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Dampening DNA damage checkpoint signalling via coordinated BRCT domain interactions.


ABSTRACT: In response to DNA damage, checkpoint signalling protects genome integrity at the cost of repressing cell cycle progression and DNA replication. Mechanisms for checkpoint down-regulation are therefore necessary for proper cellular proliferation. We recently uncovered a phosphatase-independent mechanism for dampening checkpoint signalling, where the checkpoint adaptor Rad9 is counteracted by the repair scaffolds Slx4-Rtt107. Here, we establish the molecular requirements for this new mode of checkpoint regulation. We engineered a minimal multi-BRCT-domain (MBD) module that recapitulates the action of Slx4-Rtt107 in checkpoint down-regulation. MBD mimics the damage-induced Dpb11-Slx4-Rtt107 complex by synergistically interacting with lesion-specific phospho-sites in Ddc1 and H2A. We propose that efficient recruitment of Dpb11-Slx4-Rtt107 or MBD via a cooperative 'two-site-docking' mechanism displaces Rad9. MBD also interacts with the Mus81 nuclease following checkpoint dampening, suggesting a spatio-temporal coordination of checkpoint signalling and DNA repair via a combinatorial mode of BRCT-domains interactions.

SUBMITTER: Cussiol JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4475403 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dampening DNA damage checkpoint signalling via coordinated BRCT domain interactions.

Cussiol José R JR   Jablonowski Carolyn M CM   Yimit Askar A   Brown Grant W GW   Smolka Marcus B MB  

The EMBO journal 20150420 12


In response to DNA damage, checkpoint signalling protects genome integrity at the cost of repressing cell cycle progression and DNA replication. Mechanisms for checkpoint down-regulation are therefore necessary for proper cellular proliferation. We recently uncovered a phosphatase-independent mechanism for dampening checkpoint signalling, where the checkpoint adaptor Rad9 is counteracted by the repair scaffolds Slx4-Rtt107. Here, we establish the molecular requirements for this new mode of check  ...[more]

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