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ArticleNucleus (Austin, Tex.)2015

When two is not enough: a CtIP tetramer is required for DNA repair by Homologous Recombination.

Josep V Forment, Stephen P Jackson, Luca Pellegrini

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Article in Nucleus (Austin, Tex.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
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Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Josep V Formenta The Gurdon Institute; University of Cambridge ; Cambridge , UK.
Stephen P Jacksona The Gurdon Institute; University of Cambridge ; Cambridge , UK.
Luca Pellegrinic Department of Biochemistry ; University of Cambridge ; Cambridge , UK.
University of Cambridge · GBWellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute · GBWellcome Sanger Institute · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 11224Cancer Research UK 18796Wellcome Trust 104641
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Homologous recombination (HR) is central to the repair of double-strand DNA breaks that occur in S/G2 phases of the cell cycle. HR relies on the CtIP protein (Ctp1 in fission yeast, Sae2 in budding yeast) for resection of DNA ends, a key step in generating the 3'-DNA overhangs that are required for the HR strand-exchange reaction. Although much has been learned about the biological importance of CtIP in DNA repair, our mechanistic insight into its molecular functions remains incomplete. It has been recently discovered that CtIP and Ctp1 share a conserved tetrameric architecture that is mediated by their N-terminal domains and is critical for their function in HR. The specific arrangement of protein chains in the CtIP/Ctp1 tetramer indicates that an ability to bridge DNA ends might be an important feature of CtIP/Ctp1 function, establishing an intriguing similarity with the known ability of the MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex to link DNA ends. Although the exact mechanism of action remains to be elucidated, the remarkable evolutionary conservation of CtIP/Ctp1 tetramerisation clearly points to its crucial role in HR.

Indexed as

Carrier ProteinsHumansNuclear ProteinsProtein MultimerizationCarrier ProteinsNuclear ProteinsCtIPDNA-end resectionDNA repairdouble strand breakHomologous Recombinationtetramerisation

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PMID26305173
PMCPMC4915501
OpenAlexW1748711569

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