Functional interplay between the 53BP1-ortholog Rad9 and the Mre11 complex regulates resection, end-tethering and repair of a double-strand break.

The Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2 nuclease complex, together with Sae2, initiates the 5'-to-3' resection of Double-Strand DNA Breaks (DSBs). Extended 3' single stranded DNA filaments can be exposed from a DSB through the redundant activities of the Exo1 nuclease and the Dna2 nuclease with the Sgs1 helicase. In the absence of Sae2, Mre11 ...
binding to a DSB is prolonged, the two DNA ends cannot be kept tethered, and the DSB is not efficiently repaired. Here we show that deletion of the yeast 53BP1-ortholog RAD9 reduces Mre11 binding to a DSB, leading to Rad52 recruitment and efficient DSB end-tethering, through an Sgs1-dependent mechanism. As a consequence, deletion of RAD9 restores DSB repair either in absence of Sae2 or in presence of a nuclease defective MRX complex. We propose that, in cells lacking Sae2, Rad9/53BP1 contributes to keep Mre11 bound to a persistent DSB, protecting it from extensive DNA end resection, which may lead to potentially deleterious DNA deletions and genome rearrangements.
Mesh Terms:
Cell Cycle Proteins, DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded, DNA End-Joining Repair, DNA, Single-Stranded, DNA-Binding Proteins, Endodeoxyribonucleases, Endonucleases, Exodeoxyribonucleases, Homologous Recombination, Mutation, Rad52 DNA Repair and Recombination Protein, RecQ Helicases, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
PLoS Genet.
Date: Jan. 01, 2015
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