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Murakami-Sekimata A, Sekimata M, Sato N, Hayasaka Y, Nakano A. Deletion of PIN4 Suppresses the Protein Transport Defects Caused by sec12-4 Mutation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microb Physiol 2020; 30:25-35. [PMID: 32958726 DOI: 10.1159/000509633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Newly synthesized secretory proteins are released into the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The secretory proteins are surrounded by coat protein complex II (COPII) vesicles, and transported from the ER and reach their destinations through the Golgi apparatus. Sec12p is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Sar1p, which initiates COPII vesicle budding from the ER. The activation of Sar1p by Sec12p and the subsequent COPII coat assembly have been well characterized, but the events that take place upstream of Sec12p remain unclear. In this study, we isolated the novel extragenic suppressor of sec12-4, PIN4/MDT1, a cell cycle checkpoint target. A yeast two-hybrid screening was used to identify Pin4/Mdt1p as a binding partner of the casein kinase I isoform Hrr25p, which we have previously identified as a modulator of Sec12p function. Deletion of PIN4 suppressed both defects of temperature-sensitive growth and the partial protein transport observed in sec12-4 mutants. The results of this study suggest that Pin4p provides novel aspects of Sec12p modulations.
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- Akiko Murakami-Sekimata
- Division of Theoretical Nursing and Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan,
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- Radioisotope Research Center, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Division of Theoretical Nursing and Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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- Division of Theoretical Nursing and Genetics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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- Live Cell Super-Resolution Imaging Research Team, Extreme Photonics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, Wako, Japan
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Lao JP, Ulrich KM, Johnson JR, Newton BW, Vashisht AA, Wohlschlegel JA, Krogan NJ, Toczyski DP. The Yeast DNA Damage Checkpoint Kinase Rad53 Targets the Exoribonuclease, Xrn1. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2018; 8:3931-3944. [PMID: 30377154 PMCID: PMC6288840 DOI: 10.1534/g3.118.200767] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The highly conserved DNA damage response (DDR) pathway monitors the genomic integrity of the cell and protects against genotoxic stresses. The apical kinases, Mec1 and Tel1 (ATR and ATM in human, respectively), initiate the DNA damage signaling cascade through the effector kinases, Rad53 and Chk1, to regulate a variety of cellular processes including cell cycle progression, DNA damage repair, chromatin remodeling, and transcription. The DDR also regulates other cellular pathways, but direct substrates and mechanisms are still lacking. Using a mass spectrometry-based phosphoproteomic screen in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we identified novel targets of Rad53, many of which are proteins that are involved in RNA metabolism. Of the 33 novel substrates identified, we verified that 12 are directly phosphorylated by Rad53 in vitro: Xrn1, Gcd11, Rps7b, Ded1, Cho2, Pus1, Hst1, Srv2, Set3, Snu23, Alb1, and Scp160. We further characterized Xrn1, a highly conserved 5' exoribonuclease that functions in RNA degradation and the most enriched in our phosphoproteomics screen. Phosphorylation of Xrn1 by Rad53 does not appear to affect Xrn1's intrinsic nuclease activity in vitro, but may affect its activity or specificity in vivo.
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- Jessica P Lao
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158
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Kanshin E, Kubiniok P, Thattikota Y, D'Amours D, Thibault P. Phosphoproteome dynamics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae under heat shock and cold stress. Mol Syst Biol 2015; 11:813. [PMID: 26040289 PMCID: PMC4501848 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20156170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The ability of cells and organisms to survive and function through changes in temperature evolved from their specific adaptations to nonoptimal growth conditions. Responses to elevated temperatures have been studied in yeast and other model organisms using transcriptome profiling and provided valuable biological insights on molecular mechanisms involved in stress tolerance and adaptation to adverse environment. In contrast, little is known about rapid signaling events associated with changes in temperature. To gain a better understanding of global changes in protein phosphorylation in response to heat and cold, we developed a high temporal resolution phosphoproteomics protocol to study cell signaling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The method allowed for quantitative analysis of phosphodynamics on 2,777 phosphosites from 1,228 proteins. The correlation of kinetic profiles between kinases and their substrates provided a predictive tool to identify new putative substrates for kinases such as Cdc28 and PKA. Cell cycle analyses revealed that the increased phosphorylation of Cdc28 at its inhibitory site Y19 during heat shock is an adaptive response that delays cell cycle progression under stress conditions. The cellular responses to heat and cold were associated with extensive changes in phosphorylation on proteins implicated in transcription, protein folding and degradation, cell cycle regulation and morphogenesis.
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- Evgeny Kanshin
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada Department of Biochemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Yang Z, Stone DE, Liebman SW. Prion-promoted phosphorylation of heterologous amyloid is coupled with ubiquitin-proteasome system inhibition and toxicity. Mol Microbiol 2014; 93:1043-56. [PMID: 25039275 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Many neurodegenerative diseases are associated with conversion of a soluble protein into amyloid deposits, but how this is connected to toxicity remains largely unknown. Here, we explore mechanisms of amyloid associated toxicity using yeast. [PIN(+)], the prion form of the Q/N-rich Rnq1 protein, was known to enhance aggregation of heterologous proteins, including the overexpressed Q/N-rich amyloid forming domain of Pin4 (Pin4C), and Pin4C aggregates were known to attract chaperones, including Sis1. Here we show that in [PIN(+)] but not [pin(-)] cells, overexpression of Pin4C is deadly and linked to hyperphosphorylation of aggregated Pin4C. Furthermore, Pin4C aggregation, hyperphosphorylation and toxicity are simultaneously reversed by Sis1 overexpression. Toxicity may result from proteasome overload because hyperphosphorylated Pin4C aggregation is associated with reduced degradation of a ubiquitin-protein degradation reporter. Finally, hyperphosphorylation of endogenous full-length Pin4 was also facilitated by [PIN(+)], revealing that a prion can regulate post-translational modification of another protein.
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- Zi Yang
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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Chen ESW, Hoch NC, Wang SC, Pellicioli A, Heierhorst J, Tsai MD. Use of quantitative mass spectrometric analysis to elucidate the mechanisms of phospho-priming and auto-activation of the checkpoint kinase Rad53 in vivo. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 13:551-65. [PMID: 24302356 PMCID: PMC3916653 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.034058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The cell cycle checkpoint kinases play central roles in the genome maintenance of eukaryotes. Activation of the yeast checkpoint kinase Rad53 involves Rad9 or Mrc1 adaptor-mediated phospho-priming by Mec1 kinase, followed by auto-activating phosphorylation within its activation loop. However, the mechanisms by which these adaptors regulate priming phosphorylation of specific sites and how this then leads to Rad53 activation remain poorly understood. Here we used quantitative mass spectrometry to delineate the stepwise phosphorylation events in the activation of endogenous Rad53 in response to S phase alkylation DNA damage, and we show that the two Rad9 and Mrc1 adaptors, the four N-terminal Mec1-target TQ sites of Rad53 (Rad53-SCD1), and Rad53-FHA2 coordinate intimately for optimal priming phosphorylation to support substantial Rad53 auto-activation. Rad9 or Mrc1 alone can mediate surprisingly similar Mec1 target site phosphorylation patterns of Rad53, including previously undetected tri- and tetraphosphorylation of Rad53-SCD1. Reducing the number of TQ motifs turns the SCD1 into a proportionally poorer Mec1 target, which then requires the presence of both Mrc1 and Rad9 for sufficient priming and auto-activation. The phosphothreonine-interacting Rad53-FHA domains, particularly FHA2, regulate phospho-priming by interacting with the checkpoint mediators but do not seem to play a major role in the phospho-SCD1-dependent auto-activation step. Finally, mutation of all four SCD1 TQ motifs greatly reduces Rad53 activation but does not eliminate it, and residual Rad53 activity in this mutant is dependent on Rad9 but not Mrc1. Altogether, our results provide a paradigm for how phosphorylation site clusters and checkpoint mediators can be involved in the regulation of signaling relay in protein kinase cascades in vivo and elucidate an SCD1-independent Rad53 auto-activation mechanism through the Rad9 pathway. The work also demonstrates the power of mass spectrometry for in-depth analyses of molecular mechanisms in cellular signaling in vivo.
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- Eric S-W Chen
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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Rochette S, Gagnon-Arsenault I, Diss G, Landry CR. Modulation of the yeast protein interactome in response to DNA damage. J Proteomics 2013; 100:25-36. [PMID: 24262151 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2013] [Revised: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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UNLABELLED Cells deploy diverse mechanisms to physiologically adapt to potentially detrimental perturbations. These mechanisms include changes in the organization of protein-protein interaction networks (PINs). Most PINs characterized to date are portrayed in a single environmental condition and are thus likely to miss important connections among biological processes. In this report, we show that the yeast DHFR-PCA on high-density arrays allows to detects modulations of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) in different conditions by testing more than 1000 PPIs in standard and in a drug-inducing DNA damage conditions. We identify 156 PPIs that show significant modulation in response to DNA damage. We provide evidence that modulated PPIs involve essential genes (NOP7, EXO84 and LAS17) playing critical roles in response to DNA damage. Additionally, we show that a significant proportion of PPI changes are likely explained by changes in protein localization and, to a lesser extent, protein abundance. The protein interaction modules affected by changing PPIs support the role of mRNA stability and translation, protein degradation and ubiquitylation and the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in response to DNA damage. Overall, we provide a valuable tool and dataset for the study of the rewiring of PINs in response to environmental perturbations. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE We show that the DHFR-PCA is a high-throughput method that allows the detection of changes in PPIs associated with different environmental conditions using DNA damage response as a testbed. We provide a valuable resource for the study of DNA damage in eukaryotic cells. This article is part of a Special Issue: Can Proteomics Fill the Gap Between Genomics and Phenotypes?
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- Samuel Rochette
- Département de Biologie, PROTEO and Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, PROTEO and Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, PROTEO and Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, PROTEO and Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada.
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Yeast hEST1A/B (SMG5/6)-like proteins contribute to environment-sensing adaptive gene expression responses. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2013; 3:1649-59. [PMID: 23893744 PMCID: PMC3789790 DOI: 10.1534/g3.113.006924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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During its natural life cycle, budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) has to adapt to drastically changing environments, but how environmental-sensing pathways are linked to adaptive gene expression changes remains incompletely understood. Here, we describe two closely related yeast hEST1A-B (SMG5-6)–like proteins termed Esl1 and Esl2 that contain a 14-3-3–like domain and a putative PilT N-terminus ribonuclease domain. We found that, unlike their metazoan orthologs, Esl1 and Esl2 were not involved in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay or telomere maintenance pathways. However, in genome-wide expression array analyses, absence of Esl1 and Esl2 led to more than two-fold deregulation of ∼50 transcripts, most of which were expressed inversely to the appropriate metabolic response to environmental nutrient supply; for instance, normally glucose-repressed genes were derepressed in esl1Δ esl2Δ double mutants during growth in a high-glucose environment. Likewise, in a genome-wide synthetic gene array screen, esl1Δ esl2Δ double mutants were synthetic sick with null mutations for Rim8 and Dfg16, which form the environmental-sensing complex of the Rim101 pH response gene expression pathway. Overall, these results suggest that Esl1 and Esl2 contribute to the regulation of adaptive gene expression responses of environmental sensing pathways.
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Copper is an essential but potentially toxic redox-active metal, so the levels and distribution of this metal are carefully regulated to ensure that it binds to the correct proteins. Previous studies of copper-dependent transcription in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have focused on the response of genes to changes in the exogenous levels of copper. We now report that yeast copper genes are regulated in response to the DNA-damaging agents methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) and hydroxyurea by a mechanism(s) that requires the copper-responsive transcription factors Mac1 and AceI, copper superoxide dismutase (Sod1) activity, and the Rad53 checkpoint kinase. Furthermore, in copper-starved yeast, the response of the Rad53 pathway to MMS is compromised due to a loss of Sod1 activity, consistent with the model that yeast imports copper to ensure Sod1 activity and Rad53 signaling. Crucially, the Mac1 transcription factor undergoes changes in its redox state in response to changing levels of copper or MMS. This study has therefore identified a novel regulatory relationship between cellular redox, copper homeostasis, and the DNA damage response in yeast.
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An N-terminal acidic region of Sgs1 interacts with Rpa70 and recruits Rad53 kinase to stalled forks. EMBO J 2012; 31:3768-83. [PMID: 22820947 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2012] [Accepted: 06/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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DNA replication fork stalling poses a major threat to genome stability. This is counteracted in part by the intra-S phase checkpoint, which stabilizes arrested replication machinery, prevents cell-cycle progression and promotes DNA repair. The checkpoint kinase Mec1/ATR and RecQ helicase Sgs1/BLM contribute synergistically to fork maintenance on hydroxyurea (HU). Both enzymes interact with replication protein A (RPA). We identified and deleted the major interaction sites on Sgs1 for Rpa70, generating a mutant called sgs1-r1. In contrast to a helicase-dead mutant of Sgs1, sgs1-r1 did not significantly reduce recovery of DNA polymerase α at HU-arrested replication forks. However, the Sgs1 R1 domain is a target of Mec1 kinase, deletion of which compromises Rad53 activation on HU. Full activation of Rad53 is achieved through phosphorylation of the Sgs1 R1 domain by Mec1, which promotes Sgs1 binding to the FHA1 domain of Rad53 with high affinity. We propose that the recruitment of Rad53 by phosphorylated Sgs1 promotes the replication checkpoint response on HU. Loss of the R1 domain increases lethality selectively in cells lacking Mus81, Slx4, Slx5 or Slx8.
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Jurado S, Conlan LA, Baker EK, Ng JL, Tenis N, Hoch NC, Gleeson K, Smeets M, Izon D, Heierhorst J. ATM substrate Chk2-interacting Zn2+ finger (ASCIZ) Is a bi-functional transcriptional activator and feedback sensor in the regulation of dynein light chain (DYNLL1) expression. J Biol Chem 2011; 287:3156-64. [PMID: 22167198 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.306019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The highly conserved DYNLL1 (LC8) protein was originally discovered as a light chain of the dynein motor complex, but is increasingly emerging as a sequence-specific regulator of protein dimerization with hundreds of targets and wide-ranging cellular functions. Despite its important roles, DYNLL1's own regulation remains poorly understood. Here we identify ASCIZ (ATMIN/ZNF822), an essential Zn(2+) finger protein with dual roles in the DNA base damage response and as a developmental transcription factor, as a conserved regulator of Dynll1 gene expression. DYNLL1 levels are reduced by ∼10-fold in the absence of ASCIZ in human, mouse and chicken cells. ASCIZ binds directly to the Dynll1 promoter and regulates its activity in a Zn(2+) finger-dependent manner. DYNLL1 protein in turn interacts with ten binding sites in the ASCIZ transcription activation domain, and high DYNLL1 levels inhibit the transcriptional activity of ASCIZ. In addition, DYNLL1 was also required for DNA damage-induced ASCIZ focus formation. The dual ability of ASCIZ to activate Dynll1 gene expression and to sense free DYNLL1 protein levels enables a simple dynamic feedback loop to adjust DYNLL1 levels to cellular needs. The ASCIZ-DYNLL1 feedback loop represents a novel mechanism for auto-regulation of gene expression, where the gene product directly inhibits the transcriptional activator while bound at its own promoter.
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- Sabine Jurado
- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia
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Matthews LA, Jones DR, Prasad AA, Duncker BP, Guarné A. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Dbf4 has unique fold necessary for interaction with Rad53 kinase. J Biol Chem 2011; 287:2378-87. [PMID: 22130670 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.233973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Dbf4 is a conserved eukaryotic protein that functions as the regulatory subunit of the Dbf4-dependent kinase (DDK) complex. DDK plays essential roles in DNA replication initiation and checkpoint activation. During the replication checkpoint, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Dbf4 is phosphorylated in a Rad53-dependent manner, and this, in turn, inhibits initiation of replication at late origins. We have determined the minimal region of Dbf4 required for the interaction with the checkpoint kinase Rad53 and solved its crystal structure. The core of this fragment of Dbf4 folds as a BRCT domain, but it includes an additional N-terminal helix unique to Dbf4. Mutation of the residues that anchor this helix to the domain core abolish the interaction between Dbf4 and Rad53, indicating that this helix is an integral element of the domain. The structure also reveals that previously characterized Dbf4 mutants with checkpoint phenotypes destabilize the domain, indicating that its structural integrity is essential for the interaction with Rad53. Collectively, these results allow us to propose a model for the association between Dbf4 and Rad53.
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- Lindsay A Matthews
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada
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Jurado S, Smyth I, van Denderen B, Tenis N, Hammet A, Hewitt K, Ng JL, McNees CJ, Kozlov SV, Oka H, Kobayashi M, Conlan LA, Cole TJ, Yamamoto KI, Taniguchi Y, Takeda S, Lavin MF, Heierhorst J. Dual functions of ASCIZ in the DNA base damage response and pulmonary organogenesis. PLoS Genet 2010; 6:e1001170. [PMID: 20975950 PMCID: PMC2958817 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2010] [Accepted: 09/21/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Zn2+-finger proteins comprise one of the largest protein superfamilies with diverse biological functions. The ATM substrate Chk2-interacting Zn2+-finger protein (ASCIZ; also known as ATMIN and ZNF822) was originally linked to functions in the DNA base damage response and has also been proposed to be an essential cofactor of the ATM kinase. Here we show that absence of ASCIZ leads to p53-independent late-embryonic lethality in mice. Asciz-deficient primary fibroblasts exhibit increased sensitivity to DNA base damaging agents MMS and H2O2, but Asciz deletion or knock-down does not affect ATM levels and activation in mouse, chicken, or human cells. Unexpectedly, Asciz-deficient embryos also exhibit severe respiratory tract defects with complete pulmonary agenesis and severe tracheal atresia. Nkx2.1-expressing respiratory precursors are still specified in the absence of ASCIZ, but fail to segregate properly within the ventral foregut, and as a consequence lung buds never form and separation of the trachea from the oesophagus stalls early. Comparison of phenotypes suggests that ASCIZ functions between Wnt2-2b/ß-catenin and FGF10/FGF-receptor 2b signaling pathways in the mesodermal/endodermal crosstalk regulating early respiratory development. We also find that ASCIZ can activate expression of reporter genes via its SQ/TQ-cluster domain in vitro, suggesting that it may exert its developmental functions as a transcription factor. Altogether, the data indicate that, in addition to its role in the DNA base damage response, ASCIZ has separate developmental functions as an essential regulator of respiratory organogenesis. ASCIZ is a DNA damage response protein that has been proposed to be a regulator and stabilizing co-factor of the ATM kinase, mutations of which lead to a syndrome involving neurological and immune dysfunctions, tumour predisposition, and X-ray hypersensitivity. To study Asciz function in vivo, we have generated a knockout mouse model lacking this gene. Here we show that ASCIZ has a specific role in mediating cell survival in response to DNA base damage, but it is not required for stabilization and regulation of ATM. Strikingly, Asciz knockout mice fail to survive to birth and have tissue-specific defects in embryonic development. In particular, Asciz null embryos fail to develop lungs and undergo an early arrest in tracheal development. The precursor cells that normally form the lung are present in our embryos, but they fail to segregate from the foregut. These observations indicate that ASCIZ plays an important and previously unrecognized developmental role that is most likely unrelated to its function in mediating responses to DNA damage. Our study delineates the function of ASCIZ in DNA damage survival and highlights an exciting new function of the protein in controlling the early stages of lung development.
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- Sabine Jurado
- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Australia
- Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Australia
- Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia
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- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Australia
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- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Australia
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- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Australia
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- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Australia
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- Department of Radiation Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Department of Radiation Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston, Australia
- Central Clinical Division, University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, Australia
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- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Australia
- Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia
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Aucher W, Becker E, Ma E, Miron S, Martel A, Ochsenbein F, Marsolier-Kergoat MC, Guerois R. A strategy for interaction site prediction between phospho-binding modules and their partners identified from proteomic data. Mol Cell Proteomics 2010; 9:2745-59. [PMID: 20733106 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m110.003319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Small and large scale proteomic technologies are providing a wealth of potential interactions between proteins bearing phospho-recognition modules and their substrates. Resulting interaction maps reveal such a dense network of interactions that the functional dissection and understanding of these networks often require to break specific interactions while keeping the rest intact. Here, we developed a computational strategy, called STRIP, to predict the precise interaction site involved in an interaction with a phospho-recognition module. The method was validated by a two-hybrid screen carried out using the ForkHead Associated (FHA)1 domain of Rad53, a key protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA checkpoint, as a bait. In this screen we detected 11 partners, including Cdc7 and Cdc45, essential components of the DNA replication machinery. FHA domains are phospho-threonine binding modules and the threonines involved in both interactions could be predicted using the STRIP strategy. The threonines T484 and T189 in Cdc7 and Cdc45, respectively, were mutated and loss of binding could be monitored experimentally with the full-length proteins. The method was further tested for the analysis of 63 known Rad53 binding partners and provided several key insights regarding the threonines likely involved in these interactions. The STRIP method relies on a combination of conservation, phosphorylation likelihood, and binding specificity criteria and can be accessed via a web interface at http://biodev.extra.cea.fr/strip/.
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- Willy Aucher
- Laboratoire du Métabolisme de l'ADN et Réponses aux Génotoxiques, Gif-sur-Yvette F-91191, France
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Life in the midst of scarcity: adaptations to nutrient availability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 2010; 56:1-32. [PMID: 20054690 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-009-0287-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2009] [Revised: 12/18/2009] [Accepted: 12/19/2009] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Cells of all living organisms contain complex signal transduction networks to ensure that a wide range of physiological properties are properly adapted to the environmental conditions. The fundamental concepts and individual building blocks of these signalling networks are generally well-conserved from yeast to man; yet, the central role that growth factors and hormones play in the regulation of signalling cascades in higher eukaryotes is executed by nutrients in yeast. Several nutrient-controlled pathways, which regulate cell growth and proliferation, metabolism and stress resistance, have been defined in yeast. These pathways are integrated into a signalling network, which ensures that yeast cells enter a quiescent, resting phase (G0) to survive periods of nutrient scarceness and that they rapidly resume growth and cell proliferation when nutrient conditions become favourable again. A series of well-conserved nutrient-sensory protein kinases perform key roles in this signalling network: i.e. Snf1, PKA, Tor1 and Tor2, Sch9 and Pho85-Pho80. In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview on the current understanding of the signalling processes mediated via these kinases with a particular focus on how these individual pathways converge to signalling networks that ultimately ensure the dynamic translation of extracellular nutrient signals into appropriate physiological responses.
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Traven A, Lo TL, Pike BL, Friesen H, Guzzo J, Andrews B, Heierhorst J. Dual functions of Mdt1 in genome maintenance and cell integrity pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 2010; 27:41-52. [PMID: 19894211 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Recent evidence indicates considerable cross-talk between genome maintenance and cell integrity control pathways. The RNA recognition motif (RRM)- and SQ/TQ cluster domain (SCD)-containing protein Mdt1 is required for repair of 3'-blocked DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and efficient recombinational maintenance of telomeres in budding yeast. Here we show that deletion of MDT1 (PIN4/YBL051C) leads to severe synthetic sickness in the absence of the genes for the central cell integrity MAP kinases Bck1 and Slt2/Mpk1. Consistent with a cell integrity function, mdt1Delta cells are hypersensitive to the cell wall toxin calcofluor white and the Bck1-Slt2 pathway activator caffeine. An RRM-deficient mdt1-RRM0 allele shares the severe bleomycin hypersensitivity, inefficient recombinational telomere maintenance and slt2 synthetic sickness phenotypes, but not the cell wall toxin hypersensitivity with mdt1Delta. However, the mdt1-RRM(3A) allele, where only the RNA-binding site is mutated, behaves similarly to the wild-type, suggesting that the Mdt1 RRM functions as a protein-protein interaction rather than a nucleic acid-binding module. Surprisingly, in a strain background where double mutants are sick but still viable, bck1Deltamdt1Delta and slt2Deltamdt1Delta mutants differ in some of their phenotypes, consistent with the emerging concept of flexible signal entry and exit points in the Bck1-Mkk1/2-Slt2 pathway. Overall, the results indicate that Mdt1 has partially separable functions in both cell wall and genome integrity pathways.
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- Ana Traven
- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research and Department of Medicine SVH, University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia
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CDC5 inhibits the hyperphosphorylation of the checkpoint kinase Rad53, leading to checkpoint adaptation. PLoS Biol 2010; 8:e1000286. [PMID: 20126259 PMCID: PMC2811153 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2009] [Accepted: 12/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae polo-like kinase Cdc5 promotes adaptation to the DNA damage checkpoint, in addition to its numerous roles in mitotic progression. The process of adaptation occurs when cells are presented with persistent or irreparable DNA damage and escape the cell-cycle arrest imposed by the DNA damage checkpoint. However, the precise mechanism of adaptation remains unknown. We report here that CDC5 is dose-dependent for adaptation and that its overexpression promotes faster adaptation, indicating that high levels of Cdc5 modulate the ability of the checkpoint to inhibit the downstream cell-cycle machinery. To pinpoint the step in the checkpoint pathway at which Cdc5 acts, we overexpressed CDC5 from the GAL1 promoter in damaged cells and examined key steps in checkpoint activation individually. Cdc5 overproduction appeared to have little effect on the early steps leading to Rad53 activation. The checkpoint sensors, Ddc1 (a member of the 9-1-1 complex) and Ddc2 (a member of the Ddc2/Mec1 complex), properly localized to damage sites. Mec1 appeared to be active, since the Rad9 adaptor retained its Mec1 phosphorylation. Moreover, the damage-induced interaction between phosphorylated Rad9 and Rad53 remained intact. In contrast, Rad53 hyperphosphorylation was significantly reduced, consistent with the observation that cell-cycle arrest is lost during adaptation. Thus, we conclude Cdc5 acts to attenuate the DNA damage checkpoint through loss of Rad53 hyperphosphorylation to allow cells to adapt to DNA damage. Polo-like kinase homologs have been shown to inhibit the ability of Claspin to facilitate the activation of downstream checkpoint kinases, suggesting that this function is conserved in vertebrates.
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A genome-wide deletion mutant screen identifies pathways affected by nickel sulfate in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BMC Genomics 2009; 10:524. [PMID: 19917080 PMCID: PMC2784802 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2009] [Accepted: 11/15/2009] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background The understanding of the biological function, regulation, and cellular interactions of the yeast genome and proteome, along with the high conservation in gene function found between yeast genes and their human homologues, has allowed for Saccharomyces cerevisiae to be used as a model organism to deduce biological processes in human cells. Here, we have completed a systematic screen of the entire set of 4,733 haploid S. cerevisiae gene deletion strains (the entire set of nonessential genes for this organism) to identify gene products that modulate cellular toxicity to nickel sulfate (NiSO4). Results We have identified 149 genes whose gene deletion causes sensitivity to NiSO4 and 119 genes whose gene deletion confers resistance. Pathways analysis with proteins whose absence renders cells sensitive and resistant to nickel identified a wide range of cellular processes engaged in the toxicity of S. cerevisiae to NiSO4. Functional categories overrepresented with proteins whose absence renders cells sensitive to NiSO4 include homeostasis of protons, cation transport, transport ATPases, endocytosis, siderophore-iron transport, homeostasis of metal ions, and the diphthamide biosynthesis pathway. Functional categories overrepresented with proteins whose absence renders cells resistant to nickel include functioning and transport of the vacuole and lysosome, protein targeting, sorting, and translocation, intra-Golgi transport, regulation of C-compound and carbohydrate metabolism, transcriptional repression, and chromosome segregation/division. Interactome analysis mapped seven nickel toxicity modulating and ten nickel-resistance networks. Additionally, we studied the degree of sensitivity or resistance of the 111 nickel-sensitive and 72 -resistant strains whose gene deletion product has a similar protein in human cells. Conclusion We have undertaken a whole genome approach in order to further understand the mechanism(s) regulating the cell's toxicity to nickel compounds. We have used computational methods to integrate the data and generate global models of the yeast's cellular response to NiSO4. The results of our study shed light on molecular pathways associated with the cellular response of eukaryotic cells to nickel compounds and provide potential implications for further understanding the toxic effects of nickel compounds to human cells.
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Huber A, Bodenmiller B, Uotila A, Stahl M, Wanka S, Gerrits B, Aebersold R, Loewith R. Characterization of the rapamycin-sensitive phosphoproteome reveals that Sch9 is a central coordinator of protein synthesis. Genes Dev 2009; 23:1929-43. [PMID: 19684113 PMCID: PMC2725941 DOI: 10.1101/gad.532109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2009] [Accepted: 06/19/2009] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1) is an essential multiprotein complex conserved from yeast to humans. Under favorable growth conditions, and in the absence of the macrolide rapamycin, TORC1 is active, and influences virtually all aspects of cell growth. Although two direct effectors of yeast TORC1 have been reported (Tap42, a regulator of PP2A phosphatases and Sch9, an AGC family kinase), the signaling pathways that couple TORC1 to its distal effectors were not well understood. To elucidate these pathways we developed and employed a quantitative, label-free mass spectrometry approach. Analyses of the rapamycin-sensitive phosphoproteomes in various genetic backgrounds revealed both documented and novel TORC1 effectors and allowed us to partition phosphorylation events between Tap42 and Sch9. Follow-up detailed characterization shows that Sch9 regulates RNA polymerases I and III, the latter via Maf1, in addition to translation initiation and the expression of ribosomal protein and ribosome biogenesis genes. This demonstrates that Sch9 is a master regulator of protein synthesis.
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- Alexandre Huber
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Zurich, Zürich 8057, Switzerland
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- Functional Genomics Center Zurich, University of Zürich, Zürich 8057, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington 98103, USA
- Competence Center for Systems Physiology and Metabolic Diseases, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- Faculty of Science, University of Zürich, Zürich 8057, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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Mahajan A, Yuan C, Lee H, Chen ESW, Wu PY, Tsai MD. Structure and function of the phosphothreonine-specific FHA domain. Sci Signal 2008; 1:re12. [PMID: 19109241 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.151re12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The forkhead-associated (FHA) domain is the only known phosphoprotein-binding domain that specifically recognizes phosphothreonine (pThr) residues, distinguishing them from phosphoserine (pSer) residues. In contrast to its very strict specificity toward pThr, the FHA domain recognizes very diverse patterns in the residues surrounding the pThr residue. For example, the FHA domain of Ki67, a protein associated with cellular proliferation, binds to an extended target surface involving residues remote from the pThr, whereas the FHA domain of Dun1, a DNA damage-response kinase, specifically recognizes a doubly phosphorylated Thr-Gln (TQ) cluster by virtue of its possessing two pThr-binding sites. The FHA domain exists in various proteins with diverse functions and is particularly prevalent among proteins involved in the DNA damage response. Despite a very short history, a number of unique structural and functional properties of the FHA domain have been uncovered. This review highlights the diversity of biological functions of the FHA domain-containing proteins and the structural bases for the novel binding specificities and multiple binding modes of FHA domains.
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- Anjali Mahajan
- Biophysics Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Liang X, Van Doren SR. Mechanistic insights into phosphoprotein-binding FHA domains. Acc Chem Res 2008; 41:991-9. [PMID: 18656966 DOI: 10.1021/ar700148u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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[Structure: see text]. FHA domains are protein modules that switch signals in diverse biological pathways by monitoring the phosphorylation of threonine residues of target proteins. As part of the effort to gain insight into cellular avoidance of cancer, FHA domains involved in the cellular response to DNA damage have been especially well-characterized. The complete protein where the FHA domain resides and the interaction partners determine the nature of the signaling. Thus, a key biochemical question is how do FHA domains pick out their partners from among thousands of alternatives in the cell? This Account discusses the structure, affinity, and specificity of FHA domains and the formation of their functional structure. Although FHA domains share sequence identity at only five loop residues, they all fold into a beta-sandwich of two beta-sheets. The conserved arginine and serine of the recognition loops recognize the phosphorylation of the threonine targeted. Side chains emanating from loops that join beta-strand 4 with 5, 6 with 7, or 10 with 11 make specific contacts with amino acids of the ligand that tailor sequence preferences. Many FHA domains choose a partner in extended conformation, somewhat according to the residue three after the phosphothreonine in sequence (pT + 3 position). One group of FHA domains chooses a short carboxylate-containing side chain at pT + 3. Another group chooses a long, branched aliphatic side chain. A third group prefers other hydrophobic or uncharged polar side chains at pT + 3. However, another FHA domain instead chooses on the basis of pT - 2, pT - 3, and pT + 1 positions. An FHA domain from a marker of human cancer instead chooses a much longer protein fragment that adds a beta-strand to its beta-sheet and that presents hydrophobic residues from a novel helix to the usual recognition surface. This novel recognition site and more remote sites for the binding of other types of protein partners were predicted for the entire family of FHA domains by a bioinformatics approach. The phosphopeptide-dependent dynamics of an FHA domain, SH2 domain, and PTB domain suggest a common theme: rigid, preformed binding surfaces support van der Waals contacts that provide favorable binding enthalpy. Despite the lack of pronounced conformational changes in FHA domains linked to binding events, more subtle adjustments may be possible. In the one FHA domain tested, phosphothreonine peptide binding is accompanied by increased flexibility just outside the binding site and increased rigidity across the beta-sandwich. The folding of the same FHA domain progresses through near-native intermediates that stabilize the recognition loops in the center of the phosphoprotein-binding surface; this may promote rigidity in the interface and affinity for targets phosphorylated on threonine.
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- Xiangyang Liang
- Department of Biochemistry, 105 Schweitzer Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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- Department of Biochemistry, 105 Schweitzer Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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Tam ATY, Pike BL, Heierhorst J. Location-specific functions of the two forkhead-associated domains in Rad53 checkpoint kinase signaling. Biochemistry 2008; 47:3912-6. [PMID: 18302321 DOI: 10.1021/bi800027t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Signaling proteins often contain multiple modular protein-protein interaction domains of the same type. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae checkpoint kinase Rad53 contains two phosphothreonine-binding forkhead-associated (FHA) domains. To investigate if the precise position of these domains relative to each other is important, we created three rad53 alleles in which FHA1 and FHA2 domains were individually or simultaneously transposed to the opposite location. All three mutants were approximately 100-fold hypersensitive to DNA lesions whose survival requires intact Rad53 FHA domain functions, but they were not hypersensitive to DNA damage that is addressed in an FHA domain-independent manner. FHA domain-transposed Rad53 could still be recruited for activation by upstream kinases but then failed to autophosphorylate and activate FHA domain-dependent downstream functions. The results indicate that precise FHA domain positions are important for their roles in Rad53, possibly via regulation of the topology of oligomeric Rad53 signaling complexes.
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- Angela T Y Tam
- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research and Department of Medicine SVH, The University of Melbourne, 9 Princes Street, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
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Pike BL, Heierhorst J. Mdt1 facilitates efficient repair of blocked DNA double-strand breaks and recombinational maintenance of telomeres. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:6532-45. [PMID: 17636027 PMCID: PMC2099617 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00471-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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DNA recombination plays critical roles in DNA repair and alternative telomere maintenance. Here we show that absence of the SQ/TQ cluster domain-containing protein Mdt1 (Ybl051c) renders Saccharomyces cerevisiae particularly hypersensitive to bleomycin, a drug that causes 3'-phospho-glycolate-blocked DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). mdt1Delta also hypersensitizes partially recombination-defective cells to camptothecin-induced 3'-phospho-tyrosyl protein-blocked DSBs. Remarkably, whereas mdt1Delta cells are unable to restore broken chromosomes after bleomycin treatment, they efficiently repair "clean" endonuclease-generated DSBs. Epistasis analyses indicate that MDT1 acts in the repair of bleomycin-induced DSBs by regulating the efficiency of the homologous recombination pathway as well as telomere-related functions of the KU complex. Moreover, mdt1Delta leads to severe synthetic growth defects with a deletion of the recombination facilitator and telomere-positioning factor gene CTF18 already in the absence of exogenous DNA damage. Importantly, mdt1Delta causes a dramatic shift from the usually prevalent type II to the less-efficient type I pathway of recombinational telomere maintenance in the absence of telomerase in liquid senescence assays. As telomeres resemble protein-blocked DSBs, the results indicate that Mdt1 acts in a novel blocked-end-specific recombination pathway that is required for the efficiency of both drug-induced DSB repair and telomerase-independent telomere maintenance.
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- Brietta L Pike
- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, 9 Princes Street, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
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Tam ATY, Pike BL, Hammet A, Heierhorst J. Telomere-related functions of yeast KU in the repair of bleomycin-induced DNA damage. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 357:800-3. [PMID: 17442269 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2007] [Accepted: 04/03/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Bleomycins are small glycopeptide cancer chemotherapeutics that give rise to 3'-modified DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, DSBs are predominantly repaired by RAD52-dependent homologous recombination (HR) with some support by Yku70/Yku80 (KU)-dependent pathways. The main DSB repair function of KU is believed to be as part of the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) pathway, but KU also functions in a "chromosome healing" pathway that seals DSBs by de novo telomere addition. We report here that rad52Deltayku70Delta double mutants are considerably more bleomycin hypersensitive than rad52Deltalig4Delta cells that lack the NHEJ-specific DNA ligase 4. Moreover, the telomere-specific KU mutation yku80-135i also dramatically increases rad52Delta bleomycin hypersensitivity, almost to the level of rad52Deltayku80Delta. The results indicate that telomere-specific functions of KU play a more prominent role in the repair of bleomycin-induced damage than its NHEJ functions, which could have important clinical implications for bleomycin-based combination chemotherapies.
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- Angela T Y Tam
- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, 9 Princes Street, Fitzroy, Vic. 3065, Australia
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Guillemain G, Ma E, Mauger S, Miron S, Thai R, Guérois R, Ochsenbein F, Marsolier-Kergoat MC. Mechanisms of checkpoint kinase Rad53 inactivation after a double-strand break in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:3378-89. [PMID: 17325030 PMCID: PMC1899965 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00863-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, double-strand breaks (DSBs) activate DNA checkpoint pathways that trigger several responses including a strong G(2)/M arrest. We have previously provided evidence that the phosphatases Ptc2 and Ptc3 of the protein phosphatase 2C type are required for DNA checkpoint inactivation after a DSB and probably dephosphorylate the checkpoint kinase Rad53. In this article we have investigated further the interactions between Ptc2 and Rad53. We showed that forkhead-associated domain 1 (FHA1) of Rad53 interacts with a specific threonine of Ptc2, T376, located outside its catalytic domain in a TXXD motif which constitutes an optimal FHA1 binding sequence in vitro. Mutating T376 abolishes Ptc2 interaction with the Rad53 FHA1 domain and results in adaptation and recovery defects following a DSB. We found that Ckb1 and Ckb2, the regulatory subunits of the protein kinase CK2, are necessary for the in vivo interaction between Ptc2 and the Rad53 FHA1 domain, that Ckb1 binds Ptc2 in vitro and that ckb1Delta and ckb2Delta mutants are defective in adaptation and recovery after a DSB. Our data thus strongly suggest that CK2 is the kinase responsible for the in vivo phosphorylation of Ptc2 T376.
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- Ghislaine Guillemain
- CEA, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Biologie et de la Technologies de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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Chen BPC, Uematsu N, Kobayashi J, Lerenthal Y, Krempler A, Yajima H, Löbrich M, Shiloh Y, Chen DJ. Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) is essential for DNA-PKcs phosphorylations at the Thr-2609 cluster upon DNA double strand break. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:6582-7. [PMID: 17189255 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m611605200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The catalytic subunit of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PKcs) is rapidly phosphorylated at the Thr-2609 cluster and Ser-2056 upon ionizing radiation (IR). Furthermore, DNA-PKcs phosphorylation at both regions is critical for its role in DNA double strand break (DSB) repair as well as cellular resistance to radiation. IR-induced DNA-PKcs phosphorylation at Thr-2609 and Ser-2056, however, exhibits distinct kinetics indicating that they are differentially regulated. Although DNA-PKcs autophosphorylates itself at Ser-2056 after IR, we have reported here that ATM mediates DNA-PKcs phosphorylation at Thr-2609 as well as at the adjacent (S/T)Q motifs within the Thr-2609 cluster. In addition, our data suggest that DNA-PKcs- and ATM-mediated DNA-PKcs phosphorylations are cooperative and required for the full activation of DNA-PKcs and the subsequent DSB repair. Elimination of DNA-PKcs phosphorylation at both regions severely compromises radioresistance and DSB repair. Finally, our result provides a possible mechanism for the direct involvement of ATM in non-homologous end joining-mediated DSB repair.
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- Benjamin P C Chen
- Division of Molecular Radiation Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Shi QM, Wang YM, Zheng XD, Teck Ho Lee R, Wang Y. Critical role of DNA checkpoints in mediating genotoxic-stress-induced filamentous growth in Candida albicans. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 18:815-26. [PMID: 17182857 PMCID: PMC1805102 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e06-05-0442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The polymorphic fungus Candida albicans switches from yeast to filamentous growth in response to a range of genotoxic insults, including inhibition of DNA synthesis by hydroxyurea (HU) or aphidicolin (AC), depletion of the ribonucleotide-reductase subunit Rnr2p, and DNA damage induced by methylmethane sulfonate (MMS) or UV light (UV). Deleting RAD53, which encodes a downstream effector kinase for both the DNA-replication and DNA-damage checkpoint pathways, completely abolished the filamentous growth caused by all the genotoxins tested. Deleting RAD9, which encodes a signal transducer of the DNA-damage checkpoint, specifically blocked the filamentous growth induced by MMS or UV but not that induced by HU or AC. Deleting MRC1, the counterpart of RAD9 in the DNA-replication checkpoint, impaired DNA synthesis and caused cell elongation even in the absence of external genotoxic insults. Together, the results indicate that the DNA-replication/damage checkpoints are critically required for the induction of filamentous growth by genotoxic stress. In addition, either of two mutations in the FHA1 domain of Rad53p, G65A, and N104A, nearly completely blocked the filamentous-growth response but had no significant deleterious effect on cell-cycle arrest. These results suggest that the FHA domain, known for its ability to bind phosphopeptides, has an important role in mediating genotoxic-stress-induced filamentous growth and that such growth is a specific, Rad53p-regulated cellular response in C. albicans.
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- Qing-Mei Shi
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research Biological Sciences Institutes, Singapore 138673
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research Biological Sciences Institutes, Singapore 138673
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research Biological Sciences Institutes, Singapore 138673
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research Biological Sciences Institutes, Singapore 138673
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research Biological Sciences Institutes, Singapore 138673
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Smolka MB, Chen SH, Maddox PS, Enserink JM, Albuquerque CP, Wei XX, Desai A, Kolodner RD, Zhou H. An FHA domain-mediated protein interaction network of Rad53 reveals its role in polarized cell growth. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 175:743-53. [PMID: 17130285 PMCID: PMC2064674 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200605081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The DNA damage checkpoint kinase Rad53 is important for the survival of budding yeast under genotoxic stresses. We performed a biochemical screen to identify proteins with specific affinity for the two Forkhead associated (FHA) domains of Rad53. The N-terminal FHA1 domain was found to coordinate a complex protein interaction network, which includes nuclear proteins involved in DNA damage checkpoints and transcriptional regulation. Unexpectedly, cytosolic proteins involved in cytokinesis, including septins, were also found as FHA1 binding proteins. Consistent with this interaction, a Rad53 mutant defective in its nuclear localization was found to localize to the bud neck. Abnormal morphology was observed in cells overexpressing the FHA1 domain and in rad53Δ cells under DNA replication stress. Further, septin Shs1 appears to have an important role in the response to DNA replication stress. Collectively, the results suggest a novel function of Rad53 in the regulation of polarized cell growth in response to DNA replication stress.
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- Marcus B Smolka
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Byeon IJL, Li H, Song H, Gronenborn AM, Tsai MD. Sequential phosphorylation and multisite interactions characterize specific target recognition by the FHA domain of Ki67. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2006; 12:987-93. [PMID: 16244663 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2005] [Accepted: 09/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The forkhead-associated (FHA) domain of human Ki67 interacts with the human nucleolar protein hNIFK, recognizing a 44-residue fragment, hNIFK226-269, phosphorylated at Thr234. Here we show that high-affinity binding requires sequential phosphorylation by two kinases, CDK1 and GSK3, yielding pThr238, pThr234 and pSer230. We have determined the solution structure of Ki67FHA in complex with the triply phosphorylated peptide hNIFK226-269(3P), revealing not only local recognition of pThr234 but also the extension of the beta-sheet of the FHA domain by the addition of a beta-strand of hNIFK. The structure of an FHA domain in complex with a biologically relevant binding partner provides insights into ligand specificity and potentially links the cancer marker protein Ki67 to a signaling pathway associated with cell fate specification.
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- In-Ja L Byeon
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Traven A, Heierhorst J. SQ/TQ cluster domains: concentrated ATM/ATR kinase phosphorylation site regions in DNA-damage-response proteins. Bioessays 2005; 27:397-407. [PMID: 15770685 DOI: 10.1002/bies.20204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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ATM/ATR-like protein kinases play central roles in the maintenance of genome stability and phosphorylate numerous substrates in response to DNA damage, preferentially on SQ or TQ motifs. ATM/ATR substrates often contain several closely spaced SQ/TQ motifs in regions that have been termed SQ/TQ cluster domains (SCDs). SCDs are now considered a structural hallmark of DNA-damage-response proteins. Mutational analyses of a number of SCD-containing proteins indicate that multisite phosphorylation of SQ/TQ motifs is required for normal DNA-damage responses, most commonly by mediating protein-protein interactions in the formation of DNA-damage-induced complexes. SCD sequences are highly diverse and these domains may be largely unfolded in their native state rather than adopting a common three-dimensional fold. Structural disorder of SCDs could be advantageous for efficient phosphorylation by ATM/ATR kinases and also enable them to be molded into distinct conformations to facilitate flexible interactions with multiple binding partners.
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- Ana Traven
- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, 9 Princes Street, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
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Smolka MB, Albuquerque CP, Chen SH, Schmidt KH, Wei XX, Kolodner RD, Zhou H. Dynamic changes in protein-protein interaction and protein phosphorylation probed with amine-reactive isotope tag. Mol Cell Proteomics 2005; 4:1358-69. [PMID: 15972895 PMCID: PMC2813687 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m500115-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We present an approach for quantitative analysis of changes in the composition and phosphorylation of protein complexes by MS. It is based on a new class of stable isotope-labeling reagent, the amine-reactive isotope tag (N-isotag), for specific and quantitative labeling of peptides following proteolytic digestion of proteins. Application of the N-isotag method to the analysis of Rad53, a DNA damage checkpoint kinase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, led to the identification of dynamic associations between Rad53 and the nuclear transport machinery, histones, and chromatin assembly proteins in response to DNA damage. Over 30 phosphorylation sites of Rad53 and its associated proteins were identified and quantified, and they showed different changes in phosphorylation in response to DNA damage. Interestingly, Ser789 of Rad53 was found to be a major initial phosphorylation site, and its phosphorylation regulates the Rad53 abundance in response to DNA damage. Collectively, these results demonstrate that N-isotag-based quantitative MS is generally applicable to study dynamic changes in the composition of protein complexes and their phosphorylation patterns in a site-specific manner in response to different cell stimuli.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California , 9500 Gilman Dr., CMM-East, Rm. 3050, La Jolla, CA 92093-0653. Tel.: 858-552-4920 (ext. 7808); Fax: 858-534-7750;
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McNees CJ, Conlan LA, Tenis N, Heierhorst J. ASCIZ regulates lesion-specific Rad51 focus formation and apoptosis after methylating DNA damage. EMBO J 2005; 24:2447-57. [PMID: 15933716 PMCID: PMC1173145 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2005] [Accepted: 05/10/2005] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Nuclear Rad51 focus formation is required for homology-directed repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), but its regulation in response to non-DSB lesions is poorly understood. Here we report a novel human SQ/TQ cluster domain-containing protein termed ASCIZ that forms Rad51-containing foci in response to base-modifying DNA methylating agents but not in response to DSB-inducing agents. ASCIZ foci seem to form prior to Rad51 recruitment, and an ASCIZ core domain can concentrate Rad51 in focus-like structures independently of DNA damage. ASCIZ depletion dramatically increases apoptosis after methylating DNA damage and impairs Rad51 focus formation in response to methylating agents but not after ionizing radiation. ASCIZ focus formation and increased apoptosis in ASCIZ-depleted cells depend on the mismatch repair protein MLH1. Interestingly, ASCIZ foci form efficiently during G1 phase, when sister chromatids are unavailable as recombination templates. We propose that ASCIZ acts as a lesion-specific focus scaffold in a Rad51-dependent pathway that resolves cytotoxic repair intermediates, most likely single-stranded DNA gaps, resulting from MLH1-dependent processing of base lesions.
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- Carolyn J McNees
- St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medicine SVH, The University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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- St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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- St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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- St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medicine SVH, The University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
- St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, 9 Princes Street, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9288 2503; Fax: +61 3 9416 2676; E-mail:
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Pike BL, Tenis N, Heierhorst J. Rad53 Kinase Activation-independent Replication Checkpoint Function of the N-terminal Forkhead-associated (FHA1) Domain. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:39636-44. [PMID: 15271990 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m405080200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad53 has crucial functions in many aspects of the cellular response to DNA damage and replication blocks. To coordinate these diverse roles, Rad53 has two forkhead-associated (FHA) phosphothreonine-binding domains in addition to a kinase domain. Here, we show that the conserved N-terminal FHA1 domain is essential for the function of Rad53 to prevent the firing of late replication origins in response to replication blocks. However, the FHA1 domain is not required for Rad53 activation during S phase, and as a consequence of defective downstream signaling, Rad53 containing an inactive FHA1 domain is hyperphosphorylated in response to replication blocks. The FHA1 mutation dramatically hypersensitizes strains with defects in the cell cycle-wide checkpoint pathways (rad9Delta and rad17Delta) to DNA damage, but it is largely epistatic with defects in the replication checkpoint (mrc1Delta). Altogether, our data indicate that the FHA1 domain links activated Rad53 to downstream effectors in the replication checkpoint. The results reveal an important mechanistic difference to the homologous Schizosaccharomyces pombe FHA domain that is required for Mrc1-dependent activation of the corresponding Cds1 kinase. Surprisingly, despite the severely impaired replication checkpoint and also G(2)/M checkpoint functions, the FHA1 mutation by itself leads to only moderate viability defects in response to DNA damage, highlighting the importance of functionally redundant pathways.
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- Brietta L Pike
- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
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