enzyme on the DNA couples ATP hydrolysis to DNA translocation and DNA unwinding. This tight grip appears to be essential for the Pif1 nuclear functions tested but is dispensable for mitochondrial respiratory growth.
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- Jun Gao
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street (Slot 516), Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street (Slot 516), Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street (Slot 516), Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street (Slot 516), Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street (Slot 516), Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street (Slot 516), Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street (Slot 516), Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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Xie B, Sanford EJ, Hung SH, Wagner M, Heyer WD, Smolka MB. Multi-step control of homologous recombination via Mec1/ATR suppresses chromosomal rearrangements. EMBO J 2024:10.1038/s44318-024-00139-9. [PMID: 38839993 DOI: 10.1038/s44318-024-00139-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024] Open
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The Mec1/ATR kinase is crucial for genome stability, yet the mechanism by which it prevents gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs) remains unknown. Here we find that in cells with deficient Mec1 signaling, GCRs accumulate due to the deregulation of multiple steps in homologous recombination (HR). Mec1 primarily suppresses GCRs through its role in activating the canonical checkpoint kinase Rad53, which ensures the proper control of DNA end resection. Upon loss of Rad53 signaling and resection control, Mec1 becomes hyperactivated and triggers a salvage pathway in which the Sgs1 helicase is recruited to sites of DNA lesions via the 911-Dpb11 scaffolds and phosphorylated by Mec1 to favor heteroduplex rejection and limit HR-driven GCR accumulation. Fusing an ssDNA recognition domain to Sgs1 bypasses the requirement of Mec1 signaling for GCR suppression and nearly eliminates D-loop formation, thus preventing non-allelic recombination events. We propose that Mec1 regulates multiple steps of HR to prevent GCRs while ensuring balanced HR usage when needed for promoting tolerance to replication stress.
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- Bokun Xie
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Xie B, Sanford EJ, Hung SH, Wagner MM, Heyer WD, Smolka MB. Multi-Step Control of Homologous Recombination by Mec1/ATR Ensures Robust Suppression of Gross Chromosomal Rearrangements. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.21.568146. [PMID: 38045423 PMCID: PMC10690203 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.21.568146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
Abstract
The Mec1/ATR kinase is crucial for genome stability, yet the mechanism by which it prevents gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs) remains unknown. Here we find that in cells with deficient Mec1 signaling, GCRs accumulate due to the deregulation of multiple steps in homologous recombination (HR). Mec1 primarily suppresses GCRs through its role in activating the canonical checkpoint kinase Rad53, which ensures the proper control of DNA end resection. Upon loss of Rad53 signaling and resection control, Mec1 becomes hyperactivated and triggers a salvage pathway in which the Sgs1 helicase is recruited to sites of DNA lesions via the 911-Dpb11 scaffolds to favor heteroduplex rejection and limit HR-driven GCR accumulation. Fusing an ssDNA recognition domain to Sgs1 bypasses the requirement of Mec1 signaling for GCR suppression and nearly eliminates D-loop formation, thus preventing non-allelic recombination events. We propose that Mec1 regulates multiple steps of HR to prevent GCRs while ensuring balanced HR usage when needed for promoting tolerance to replication stress.
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- Bokun Xie
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Meng X, Claussin C, Regan-Mochrie G, Whitehouse I, Zhao X. Balancing act of a leading strand DNA polymerase-specific domain and its exonuclease domain promotes genome-wide sister replication fork symmetry. Genes Dev 2023; 37:74-79. [PMID: 36702483 PMCID: PMC10069448 DOI: 10.1101/gad.350054.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Pol2 is the leading-strand DNA polymerase in budding yeast. Here we describe an antagonism between its conserved POPS (Pol2 family-specific catalytic core peripheral subdomain) and exonuclease domain and the importance of this antagonism in genome replication. We show that multiple defects caused by POPS mutations, including impaired growth and DNA synthesis, genome instability, and reliance on other genome maintenance factors, were rescued by exonuclease inactivation. Single-molecule data revealed that the rescue stemmed from allowing sister replication forks to progress at equal rates. Our data suggest that balanced activity of Pol2's POPS and exonuclease domains is vital for genome replication and stability.
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- Xiangzhou Meng
- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
- Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA;
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA;
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Reusswig KU, Bittmann J, Peritore M, Courtes M, Pardo B, Wierer M, Mann M, Pfander B. Unscheduled DNA replication in G1 causes genome instability and damage signatures indicative of replication collisions. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7014. [PMID: 36400763 PMCID: PMC9674678 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34379-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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DNA replicates once per cell cycle. Interfering with the regulation of DNA replication initiation generates genome instability through over-replication and has been linked to early stages of cancer development. Here, we engineer genetic systems in budding yeast to induce unscheduled replication in a G1-like cell cycle state. Unscheduled G1 replication initiates at canonical S-phase origins. We quantifiy the composition of replisomes in G1- and S-phase and identified firing factors, polymerase α, and histone supply as factors that limit replication outside S-phase. G1 replication per se does not trigger cellular checkpoints. Subsequent replication during S-phase, however, results in over-replication and leads to chromosome breaks and chromosome-wide, strand-biased occurrence of RPA-bound single-stranded DNA, indicating head-to-tail replication collisions as a key mechanism generating genome instability upon G1 replication. Low-level, sporadic induction of G1 replication induces an identical response, indicating findings from synthetic systems are applicable to naturally occurring scenarios of unscheduled replication initiation.
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- Karl-Uwe Reusswig
- grid.418615.f0000 0004 0491 845XDNA Replication and Genome Integrity, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany ,grid.38142.3c000000041936754XPresent Address: Department of Cell Biology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,grid.65499.370000 0001 2106 9910Present Address: Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215 USA
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- grid.418615.f0000 0004 0491 845XDNA Replication and Genome Integrity, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- grid.418615.f0000 0004 0491 845XDNA Replication and Genome Integrity, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany ,grid.7551.60000 0000 8983 7915Present Address: Genome Maintenance Mechanisms in Health and Disease, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 51147 Cologne, Germany
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- grid.433120.7Institut de Génétique Humaine (IGH), Université de Montpellier – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- grid.433120.7Institut de Génétique Humaine (IGH), Université de Montpellier – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- grid.418615.f0000 0004 0491 845XProteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany ,grid.5254.60000 0001 0674 042XPresent Address: Proteomics Research Infrastructure, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- grid.418615.f0000 0004 0491 845XProteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- grid.418615.f0000 0004 0491 845XDNA Replication and Genome Integrity, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany ,grid.7551.60000 0000 8983 7915Present Address: Genome Maintenance Mechanisms in Health and Disease, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 51147 Cologne, Germany ,grid.6190.e0000 0000 8580 3777Present Address: Genome Maintenance Mechanisms in Health and Disease, Institute of Genome Stability in Ageing and Disease, CECAD Research Center, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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Quan Y, Zhang QY, Zhou AL, Wang Y, Cai J, Gao YQ, Zhou H. Site-specific MCM sumoylation prevents genome rearrangements by controlling origin-bound MCM. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1010275. [PMID: 35696436 PMCID: PMC9232163 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Timely completion of eukaryotic genome duplication requires coordinated DNA replication initiation at multiple origins. Replication begins with the loading of the Mini-Chromosome Maintenance (MCM) complex, proceeds by the activation of the Cdc45-MCM-GINS (CMG) helicase, and ends with CMG removal after chromosomes are fully replicated. Post-translational modifications on the MCM and associated factors ensure an orderly transit of these steps. Although the mechanisms of CMG activation and removal are partially understood, regulated MCM loading is not, leaving an incomplete understanding of how DNA replication begins. Here we describe a site-specific modification of Mcm3 by the Small Ubiquitin-like MOdifier (SUMO). Mutations that prevent this modification reduce the MCM loaded at replication origins and lower CMG levels, resulting in impaired cell growth, delayed chromosomal replication, and the accumulation of gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs). These findings demonstrate the existence of a SUMO-dependent regulation of origin-bound MCM and show that this pathway is needed to prevent genome rearrangements. Faithful replication of the genome is essential for the survival and health of all living organisms. The eukaryotic genome presents a unique and difficult challenge: its enormous size demands the coordinated action of numerous DNA replication origins to ensure timely completion of genome duplication. Although the mechanisms that control the activation and removal of DNA replisome are partially understood, whether and how cells regulate the loading of the Mini-Chromosome Maintenance (MCM) complex, the precursor of the DNA replisome, at replication origins are not. Because mutations to MCM-loading factors and enzymes that catalyze reversible protein sumoylation cause substantial gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs) that characterize the cancer genome, understanding regulated MCM loading is one of the most pressing questions in the field. Here, we identified a site-specific SUMO modification of MCM and found that mutation disabling this modification causes severe growth defect and impaired DNA replication. These defects are attributable to reduced MCM at DNA replication origins, resulting in a lower DNA replisome level and a dramatic accumulation of GCRs. Thus, these findings identify a hitherto unknown regulatory mechanism: Site-specific MCM sumoylation regulates origin-bound MCM, and this prevents genome rearrangements.
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- Yun Quan
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
- Moores Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
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Nickens DG, Bochman ML. Genetic and biochemical interactions of yeast DNA helicases. Methods 2022; 204:234-240. [PMID: 35483549 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2022.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA helicases function in many types of nucleic acid transactions, and as such, they are vital for genome integrity. Although they are often considered individually, work from many groups demonstrates that these enzymes often genetically and biochemically interact in vivo. Here, we highlight methods to interrogate such interactions among the PIF1 (Pif1 and Rrm3) and RecQ (Hrq1 and Sgs1) family helicases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The interactions among these enzymes were investigated in vivo using deletion and inactivation alleles with a gross-chromosomal rearrangement (GCR) assay. Further, wild-type and inactive recombinant proteins were used to determine the effects of the helicases on telomerase activity in vitro. We found that synergistic increases in GCR rates often occur in double vs. single mutants, suggesting that the helicases function in distinct genome integrity pathways. Further, the recombinant helicases can function together in vitro to modulate telomerase activity. Overall, the data suggest that the interactions among the members of these DNA helicase families are multipartite and argue for a comprehensive systems biology approach to fully elucidate the physiological interplay between these enzymes.
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- David G Nickens
- Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA
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- Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA.
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Herzog M, Alonso-Perez E, Salguero I, Warringer J, Adams D, Jackson SP, Puddu F. Mutagenic mechanisms of cancer-associated DNA polymerase ϵ alleles. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:3919-3931. [PMID: 33764464 PMCID: PMC8053093 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
A single amino acid residue change in the exonuclease domain of human DNA polymerase ϵ, P286R, is associated with the development of colorectal cancers, and has been shown to impart a mutator phenotype. The corresponding Pol ϵ allele in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (pol2-P301R), was found to drive greater mutagenesis than an entirely exonuclease-deficient Pol ϵ (pol2-4), an unexpected phenotype of ultra-mutagenesis. By studying the impact on mutation frequency, type, replication-strand bias, and sequence context, we show that ultra-mutagenesis is commonly observed in yeast cells carrying a range of cancer-associated Pol ϵ exonuclease domain alleles. Similarities between mutations generated by these alleles and those generated in pol2-4 cells indicate a shared mechanism of mutagenesis that yields a mutation pattern similar to cancer Signature 14. Comparison of POL2 ultra-mutator with pol2-M644G, a mutant in the polymerase domain decreasing Pol ϵ fidelity, revealed unexpected analogies in the sequence context and strand bias of mutations. Analysis of mutational patterns unique to exonuclease domain mutant cells suggests that backtracking of the polymerase, when the mismatched primer end cannot be accommodated in the proofreading domain, results in the observed insertions and T>A mutations in specific sequence contexts.
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- Mareike Herzog
- The Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK
- The Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton CB10 1HH, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 9 C, 413 90, Göteborg, Sweden
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- The Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 9 C, 413 90, Göteborg, Sweden
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- The Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK
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- The Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK
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Shared and distinct roles of Esc2 and Mms21 in suppressing genome rearrangements and regulating intracellular sumoylation. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0247132. [PMID: 33600463 PMCID: PMC7891725 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Protein sumoylation, especially when catalyzed by the Mms21 SUMO E3 ligase, plays a major role in suppressing duplication-mediated gross chromosomal rearrangements (dGCRs). How Mms21 targets its substrates in the cell is insufficiently understood. Here, we demonstrate that Esc2, a protein with SUMO-like domains (SLDs), recruits the Ubc9 SUMO conjugating enzyme to specifically facilitate Mms21-dependent sumoylation and suppress dGCRs. The D430R mutation in Esc2 impairs its binding to Ubc9 and causes a synergistic growth defect and accumulation of dGCRs with mutations that delete the Siz1 and Siz2 E3 ligases. By contrast, esc2-D430R does not appreciably affect sensitivity to DNA damage or the dGCRs caused by the catalytically inactive mms21-CH. Moreover, proteome-wide analysis of intracellular sumoylation demonstrates that esc2-D430R specifically down-regulates sumoylation levels of Mms21-preferred targets, including the nucleolar proteins, components of the SMC complexes and the MCM complex that acts as the catalytic core of the replicative DNA helicase. These effects closely resemble those caused by mms21-CH, and are relatively unaffected by deleting Siz1 and Siz2. Thus, by recruiting Ubc9, Esc2 facilitates Mms21-dependent sumoylation to suppress the accumulation of dGCRs independent of Siz1 and Siz2.
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Li S, Bonner JN, Wan B, So S, Summers A, Gonzalez L, Xue X, Zhao X. Esc2 orchestrates substrate-specific sumoylation by acting as a SUMO E2 cofactor in genome maintenance. Genes Dev 2021; 35:261-272. [PMID: 33446573 PMCID: PMC7849368 DOI: 10.1101/gad.344739.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
In this study, Li et al. set out to investigate the conserved genome stability factor Esc2 in budding yeast and its roles in DNA damage-induced sumoylation. Using in vitro and in vivo approaches, the authors propose that Esc2 acts as a SUMO E2 cofactor at distinct DNA structures to promote the sumoylation of specific substrates and genome maintenance. SUMO modification regulates diverse cellular processes by targeting hundreds of proteins. However, the limited number of sumoylation enzymes raises the question of how such a large number of substrates are efficiently modified. Specifically, how genome maintenance factors are dynamically sumoylated at DNA replication and repair sites to modulate their functions is poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate a role for the conserved yeast Esc2 protein in this process by acting as a SUMO E2 cofactor. Esc2 is required for genome stability and binds to Holliday junctions and replication fork structures. Our targeted screen found that Esc2 promotes the sumoylation of a Holliday junction dissolution complex and specific replisome proteins. Esc2 does not elicit these effects via stable interactions with substrates or their common SUMO E3. Rather, we show that a SUMO-like domain of Esc2 stimulates sumoylation by exploiting a noncovalent SUMO binding site on the E2 enzyme. This role of Esc2 in sumoylation is required for Holliday junction clearance and genome stability. Our findings thus suggest that Esc2 acts as a SUMO E2 cofactor at distinct DNA structures to promote the sumoylation of specific substrates and genome maintenance.
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- Shibai Li
- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA.,Program in Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 78666, USA
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- Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Program, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 78666, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 78666, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 78666, USA.,Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Program, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 78666, USA
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA.,Program in Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, New York 10065, USA
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Zacheja T, Toth A, Harami GM, Yang Q, Schwindt E, Kovács M, Paeschke K, Burkovics P. Mgs1 protein supports genome stability via recognition of G-quadruplex DNA structures. FASEB J 2020; 34:12646-12662. [PMID: 32748509 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202000886r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Revised: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
The integrity of the genetic material is crucial for every organism. One intrinsic attack to genome stability is stalling of the replication fork which can result in DNA breakage. Several factors, such as DNA lesions or the formation of stable secondary structures (eg, G-quadruplexes) can lead to replication fork stalling. G-quadruplexes (G4s) are well-characterized stable secondary DNA structures that can form within specific single-stranded DNA sequence motifs and have been shown to block/pause the replication machinery. In most genomes several helicases have been described to regulate G4 unfolding to preserve genome integrity, however, different experiments raise the hypothesis that processing of G4s during DNA replication is more complex and requires additional, so far unknown, proteins. Here, we show that the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mgs1 protein robustly binds to G4 structures in vitro and preferentially acts at regions with a strong potential to form G4 structures in vivo. Our results suggest that Mgs1 binds to G4-forming sites and has a role in the maintenance of genome integrity.
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- Theresa Zacheja
- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Biological Research Centre, Institute of Genetics, Szeged, Hungary.,Doctoral School of Biology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- ELTE-MTA Momentum Motor Enzymology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- ELTE-MTA Momentum Motor Enzymology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.,MTA-ELTE Motor Pharmacology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Department of Biochemistry, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Biological Research Centre, Institute of Genetics, Szeged, Hungary
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DNA polymerase ε relies on a unique domain for efficient replisome assembly and strand synthesis. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2437. [PMID: 32415104 PMCID: PMC7228970 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16095-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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DNA polymerase epsilon (Pol ε) is required for genome duplication and tumor suppression. It supports both replisome assembly and leading strand synthesis; however, the underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Here we report that a conserved domain within the Pol ε catalytic core influences both of these replication steps in budding yeast. Modeling cancer-associated mutations in this domain reveals its unexpected effect on incorporating Pol ε into the four-member pre-loading complex during replisome assembly. In addition, genetic and biochemical data suggest that the examined domain supports Pol ε catalytic activity and symmetric movement of replication forks. Contrary to previously characterized Pol ε cancer variants, the examined mutants cause genome hyper-rearrangement rather than hyper-mutation. Our work thus suggests a role of the Pol ε catalytic core in replisome formation, a reliance of Pol ε strand synthesis on a unique domain, and a potential tumor-suppressive effect of Pol ε in curbing genome re-arrangements.
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Schmidt TT, Sharma S, Reyes GX, Kolodziejczak A, Wagner T, Luke B, Hofer A, Chabes A, Hombauer H. Inactivation of folylpolyglutamate synthetase Met7 results in genome instability driven by an increased dUTP/dTTP ratio. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:264-277. [PMID: 31647103 PMCID: PMC7145683 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz1006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The accumulation of mutations is frequently associated with alterations in gene function leading to the onset of diseases, including cancer. Aiming to find novel genes that contribute to the stability of the genome, we screened the Saccharomyces cerevisiae deletion collection for increased mutator phenotypes. Among the identified genes, we discovered MET7, which encodes folylpolyglutamate synthetase (FPGS), an enzyme that facilitates several folate-dependent reactions including the synthesis of purines, thymidylate (dTMP) and DNA methylation. Here, we found that Met7-deficient strains show elevated mutation rates, but also increased levels of endogenous DNA damage resulting in gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs). Quantification of deoxyribonucleotide (dNTP) pools in cell extracts from met7Δ mutant revealed reductions in dTTP and dGTP that cause a constitutively active DNA damage checkpoint. In addition, we found that the absence of Met7 leads to dUTP accumulation, at levels that allowed its detection in yeast extracts for the first time. Consequently, a high dUTP/dTTP ratio promotes uracil incorporation into DNA, followed by futile repair cycles that compromise both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA integrity. In summary, this work highlights the importance of folate polyglutamylation in the maintenance of nucleotide homeostasis and genome stability.
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- Tobias T Schmidt
- DNA Repair Mechanisms and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg D-69120, Germany.,Faculty of Bioscience, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 87 Sweden
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- DNA Repair Mechanisms and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
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- DNA Repair Mechanisms and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg D-69120, Germany.,Faculty of Bioscience, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, 55128 Mainz, Germany.,Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 87 Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 87 Sweden.,Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- DNA Repair Mechanisms and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
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Meng X, Wei L, Peng XP, Zhao X. Sumoylation of the DNA polymerase ε by the Smc5/6 complex contributes to DNA replication. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008426. [PMID: 31765372 PMCID: PMC6876774 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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DNA polymerase epsilon (Pol ε) is critical for genome duplication, but little is known about how post-translational modification regulates its function. Here we report that the Pol ε catalytic subunit Pol2 in yeast is sumoylated at a single lysine within a catalytic domain insertion uniquely possessed by Pol2 family members. We found that Pol2 sumoylation occurs specifically in S phase and is increased under conditions of replication fork blockade. Analyses of the genetic requirements of this modification indicate that Pol2 sumoylation is associated with replication fork progression and dependent on the Smc5/6 SUMO ligase known to promote DNA synthesis. Consistently, the pol2 sumoylation mutant phenotype suggests impaired replication progression and increased levels of gross chromosomal rearrangements. Our findings thus indicate a direct role for SUMO in Pol2-mediated DNA synthesis and a molecular basis for Smc5/6-mediated regulation of genome stability. DNA replication factors are tightly regulated to ensure genome duplication accuracy and efficiency. Among these factors, the Pol ε replicative polymerase plays a vital role by copying half of the genome every cell cycle. However, little is known about how this critical enzyme is regulated. Here we describe SUMO-based regulation of the catalytic subunit of Pol ε, Pol2. Our data suggest that Pol2 sumoylation occurs during replication elongation, particularly when replication forks encounter template obstacles. This modification is mediated by the conserved Smc5/6 SUMO ligase complex and occurs at a single site within the Pol2 catalytic domain. Several observations suggest that Pol2 sumoylation makes positive contributions to the synthesis of DNA regions enriched with template barriers and helps to prevent large-scale genomic alterations. Our work thus provides new insights into DNA polymerase regulation, specifically the role played by contributions from SUMO and the Smc5/6 complex.
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- Xiangzhou Meng
- Molecular Biology Department, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Molecular Biology Department, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Molecular Biology Department, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program of Weill Cornell Medical School, Rockefeller University, and Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Molecular Biology Department, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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Gaillard H, Santos-Pereira JM, Aguilera A. The Nup84 complex coordinates the DNA damage response to warrant genome integrity. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:4054-4067. [PMID: 30715474 PMCID: PMC6486642 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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DNA lesions interfere with cellular processes such as transcription and replication and need to be adequately resolved to warrant genome integrity. Beyond their primary role in molecule transport, nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) function in other processes such as transcription, nuclear organization and DNA double strand break (DSB) repair. Here we found that the removal of UV-induced DNA lesions by nucleotide excision repair (NER) is compromised in the absence of the Nup84 nuclear pore component. Importantly, nup84Δ cells show an exacerbated sensitivity to UV in early S phase and delayed replication fork progression, suggesting that unrepaired spontaneous DNA lesions persist during S phase. In addition, nup84Δ cells are defective in the repair of replication-born DSBs by sister chromatid recombination (SCR) and rely on post-replicative repair functions for normal proliferation, indicating dysfunctions in the cellular pathways that enable replication on damaged DNA templates. Altogether, our data reveal a central role of the NPC in the DNA damage response to facilitate replication progression through damaged DNA templates by promoting efficient NER and SCR and preventing chromosomal rearrangements.
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- Hélène Gaillard
- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41092 Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41092 Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41092 Seville, Spain
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Irie H, Yamamoto I, Tarumoto Y, Tashiro S, Runge KW, Ishikawa F. Telomere-binding proteins Taz1 and Rap1 regulate DSB repair and suppress gross chromosomal rearrangements in fission yeast. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008335. [PMID: 31454352 PMCID: PMC6733473 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Genomic rearrangements (gross chromosomal rearrangements, GCRs) threatens genome integrity and cause cell death or tumor formation. At the terminus of linear chromosomes, a telomere-binding protein complex, called shelterin, ensures chromosome stability by preventing chromosome end-to-end fusions and regulating telomere length homeostasis. As such, shelterin-mediated telomere functions play a pivotal role in suppressing GCR formation. However, it remains unclear whether the shelterin proteins play any direct role in inhibiting GCR at non-telomeric regions. Here, we have established a GCR assay for the first time in fission yeast and measured GCR rates in various mutants. We found that fission yeast cells lacking shelterin components Taz1 or Rap1 (mammalian TRF1/2 or RAP1 homologues, respectively) showed higher GCR rates compared to wild-type, accumulating large chromosome deletions. Genetic dissection of Rap1 revealed that Rap1 contributes to inhibiting GCRs via two independent pathways. The N-terminal BRCT-domain promotes faithful DSB repair, as determined by I-SceI-mediated DSB-induction experiments; moreover, association with Poz1 mediated by the central Poz1-binding domain regulates telomerase accessibility to DSBs, leading to suppression of de novo telomere additions. Our data highlight unappreciated functions of the shelterin components Taz1 and Rap1 in maintaining genome stability, specifically by preventing non-telomeric GCRs.
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- Hiroyuki Irie
- Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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Wan B, Wu J, Meng X, Lei M, Zhao X. Molecular Basis for Control of Diverse Genome Stability Factors by the Multi-BRCT Scaffold Rtt107. Mol Cell 2019; 75:238-251.e5. [PMID: 31348879 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BRCT domains support myriad protein-protein interactions involved in genome maintenance. Although di-BRCT recognition of phospho-proteins is well known to support the genotoxic response, whether multi-BRCT domains can acquire distinct structures and functions is unclear. Here we present the tetra-BRCT structures from the conserved yeast protein Rtt107 in free and ligand-bound forms. The four BRCT repeats fold into a tetrahedral structure that recognizes unmodified ligands using a bi-partite mechanism, suggesting repeat origami enabling function acquisition. Functional studies show that Rtt107 binding of partner proteins of diverse activities promotes genome replication and stability in both distinct and concerted manners. A unified theme is that tetra- and di-BRCT domains of Rtt107 collaborate to recruit partner proteins to chromatin. Our work thus illustrates how a master regulator uses two types of BRCT domains to recognize distinct genome factors and direct them to chromatin for constitutive genome protection.
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- Bingbing Wan
- Molecular Biology Department, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Shanghai Institute of Precision Medicine, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200125, China
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- Molecular Biology Department, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Shanghai Institute of Precision Medicine, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200125, China; Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200125, China; National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, Zhangjiang Lab, Shanghai 201210, China; Shanghai Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China.
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- Molecular Biology Department, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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A Novel G-Quadruplex Binding Protein in Yeast-Slx9. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24091774. [PMID: 31067825 PMCID: PMC6539110 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24091774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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G-quadruplex (G4) structures are highly stable four-stranded DNA and RNA secondary structures held together by non-canonical guanine base pairs. G4 sequence motifs are enriched at specific sites in eukaryotic genomes, suggesting regulatory functions of G4 structures during different biological processes. Considering the high thermodynamic stability of G4 structures, various proteins are necessary for G4 structure formation and unwinding. In a yeast one-hybrid screen, we identified Slx9 as a novel G4-binding protein. We confirmed that Slx9 binds to G4 DNA structures in vitro. Despite these findings, Slx9 binds only insignificantly to G-rich/G4 regions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as demonstrated by genome-wide ChIP-seq analysis. However, Slx9 binding to G4s is significantly increased in the absence of Sgs1, a RecQ helicase that regulates G4 structures. Different genetic and molecular analyses allowed us to propose a model in which Slx9 recognizes and protects stabilized G4 structures in vivo.
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Oh J, Lee SJ, Rothstein R, Symington LS. Xrs2 and Tel1 Independently Contribute to MR-Mediated DNA Tethering and Replisome Stability. Cell Rep 2018; 25:1681-1692.e4. [PMID: 30428339 PMCID: PMC6317890 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Revised: 09/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The yeast Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2 (MRX) complex has structural, signaling, and catalytic functions in the response to DNA damage. Xrs2, the eukaryotic-specific component of the complex, is required for nuclear import of Mre11 and Rad50 and to recruit the Tel1 kinase to damage sites. We show that nuclear-localized MR complex (Mre11-NLS) catalyzes homology-dependent repair without Xrs2, but MR cannot activate Tel1, and it fails to tether DSBs, resulting in sensitivity to genotoxins, replisome instability, and increased gross chromosome rearrangements (GCRs). Fusing the Tel1 interaction domain from Xrs2 to Mre11-NLS is sufficient to restore telomere elongation and Tel1 signaling to Xrs2-deficient cells. Furthermore, Tel1 stabilizes Mre11-DNA association, and this stabilization function becomes important for DNA damage resistance in the absence of Xrs2. Enforcing Tel1 recruitment to the nuclear MR complex fully rescues end tethering and stalled replication fork stability, and suppresses GCRs, highlighting important roles for Xrs2 and Tel1 to ensure optimal MR activity.
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- Julyun Oh
- Biological Sciences Program, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Biological Sciences Program, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Biological Sciences Program, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Geronimo CL, Singh SP, Galletto R, Zakian VA. The signature motif of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pif1 DNA helicase is essential in vivo for mitochondrial and nuclear functions and in vitro for ATPase activity. Nucleic Acids Res 2018; 46:8357-8370. [PMID: 30239884 PMCID: PMC6144861 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Pif1 family DNA helicases are conserved from bacteria to humans and have critical and diverse functions in vivo that promote genome integrity. Pif1 family helicases share a 23 amino acid region, called the Pif1 signature motif (SM) that is unique to this family. To determine the importance of the SM, we did mutational and functional analysis of the SM from the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pif1 (ScPif1). The mutations deleted portions of the SM, made one or multiple single amino acid changes in the SM, replaced the SM with its counterpart from a bacterial Pif1 family helicase and substituted an α-helical domain from another helicase for the part of the SM that forms an α helix. Mutants were tested for maintenance of mitochondrial DNA, inhibition of telomerase at telomeres and double strand breaks, and promotion of Okazaki fragment maturation. Although certain single amino acid changes in the SM can be tolerated, the presence and sequence of the ScPif1 SM were essential for all tested in vivo functions. Consistent with the in vivo analyses, in vitro studies showed that the presence and sequence of the ScPif1 SM were critical for ATPase activity but not substrate binding.
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- Carly L Geronimo
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1014, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1014, USA
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Lanz MC, Oberly S, Sanford EJ, Sharma S, Chabes A, Smolka MB. Separable roles for Mec1/ATR in genome maintenance, DNA replication, and checkpoint signaling. Genes Dev 2018; 32:822-835. [PMID: 29899143 PMCID: PMC6049512 DOI: 10.1101/gad.308148.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In this study, Lanz et al. investigated how the Mec1/ATR kinase functions in genome maintenance and replication and, using a novel genetic system to spatially manipulate Mec1 activation and action, show that the ability of Mec1 to suppress genomic instabilities is separate from a novel role in promoting DNA replication. These findings establish that the Mec1/ATR kinase initiates checkpoint signaling, promotes DNA replication, and maintains genetic stability through distinct modes of action. The Mec1/ATR kinase coordinates multiple cellular responses to replication stress. In addition to its canonical role in activating the checkpoint kinase Rad53, Mec1 also plays checkpoint-independent roles in genome maintenance that are not well understood. Here we used a combined genetic–phosphoproteomic approach to manipulate Mec1 activation and globally monitor Mec1 signaling, allowing us to delineate distinct checkpoint-independent modes of Mec1 action. Using cells in which endogenous Mec1 activators were genetically ablated, we found that expression of “free” Mec1 activation domains (MADs) can robustly activate Mec1 and rescue the severe DNA replication and growth defects of these cells back to wild-type levels. However, unlike the activation mediated by endogenous activator proteins, “free” MADs are unable to stimulate Mec1-mediated suppression of gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs), revealing that Mec1's role in genome maintenance is separable from a previously unappreciated proreplicative function. Both Mec1's functions in promoting replication and suppressing GCRs are independent of the downstream checkpoint kinases. Additionally, Mec1-dependent GCR suppression seems to require localized Mec1 action at DNA lesions, which correlates with the phosphorylation of activator-proximal substrates involved in homologous recombination-mediated DNA repair. These findings establish that Mec1 initiates checkpoint signaling, promotes DNA replication, and maintains genetic stability through distinct modes of action.
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- Michael Charles Lanz
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.,Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå SE 90187, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.,Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå SE 90187, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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SUMO E3 ligase Mms21 prevents spontaneous DNA damage induced genome rearrangements. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007250. [PMID: 29505562 PMCID: PMC5860785 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Mms21, a subunit of the Smc5/6 complex, possesses an E3 ligase activity for the Small Ubiquitin-like MOdifier (SUMO). Here we show that the mms21-CH mutation, which inactivates Mms21 ligase activity, causes increased accumulation of gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs) selected in the dGCR assay. These dGCRs are formed by non-allelic homologous recombination between divergent DNA sequences mediated by Rad52-, Rrm3- and Pol32-dependent break-induced replication. Combining mms21-CH with sgs1Δ caused a synergistic increase in GCRs rates, indicating the distinct roles of Mms21 and Sgs1 in suppressing GCRs. The mms21-CH mutation also caused increased rates of accumulating uGCRs mediated by breakpoints in unique sequences as revealed by whole genome sequencing. Consistent with the accumulation of endogenous DNA lesions, mms21-CH mutants accumulate increased levels of spontaneous Rad52 and Ddc2 foci and had a hyper-activated DNA damage checkpoint. Together, these findings support that Mms21 prevents the accumulation of spontaneous DNA lesions that cause diverse GCRs. Chromosomal rearrangement is a hallmark of cancer. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mms21 is an E3 ligase for Small Ubiquitin like MOdifer (SUMO), which has been shown to have a major role in preventing chromosomal rearrangement. Despite extensive studies about the function of Mms21 in regulating the repair of exogenously induced DNA damage, how Mms21, and its human ortholog NSMCE2, prevents spontaneous chromosomal rearrangement in unperturbed cells has been unknown. In this study, we provided genetic evidences supporting a novel role of Mms21 in preventing the accumulation of spontaneous DNA breaks, which are likely caused by defective DNA replication, without appreciably affecting how they are repaired. Our findings highlight the central role of faithful DNA replication in preventing spontaneous chromosomal rearrangement, and further suggest that the study of the role of Mms21 dependent sumoylation in DNA replication could yield important insights into how the SUMO pathway prevents chromosomal rearrangement in human disease.
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Cdc73 suppresses genome instability by mediating telomere homeostasis. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007170. [PMID: 29320491 PMCID: PMC5779705 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 12/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Defects in the genes encoding the Paf1 complex can cause increased genome instability. Loss of Paf1, Cdc73, and Ctr9, but not Rtf1 or Leo1, caused increased accumulation of gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs). Combining the cdc73Δ mutation with individual deletions of 43 other genes, including TEL1 and YKU80, which are involved in telomere maintenance, resulted in synergistic increases in GCR rates. Whole genome sequence analysis of GCRs indicated that there were reduced relative rates of GCRs mediated by de novo telomere additions and increased rates of translocations and inverted duplications in cdc73Δ single and double mutants. Analysis of telomere lengths and telomeric gene silencing in strains containing different combinations of cdc73Δ, tel1Δ and yku80Δ mutations suggested that combinations of these mutations caused increased defects in telomere maintenance. A deletion analysis of Cdc73 revealed that a central 105 amino acid region was necessary and sufficient for suppressing the defects observed in cdc73Δ strains; this region was required for the binding of Cdc73 to the Paf1 complex through Ctr9 and for nuclear localization of Cdc73. Taken together, these data suggest that the increased GCR rate of cdc73Δ single and double mutants is due to partial telomere dysfunction and that Ctr9 and Paf1 play a central role in the Paf1 complex potentially by scaffolding the Paf1 complex subunits or by mediating recruitment of the Paf1 complex to the different processes it functions in. Maintaining a stable genome is crucial for all organisms, and loss of genome stability has been linked to multiple human diseases, including many cancers. Previously we found that defects in Cdc73, a component of the Paf1 transcriptional elongation complex, give rise to increased genome instability. Here, we explored the mechanism underlying this instability and found that Cdc73 defects give rise to partial defects in maintaining telomeres, which are the specialized ends of chromosomes, and interact with other mutations causing telomere defects. Remarkably, Cdc73 function is mediated through a short central region of the protein that is not a part of previously identified protein domains but targets Cdc73 to the Paf1 complex through interaction with the Ctr9 subunit. Analysis of the other components of the Paf1 complex provides a model in which the Paf1 subunit mediates recruitment of the other subunits to different processes they function in. Together, these data suggest that the mutations in CDC73 and CTR9 found in patients with hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome and some patients with Wilms tumors, respectively, may contribute to cancer progression by contributing to genome instability.
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Wanzek K, Schwindt E, Capra JA, Paeschke K. Mms1 binds to G-rich regions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and influences replication and genome stability. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:7796-7806. [PMID: 28535251 PMCID: PMC5570088 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The regulation of replication is essential to preserve genome integrity. Mms1 is part of the E3 ubiquitin ligase complex that is linked to replication fork progression. By identifying Mms1 binding sites genome-wide in Saccharomyces cerevisiae we connected Mms1 function to genome integrity and replication fork progression at particular G-rich motifs. This motif can form G-quadruplex (G4) structures in vitro. G4 are stable DNA structures that are known to impede replication fork progression. In the absence of Mms1, genome stability is at risk at these G-rich/G4 regions as demonstrated by gross chromosomal rearrangement assays. Mms1 binds throughout the cell cycle to these G-rich/G4 regions and supports the binding of Pif1 DNA helicase. Based on these data we propose a mechanistic model in which Mms1 binds to specific G-rich/G4 motif located on the lagging strand template for DNA replication and supports Pif1 function, DNA replication and genome integrity.
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- Katharina Wanzek
- Department of Biochemistry, Theodor Boveri-Institute, University of Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, Netherlands
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- Departments of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Informatics, Computer Science, and Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Theodor Boveri-Institute, University of Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.,European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, Netherlands
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Ouenzar F, Lalonde M, Laprade H, Morin G, Gallardo F, Tremblay-Belzile S, Chartrand P. Cell cycle-dependent spatial segregation of telomerase from sites of DNA damage. J Cell Biol 2017. [PMID: 28637749 PMCID: PMC5551704 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201610071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Telomerase can generate a novel telomere at a DNA break, with potentially lethal consequences for the cell. Ouenzar et al. reveal novel roles for Pif1, Rad52, and Siz1-dependent sumoylation in the spatial exclusion of telomerase from sites of DNA repair during the cell cycle. Telomerase can generate a novel telomere at DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), an event called de novo telomere addition. How this activity is suppressed remains unclear. Combining single-molecule imaging and deep sequencing, we show that the budding yeast telomerase RNA (TLC1 RNA) is spatially segregated to the nucleolus and excluded from sites of DNA repair in a cell cycle–dependent manner. Although TLC1 RNA accumulates in the nucleoplasm in G1/S, Pif1 activity promotes TLC1 RNA localization in the nucleolus in G2/M. In the presence of DSBs, TLC1 RNA remains nucleolar in most G2/M cells but accumulates in the nucleoplasm and colocalizes with DSBs in rad52Δ cells, leading to de novo telomere additions. Nucleoplasmic accumulation of TLC1 RNA depends on Cdc13 localization at DSBs and on the SUMO ligase Siz1, which is required for de novo telomere addition in rad52Δ cells. This study reveals novel roles for Pif1, Rad52, and Siz1-dependent sumoylation in the spatial exclusion of telomerase from sites of DNA repair.
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- Faissal Ouenzar
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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A Slowed Cell Cycle Stabilizes the Budding Yeast Genome. Genetics 2017; 206:811-828. [PMID: 28468908 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.197590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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During cell division, aberrant DNA structures are detected by regulators called checkpoints that slow division to allow error correction. In addition to checkpoint-induced delay, it is widely assumed, though rarely shown, that merely slowing the cell cycle might allow more time for error detection and correction, thus resulting in a more stable genome. Fidelity by a slowed cell cycle might be independent of checkpoints. Here we tested the hypothesis that a slowed cell cycle stabilizes the genome, independent of checkpoints, in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae We were led to this hypothesis when we identified a gene (ERV14, an ER cargo membrane protein) that when mutated, unexpectedly stabilized the genome, as measured by three different chromosome assays. After extensive studies of pathways rendered dysfunctional in erv14 mutant cells, we are led to the inference that no particular pathway is involved in stabilization, but rather the slowed cell cycle induced by erv14 stabilized the genome. We then demonstrated that, in genetic mutations and chemical treatments unrelated to ERV14, a slowed cell cycle indeed correlates with a more stable genome, even in checkpoint-proficient cells. Data suggest a delay in G2/M may commonly stabilize the genome. We conclude that chromosome errors are more rarely made or are more readily corrected when the cell cycle is slowed (even ∼15 min longer in an ∼100-min cell cycle). And, some chromosome errors may not signal checkpoint-mediated responses, or do not sufficiently signal to allow correction, and their correction benefits from this "time checkpoint."
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de Albuquerque CP, Liang J, Gaut NJ, Zhou H. Molecular Circuitry of the SUMO (Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier) Pathway in Controlling Sumoylation Homeostasis and Suppressing Genome Rearrangements. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:8825-35. [PMID: 26921322 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.716399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) E3 ligases are known to have a major role in preventing gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs); however, relatively little is known about the role of SUMO isopeptidases in genome maintenance and their role in controlling intracellular sumoylation homeostasis. Here we show the SUMO isopeptidase Ulp2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae does not prevent the accumulation of GCRs, and interestingly, its loss causes subunit-specific changes of sumoylated minichromosome maintenance (MCM) helicase in addition to drastic accumulation of sumoylated nucleolar RENT and inner kinetochore complexes. In contrast, loss of Ulp1 or its mis-localization from the nuclear periphery causes substantial accumulations of GCRs and elevated sumoylation of most proteins except for Ulp2 targets. Interestingly, the E3 ligase Mms21, which has a major role in genome maintenance, preferentially controls the sumoylation of Mcm3 during DNA replication. These findings reveal distinct roles for Ulp1 and Ulp2 in controlling homeostasis of intracellular sumoylation and show that sumoylation of MCM is controlled in a subunit-specific and cell cycle dependent manner.
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- From the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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- From the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and Moores Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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Deng SK, Yin Y, Petes TD, Symington LS. Mre11-Sae2 and RPA Collaborate to Prevent Palindromic Gene Amplification. Mol Cell 2016; 60:500-8. [PMID: 26545079 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.09.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Revised: 08/20/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Foldback priming at DNA double-stranded breaks is one mechanism proposed to initiate palindromic gene amplification, a common feature of cancer cells. Here, we show that small (5-9 bp) inverted repeats drive the formation of large palindromic duplications, the major class of chromosomal rearrangements recovered from yeast cells lacking Sae2 or the Mre11 nuclease. RPA dysfunction increased the frequency of palindromic duplications in Sae2 or Mre11 nuclease-deficient cells by ∼ 1,000-fold, consistent with intra-strand annealing to create a hairpin-capped chromosome that is subsequently replicated to form a dicentric isochromosome. The palindromic duplications were frequently associated with duplication of a second chromosome region bounded by a repeated sequence and a telomere, suggesting the dicentric chromosome breaks and repairs by recombination between dispersed repeats to acquire a telomere. We propose secondary structures within single-stranded DNA are potent instigators of genome instability, and RPA and Mre11-Sae2 play important roles in preventing their formation and propagation, respectively.
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- Sarah K Deng
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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A Chemical and Enzymatic Approach to Study Site-Specific Sumoylation. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0143810. [PMID: 26633173 PMCID: PMC4669148 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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A variety of cellular pathways are regulated by protein modifications with ubiquitin-family proteins. SUMO, the Small Ubiquitin-like MOdifier, is covalently attached to lysine on target proteins via a cascade reaction catalyzed by E1, E2, and E3 enzymes. A major barrier to understanding the diverse regulatory roles of SUMO has been a lack of suitable methods to identify protein sumoylation sites. Here we developed a mass-spectrometry (MS) based approach combining chemical and enzymatic modifications to identify sumoylation sites. We applied this method to analyze the auto-sumoylation of the E1 enzyme in vitro and compared it to the GG-remnant method using Smt3-I96R as a substrate. We further examined the effect of smt3-I96R mutation in vivo and performed a proteome-wide analysis of protein sumoylation sites in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To validate these findings, we confirmed several sumoylation sites of Aos1 and Uba2 in vivo. Together, these results demonstrate that our chemical and enzymatic method for identifying protein sumoylation sites provides a useful tool and that a combination of methods allows a detailed analysis of protein sumoylation sites.
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Liang J, Suhandynata RT, Zhou H. Phosphorylation of Sae2 Mediates Forkhead-associated (FHA) Domain-specific Interaction and Regulates Its DNA Repair Function. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:10751-63. [PMID: 25762720 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.625293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sae2 and its ortholog CtIP in higher eukaryotes have a conserved role in the initial processing of DNA lesions and influencing their subsequent repair pathways. Sae2 is phosphorylated by the ATR/ATM family kinases Mec1 and Tel1 in response to DNA damage. Among the Mec1/Tel1 consensus phosphorylation sites of Sae2, we found that mutations of Thr-90 and Thr-279 of Sae2 into alanine caused a persistent Rad53 activation in response to a transient DNA damage, similar to the loss of Sae2. To gain insight into the function of this phosphorylation of Sae2, we performed a quantitative proteomics analysis to identify its associated proteins. We found that phosphorylation of Thr-90 of Sae2 mediates its interaction with Rad53, Dun1, Xrs2, Dma1, and Dma2, whereas Rad53 and Dun1 additionally interact with phosphorylated Thr-279 of Sae2. Mutations of the ligand-binding residues of Forkhead-associated (FHA) domains of Rad53, Dun1, Xrs2, Dma1, and Dma2 abolished their interactions with Sae2, revealing the involvement of FHA-specific interactions. Mutations of Thr-90 and Thr-279 of Sae2 caused a synergistic defect when combined with sgs1Δ and exo1Δ and elevated gross chromosomal rearrangements. Likewise, mutations of RAD53 and DUN1 caused a synthetic growth defect with sgs1Δ and elevated gross chromosomal rearrangements. These findings suggest that threonine-specific phosphorylation of Sae2 by Mec1 and Tel1 contributes to DNA repair and genome maintenance via its interactions with Rad53 and Dun1.
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- Jason Liang
- From the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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- From the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and Moores Cancer Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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Krol K, Brozda I, Skoneczny M, Bretne M, Skoneczna A. A genomic screen revealing the importance of vesicular trafficking pathways in genome maintenance and protection against genotoxic stress in diploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0120702. [PMID: 25756177 PMCID: PMC4355298 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The ability to survive stressful conditions is important for every living cell. Certain stresses not only affect the current well-being of cells but may also have far-reaching consequences. Uncurbed oxidative stress can cause DNA damage and decrease cell survival and/or increase mutation rates, and certain substances that generate oxidative damage in the cell mainly act on DNA. Radiomimetic zeocin causes oxidative damage in DNA, predominantly by inducing single- or double-strand breaks. Such lesions can lead to chromosomal rearrangements, especially in diploid cells, in which the two sets of chromosomes facilitate excessive and deleterious recombination. In a global screen for zeocin-oversensitive mutants, we selected 133 genes whose deletion reduces the survival of zeocin-treated diploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. The screen revealed numerous genes associated with stress responses, DNA repair genes, cell cycle progression genes, and chromatin remodeling genes. Notably, the screen also demonstrated the involvement of the vesicular trafficking system in cellular protection against DNA damage. The analyses indicated the importance of vesicular system integrity in various pathways of cellular protection from zeocin-dependent damage, including detoxification and a direct or transitional role in genome maintenance processes that remains unclear. The data showed that deleting genes involved in vesicular trafficking may lead to Rad52 focus accumulation and changes in total DNA content or even cell ploidy alterations, and such deletions may preclude proper DNA repair after zeocin treatment. We postulate that functional vesicular transport is crucial for sustaining an integral genome. We believe that the identification of numerous new genes implicated in genome restoration after genotoxic oxidative stress combined with the detected link between vesicular trafficking and genome integrity will reveal novel molecular processes involved in genome stability in diploid cells.
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- Kamil Krol
- Laboratory of Mutagenesis and DNA Repair, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Mutagenesis and DNA Repair, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Mutagenesis and DNA Repair, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Putnam CD, Pallis K, Hayes TK, Kolodner RD. DNA repair pathway selection caused by defects in TEL1, SAE2, and de novo telomere addition generates specific chromosomal rearrangement signatures. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004277. [PMID: 24699249 PMCID: PMC3974649 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 02/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Whole genome sequencing of cancer genomes has revealed a diversity of recurrent gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs) that are likely signatures of specific defects in DNA damage response pathways. However, inferring the underlying defects has been difficult due to insufficient information relating defects in DNA metabolism to GCR signatures. By analyzing over 95 mutant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we found that the frequency of GCRs that deleted an internal CAN1/URA3 cassette on chrV L while retaining a chrV L telomeric hph marker was significantly higher in tel1Δ, sae2Δ, rad53Δ sml1Δ, and mrc1Δ tof1Δ mutants. The hph-retaining GCRs isolated from tel1Δ mutants contained either an interstitial deletion dependent on non-homologous end-joining or an inverted duplication that appeared to be initiated from a double strand break (DSB) on chrV L followed by hairpin formation, copying of chrV L from the DSB toward the centromere, and homologous recombination to capture the hph-containing end of chrV L. In contrast, hph-containing GCRs from other mutants were primarily interstitial deletions (mrc1Δ tof1Δ) or inverted duplications (sae2Δ and rad53Δ sml1Δ). Mutants with impaired de novo telomere addition had increased frequencies of hph-containing GCRs, whereas mutants with increased de novo telomere addition had decreased frequencies of hph-containing GCRs. Both types of hph-retaining GCRs occurred in wild-type strains, suggesting that the increased frequencies of hph retention were due to the relative efficiencies of competing DNA repair pathways. Interestingly, the inverted duplications observed here resemble common GCRs in metastatic pancreatic cancer. Recent advances in the sequencing of human cancer genomes have revealed that some types of genome rearrangements are more common in specific types of cancers. Thus, these cancers may share defects in DNA repair mechanisms, which may play roles in initiation or progression of the disease and may be useful therapeutically. Linking a common rearrangement signature to a specific genetic or epigenetic alteration is currently challenging, because we do not know which rearrangement signatures are linked to which DNA repair defects. Here we used a genetic assay in the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae to specifically link two classes of chromosomal rearrangements, interstitial deletions and inverted duplications, to specific genetic defects. These results begin to map out the links between observed chromosomal rearrangements and specific DNA repair defects and in the present case, may provide insights into the chromosomal rearrangements frequently observed in metastatic pancreatic cancer.
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- Christopher D. Putnam
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Moores-UCSD Cancer Center, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Institute of Genomic Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Bochman ML, Paeschke K, Chan A, Zakian VA. Hrq1, a homolog of the human RecQ4 helicase, acts catalytically and structurally to promote genome integrity. Cell Rep 2014; 6:346-56. [PMID: 24440721 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.12.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Revised: 11/27/2013] [Accepted: 12/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Human RecQ4 (hRecQ4) affects cancer and aging but is difficult to study because it is a fusion between a helicase and an essential replication factor. Budding yeast Hrq1 is homologous to the disease-linked helicase domain of RecQ4 and, like hRecQ4, is a robust 3'-5' helicase. Additionally, Hrq1 has the unusual property of forming heptameric rings. Cells lacking Hrq1 exhibited two DNA damage phenotypes: hypersensitivity to DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) and telomere addition to DNA breaks. Both activities are rare; their coexistence in a single protein is unprecedented. Resistance to ICLs requires helicase activity, but suppression of telomere addition does not. Hrq1 also affects telomere length by a noncatalytic mechanism, as well as telomerase-independent telomere maintenance. Because Hrq1 binds telomeres in vivo, it probably affects them directly. Thus, the tumor-suppressing activity of RecQ4 could be due to a role in ICL repair and/or suppression of de novo telomere addition.
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- Matthew L Bochman
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Albuquerque CP, Wang G, Lee NS, Kolodner RD, Putnam CD, Zhou H. Distinct SUMO ligases cooperate with Esc2 and Slx5 to suppress duplication-mediated genome rearrangements. PLoS Genet 2013; 9:e1003670. [PMID: 23935535 PMCID: PMC3731205 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Suppression of duplication-mediated gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs) is essential to maintain genome integrity in eukaryotes. Here we report that SUMO ligase Mms21 has a strong role in suppressing GCRs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, while Siz1 and Siz2 have weaker and partially redundant roles. Understanding the functions of these enzymes has been hampered by a paucity of knowledge of their substrate specificity in vivo. Using a new quantitative SUMO-proteomics technology, we found that Siz1 and Siz2 redundantly control the abundances of most sumoylated substrates, while Mms21 more specifically regulates sumoylation of RNA polymerase-I and the SMC-family proteins. Interestingly, Esc2, a SUMO-like domain-containing protein, specifically promotes the accumulation of sumoylated Mms21-specific substrates and functions with Mms21 to suppress GCRs. On the other hand, the Slx5-Slx8 complex, a SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligase, suppresses the accumulation of sumoylated Mms21-specific substrates. Thus, distinct SUMO ligases work in concert with Esc2 and Slx5-Slx8 to control substrate specificity and sumoylation homeostasis to prevent GCRs.
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- Claudio P. Albuquerque
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Moores-UCSD Cancer Center, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Moores-UCSD Cancer Center, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Paeschke K, Bochman ML, Garcia PD, Cejka P, Friedman KL, Kowalczykowski SC, Zakian VA. Pif1 family helicases suppress genome instability at G-quadruplex motifs. Nature 2013; 497:458-62. [PMID: 23657261 PMCID: PMC3680789 DOI: 10.1038/nature12149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 341] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Accepted: 04/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pif1 helicase is the prototypical member of the Pif1 DNA helicase family, which is conserved from bacteria to humans. We show that exceptionally potent G-quadruplex unwinding is conserved amongst Pif1 helicases. Moreover, Pif1 helicases from organisms separated by >3 billion years of evolution suppressed DNA damage at G-quadruplex motifs in yeast. The G-quadruplex-induced damage generated in the absence of Pif1 helicases led to novel genetic and epigenetic changes. Further, when expressed in yeast, human Pif1 suppressed both G-quadruplex-associated DNA damage and telomere lengthening.
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- Katrin Paeschke
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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Stimulation of gross chromosomal rearrangements by the human CEB1 and CEB25 minisatellites in Saccharomyces cerevisiae depends on G-quadruplexes or Cdc13. PLoS Genet 2012; 8:e1003033. [PMID: 23133402 PMCID: PMC3486850 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Genomes contain tandem repeats that are at risk of internal rearrangements and a threat to genome integrity. Here, we investigated the behavior of the human subtelomeric minisatellites HRAS1, CEB1, and CEB25 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In mitotically growing wild-type cells, these GC-rich tandem arrays stimulate the rate of gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCR) by 20, 1,620, and 276,000-fold, respectively. In the absence of the Pif1 helicase, known to inhibit GCR by telomere addition and to unwind G-quadruplexes, the GCR rate is further increased in the presence of CEB1, by 385-fold compared to the pif1Δ control strain. The behavior of CEB1 is strongly dependent on its capacity to form G-quadruplexes, since the treatment of WT cells with the Phen-DC(3) G-quadruplex ligand has a 52-fold stimulating effect while the mutation of the G-quadruplex-forming motif reduced the GCR rate 30-fold in WT and 100-fold in pif1Δ cells. The GCR events are telomere additions within CEB1. Differently, the extreme stimulation of CEB25 GCR depends on its affinity for Cdc13, which binds the TG-rich ssDNA telomere overhang. This property confers a biased orientation-dependent behavior to CEB25, while CEB1 and HRAS1 increase GCR similarly in either orientation. Furthermore, we analyzed the minisatellites' distribution in the human genome and discuss their potential role to trigger subtelomeric rearrangements.
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Alabrudzinska M, Skoneczny M, Skoneczna A. Diploid-specific [corrected] genome stability genes of S. cerevisiae: genomic screen reveals haploidization as an escape from persisting DNA rearrangement stress. PLoS One 2011; 6:e21124. [PMID: 21695049 PMCID: PMC3117874 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2011] [Accepted: 05/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Maintaining a stable genome is one of the most important tasks of every living cell and the mechanisms ensuring it are similar in all of them. The events leading to changes in DNA sequence (mutations) in diploid cells occur one to two orders of magnitude more frequently than in haploid cells. The majority of those events lead to loss of heterozygosity at the mutagenesis marker, thus diploid-specific genome stability mechanisms can be anticipated. In a new global screen for spontaneous loss of function at heterozygous forward mutagenesis marker locus, employing three different mutagenesis markers, we selected genes whose deletion causes genetic instability in diploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. We have found numerous genes connected with DNA replication and repair, remodeling of chromatin, cell cycle control, stress response, and in particular the structural maintenance of chromosome complexes. We have also identified 59 uncharacterized or dubious ORFs, which show the genome instability phenotype when deleted. For one of the strongest mutators revealed in our screen, ctf18Δ/ctf18Δ the genome instability manifests as a tendency to lose the whole set of chromosomes. We postulate that this phenomenon might diminish the devastating effects of DNA rearrangements, thereby increasing the cell's chances of surviving stressful conditions. We believe that numerous new genes implicated in genome maintenance, together with newly discovered phenomenon of ploidy reduction, will help revealing novel molecular processes involved in the genome stability of diploid cells. They also provide the clues in the quest for new therapeutic targets to cure human genome instability-related diseases.
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Affiliation(s)
- Malgorzata Alabrudzinska
- Laboratory of Mutagenesis and DNA Repair, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Mutagenesis and DNA Repair, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland
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