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Arrested replication forks guide retrotransposon integration.


ABSTRACT: Long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons are an abundant class of genomic parasites that replicate by insertion of new copies into the host genome. Fungal LTR retrotransposons prevent mutagenic insertions through diverse targeting mechanisms that avoid coding sequences, but conserved principles guiding their target site selection have not been established. Here, we show that insertion of the fission yeast LTR retrotransposon Tf1 is guided by the DNA binding protein Sap1 and that the efficiency and location of the targeting depend on the activity of Sap1 as a replication fork barrier. We propose that Sap1 and the fork arrest it causes guide insertion of Tf1 by tethering the integration complex to target sites.

SUBMITTER: Jacobs JZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4832573 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Arrested replication forks guide retrotransposon integration.

Jacobs Jake Z JZ   Rosado-Lugo Jesus D JD   Cranz-Mileva Susanne S   Ciccaglione Keith M KM   Tournier Vincent V   Zaratiegui Mikel M  

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20150901 6255


Long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons are an abundant class of genomic parasites that replicate by insertion of new copies into the host genome. Fungal LTR retrotransposons prevent mutagenic insertions through diverse targeting mechanisms that avoid coding sequences, but conserved principles guiding their target site selection have not been established. Here, we show that insertion of the fission yeast LTR retrotransposon Tf1 is guided by the DNA binding protein Sap1 and that the efficienc  ...[more]

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