Srs2 mediates PCNA‐SUMO‐dependent inhibition of DNA repair synthesis |
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Authors: | Peter Burkovics Marek Sebesta Alexandra Sisakova Nicolas Plault Valeria Szukacsov Lajos Pinter Victoria Marini Peter Kolesar Lajos Haracska Lumir Krejci |
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Institution: | 1. National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Masaryk University, , Brno, Czech Republic;2. Biological Research Center, Institute of Genetics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, , Szeged, Hungary;3. Department of Biology, Masaryk University, , Brno, Czech Republic;4. CEA, DSV, IRCM, SIGRR, LERA, , Fontenay‐aux‐Roses, France;5. International Clinical Research Center, Center for Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, , Brno, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | Completion of DNA replication needs to be ensured even when challenged with fork progression problems or DNA damage. PCNA and its modifications constitute a molecular switch to control distinct repair pathways. In yeast, SUMOylated PCNA (S‐PCNA) recruits Srs2 to sites of replication where Srs2 can disrupt Rad51 filaments and prevent homologous recombination (HR). We report here an unexpected additional mechanism by which S‐PCNA and Srs2 block the synthesis‐dependent extension of a recombination intermediate, thus limiting its potentially hazardous resolution in association with a cross‐over. This new Srs2 activity requires the SUMO interaction motif at its C‐terminus, but neither its translocase activity nor its interaction with Rad51. Srs2 binding to S‐PCNA dissociates Polδ and Polη from the repair synthesis machinery, thus revealing a novel regulatory mechanism controlling spontaneous genome rearrangements. Our results suggest that cycling cells use the Siz1‐dependent SUMOylation of PCNA to limit the extension of repair synthesis during template switch or HR and attenuate reciprocal DNA strand exchanges to maintain genome stability. |
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Keywords: | DNA repair synthesis genome stability PCNA SUMOylation Srs2 SUMO interacting motif |
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