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ArticleGenes & development2014

SUMOylation of ATRIP potentiates DNA damage signaling by boosting multiple protein interactions in the ATR pathway.

Ching-Shyi Wu, Jian Ouyang, Eiichiro Mori, Hai Dang Nguyen, Alexandre Maréchal, Alexander Hallet, David J Chen, Lee Zou

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Article in Genes & development, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Capturing ATR-ATRIP in the act of activation.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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  4. DNA Damage and Replication Stress Checkpoints.Annual review of biochemistry · 2025
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  9. SUMO and the DNA damage response.Biochemical Society transactions · 2024
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  11. ISG15: A link between innate immune signaling, DNA replication, and genome stability.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2023
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  14. Smc5/6 Complex Promotes Rad3Molecular and cellular biology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ching-Shyi WuMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA;
Jian OuyangMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA;
Eiichiro MoriDivision of Molecular Radiation Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA;
Hai Dang NguyenMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA;
Alexandre MaréchalMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA;
Alexander HalletMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA;
David J ChenDivision of Molecular Radiation Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA;
Lee ZouMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA; Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Harvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Transcription-Coupled & Replication-Associated Excision RepairP01CA092584 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI John A. Tainer · 2001 to 2026
$89.6M
Regulation of the ATR Checkpoint Kinase by DNA DamageR01GM076388 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ZOU, LEE · 2006 to 2018
$4.3M
Pathway Choice of DNA Double-Strand Break RepairR01CA162804 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI DAVIS, ANTHONY J · 2012 to 2021
$3.4M
NCI NIH HHS CA092584NCI NIH HHS CA162804NCI NIH HHS P01 CA092584NCI NIH HHS R01 CA162804NIGMS NIH HHS GM076388NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM076388
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ATR (ATM [ataxia telangiectasia-mutated]- and Rad3-related) checkpoint is a crucial DNA damage signaling pathway. While the ATR pathway is known to transmit DNA damage signals through the ATR-Chk1 kinase cascade, whether post-translational modifications other than phosphorylation are important for this pathway remains largely unknown. Here, we show that protein SUMOylation plays a key role in the ATR pathway. ATRIP, the regulatory partner of ATR, is modified by SUMO2/3 at K234 and K289. An ATRIP mutant lacking the SUMOylation sites fails to localize to DNA damage and support ATR activation efficiently. Surprisingly, the ATRIP SUMOylation mutant is compromised in the interaction with a protein group, rather than a single protein, in the ATR pathway. Multiple ATRIP-interacting proteins, including ATR, RPA70, TopBP1, and the MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex, exhibit reduced binding to the ATRIP SUMOylation mutant in cells and display affinity for SUMO2 chains in vitro, suggesting that they bind not only ATRIP but also SUMO. Fusion of a SUMO2 chain to the ATRIP SUMOylation mutant enhances its interaction with the protein group and partially suppresses its localization and functional defects, revealing that ATRIP SUMOylation promotes ATR activation by providing a unique type of protein glue that boosts multiple protein interactions along the ATR pathway.

Indexed as

DNA DamageSignal TransductionSumoylationAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsEnzyme ActivationHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansProtein BindingProtein TransportUbiquitin-Conjugating EnzymesUbiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme UBC9Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsATRIP protein, humanATR protein, humanDNA-Binding ProteinsUbiquitin-Conjugating EnzymesUbiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme UBC9ATRATRIPcheckpointSUMOylation

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PMID24990965
PMCPMC4083090
OpenAlexW2037252540

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