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ArticleGenes & development2008

Rad53 regulates replication fork restart after DNA damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Shawn J Szyjka, Jennifer G Aparicio, Christopher J Viggiani, Simon Knott, Weihong Xu, Simon Tavaré, Oscar M Aparicio

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Article in Genes & development, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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58 citing papers in PubMed, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shawn J SzyjkaMolecular and Computational Biology Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA.
Jennifer G Aparicio
Christopher J Viggiani
Simon Knott
Weihong Xu
Simon Tavaré
Oscar M Aparicio
University of Southern California · US

Funding

Regulation of Chromosomal DNA Replication Dynamics in S. CerevisiaeR01GM065494 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI APARICIO, OSCAR M · 2003 to 2022
$6.9M
Computational Methods for Functional GenomicsR01GM067243 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI TAVARE, SIMON · 2002 to 2005
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM065494NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067243NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM65494NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM67243
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Replication fork stalling at a DNA lesion generates a damage signal that activates the Rad53 kinase, which plays a vital role in survival by stabilizing stalled replication forks. However, evidence that Rad53 directly modulates the activity of replication forks has been lacking, and the nature of fork stabilization has remained unclear. Recently, cells lacking the Psy2-Pph3 phosphatase were shown to be defective in dephosphorylation of Rad53 as well as replication fork restart after DNA damage, suggesting a mechanistic link between Rad53 deactivation and fork restart. To test this possibility we examined the progression of replication forks in methyl-methanesulfonate (MMS)-damaged cells, under different conditions of Rad53 activity. Hyperactivity of Rad53 in pph3Delta cells slows fork progression in MMS, whereas deactivation of Rad53, through expression of dominant-negative Rad53-KD, is sufficient to allow fork restart during recovery. Furthermore, combined deletion of PPH3 and PTC2, a second, unrelated Rad53 phosphatase, results in complete replication fork arrest and lethality in MMS, demonstrating that Rad53 deactivation is a key mechanism controlling fork restart. We propose a model for regulation of replication fork progression through damaged DNA involving a cycle of Rad53 activation and deactivation that coordinates replication restart with DNA repair.

Indexed as

Cell Cycle ProteinsCheckpoint Kinase 2Chromatin ImmunoprecipitationChromosomes, FungalDNA DamageDNA, FungalDNA RepairDNA ReplicationGene Expression Regulation, FungalImmunoprecipitationMethyl MethanesulfonateOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPhosphoprotein PhosphatasesPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesPhosphorylationProtein Phosphatase 2Cell Cycle ProteinsCheckpoint Kinase 2DNA, FungalMethyl MethanesulfonatePhosphoprotein PhosphatasesPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesPPH3 protein, S cerevisiaeProtein Phosphatase 2Protein Serine-Threonine KinasesPTC2 protein, S cerevisiaeRAD53 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID18628397
PMCPMC2492737
OpenAlexW2135902783

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