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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2015

Structurally distinct ubiquitin- and sumo-modified PCNA: implications for their distinct roles in the DNA damage response.

Susan E Tsutakawa, Chunli Yan, Xiaojun Xu, Christopher P Weinacht, Bret D Freudenthal, Kun Yang, Zhihao Zhuang, M Todd Washington, John A Tainer, Ivaylo Ivanov

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Susan E Tsutakawa *Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA.
Chunli Yan *Department of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302 USA.
Xiaojun XuDepartment of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302 USA.
Christopher P WeinachtDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 USA.
Bret D FreudenthalDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA.
Kun YangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 USA.
Zhihao ZhuangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 USA.
M Todd WashingtonDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA.
John A TainerLife Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA.
Ivaylo IvanovDepartment of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302 USA.
Georgia State University · USUniversity of Delaware · USUniversity of Iowa · USLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · USScripps Research Institute · US

Funding

Transcription-Coupled & Replication-Associated Excision RepairP01CA092584 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI John A. Tainer · 2001 to 2026
$89.6M
FEN1 STRUCTURES AND HUMAN GENOME STABILITYR01CA081967 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI TAINER, JOHN A. · 1999 to 2013
$4.2M
MINOS (Macromolecular Insights on Nucleic acids Optimized by Scattering)R01GM105404 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI TAINER, JOHN A. · 2012 to 2015
$2.1M
SUMOylation and ubiquitylation of PCNA in recombination and translesion synthesisR01GM108027 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI WASHINGTON, M. TODD · 2013 to 2016
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA092584NCI NIH HHS R01 CA081967NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM105404NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM105404NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM108027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a pivotal replication protein, which also controls cellular responses to DNA damage. Posttranslational modification of PCNA by SUMO and ubiquitin modulate these responses. How the modifiers alter PCNA-dependent DNA repair and damage tolerance pathways is largely unknown. We used hybrid methods to identify atomic models of PCNAK107-Ub and PCNAK164-SUMO consistent with small-angle X-ray scattering data of these complexes in solution. We show that SUMO and ubiquitin have distinct modes of association to PCNA. Ubiquitin adopts discrete docked binding positions. By contrast, SUMO associates by simple tethering and adopts extended flexible conformations. These structural differences are the result of the opposite electrostatic potentials of SUMO and Ub. The unexpected contrast in conformational behavior of Ub-PCNA and SUMO-PCNA has implications for interactions with partner proteins, interacting surfaces accessibility, and access points for pathway regulation.

Indexed as

SumoylationAmino Acid SequenceDNA DamageDNA RepairMolecular Dynamics SimulationMolecular Sequence DataProliferating Cell Nuclear AntigenProtein BindingSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSUMO-1 ProteinProliferating Cell Nuclear AntigenSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSUMO-1 Protein

Identifiers

PMID25773143
PMCPMC4394044
OpenAlexW2094315452

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