Sgs1 function in the repair of DNA replication intermediates is separable from its role in homologous recombinational repair
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2009
Citazione:
Sgs1 function in the repair of DNA replication intermediates is separable from its role in homologous recombinational repair / K.A. Bernstein, E. Shor, I. Sunjevaric, M. Fumasoni, R.C. Burgess, M. Foiani, D. Branzei, R. Rothstein. - In: EMBO JOURNAL. - ISSN 0261-4189. - 28:7(2009), pp. 915-925.
Abstract:
Mutations in human homologues of the bacterial RecQ helicase cause diseases leading to cancer predisposition and/or shortened lifespan (Werner, Bloom, and Rothmund-Thomson syndromes). The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has one RecQ helicase, Sgs1, which functions with Top3 and Rmi1 in DNA repair. Here, we report separation-of-function alleles of SGS1 that suppress the slow growth of top3Delta and rmi1Delta cells similar to an SGS1 deletion, but are resistant to DNA damage similar to wild-type SGS1. In one allele, the second acidic region is deleted, and in the other, only a single aspartic acid residue 664 is deleted. sgs1-D664Delta, unlike sgs1Delta, neither disrupts DNA recombination nor has synthetic growth defects when combined with DNA repair mutants. However, during S phase, it accumulates replication-associated X-shaped structures at damaged replication forks. Furthermore, fluorescent microscopy reveals that the sgs1-D664Delta allele exhibits increased spontaneous RPA foci, suggesting that the persistent X-structures may contain single-stranded DNA. Taken together, these results suggest that the Sgs1 function in repair of DNA replication intermediates can be uncoupled from its role in homologous recombinational repair.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
DNA repair; DNA replication; Homologous recombination; Sgs1; Yeast
Elenco autori:
K.A. Bernstein, E. Shor, I. Sunjevaric, M. Fumasoni, R.C. Burgess, M. Foiani, D. Branzei, R. Rothstein
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