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SUBMITTER: Chung I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4536307 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Genes & development 20150801 15
Upon genome damage, large-scale protein sumoylation occurs from yeast to humans to promote DNA repair. Currently, the underlying mechanism is largely unknown. Here we show that, upon DNA break induction, the budding yeast SUMO ligase Siz2 collaborates with the ssDNA-binding complex RPA (replication protein A) to induce the sumoylation of recombination factors and confer damage resistance. Both RPA and nuclease-generated ssDNA promote Siz2-mediated sumoylation. Mechanistically, the conserved Siz2 ...[more]