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Replication-independent repair of DNA interstrand crosslinks.


ABSTRACT: DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are cytotoxic lesions that covalently link opposite strands of the DNA helix and block DNA unwinding. ICLs are repaired during and outside S phase, and replication-independent ICL repair (RIR) is critical to maintain genomic integrity and to allow transcription in nondividing or slowly dividing cells. Here, we show that the Y family DNA polymerase kappa (Pol ?) is essential for RIR of a site-specific ICL lesion in Xenopus egg extracts, and that both its catalytic activity and UBZ domains are required for this function. We also demonstrate a requirement for PCNA and its modification on lysine 164. Finally, we show that Pol ? participates in ICL repair in mammalian cells, particularly in G0. Our results identify key components of the RIR pathway and begin to unravel its mechanism.

SUBMITTER: Williams HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3666337 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Replication-independent repair of DNA interstrand crosslinks.

Williams Hannah L HL   Gottesman Max E ME   Gautier Jean J  

Molecular cell 20120531 1


DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are cytotoxic lesions that covalently link opposite strands of the DNA helix and block DNA unwinding. ICLs are repaired during and outside S phase, and replication-independent ICL repair (RIR) is critical to maintain genomic integrity and to allow transcription in nondividing or slowly dividing cells. Here, we show that the Y family DNA polymerase kappa (Pol κ) is essential for RIR of a site-specific ICL lesion in Xenopus egg extracts, and that both its catalyti  ...[more]

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