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Two-Stage Synapsis of DNA Ends during Non-homologous End Joining.


ABSTRACT: Repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) is essential for genomic stability. The most common DSB repair mechanism in human cells, non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), rejoins broken DNA ends by direct ligation. It remains unclear how components of the NHEJ machinery assemble a synaptic complex that bridges DNA ends. Here, we use single-molecule imaging in a vertebrate cell-free extract to show that synapsis of DNA ends occurs in at least two stages that are controlled by different NHEJ factors. DNA ends are initially tethered in a long-range complex whose formation requires the Ku70/80 heterodimer and the DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit. The ends are then closely aligned, which requires XLF, a non-catalytic function of XRCC4-LIG4, and DNA-PK activity. These results reveal a structural transition in the synaptic complex that governs alignment of DNA ends. Our approach provides a means of studying physiological DNA DSB repair at single-molecule resolution.

SUBMITTER: Graham TG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4799494 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Two-Stage Synapsis of DNA Ends during Non-homologous End Joining.

Graham Thomas G W TG   Walter Johannes C JC   Loparo Joseph J JJ  

Molecular cell 20160301 6


Repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) is essential for genomic stability. The most common DSB repair mechanism in human cells, non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), rejoins broken DNA ends by direct ligation. It remains unclear how components of the NHEJ machinery assemble a synaptic complex that bridges DNA ends. Here, we use single-molecule imaging in a vertebrate cell-free extract to show that synapsis of DNA ends occurs in at least two stages that are controlled by different NHEJ factors. D  ...[more]

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