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SUBMITTER: Sun Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7673754 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sun Yilun Y Miller Jenkins Lisa M LM Su Yijun P YP Nitiss Karin C KC Nitiss John L JL Pommier Yves Y
Science advances 20201113 46
Topoisomerases form transient covalent DNA cleavage complexes to perform their reactions. Topoisomerase I cleavage complexes (TOP1ccs) are trapped by camptothecin and TOP2ccs by etoposide. Proteolysis of the trapped topoisomerase DNA-protein cross-links (TOP-DPCs) is a key step for some pathways to repair these lesions. We describe a pathway that features a prominent role of the small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) modification for both TOP1- and TOP2-DPC repair. Both undergo rapid and sequentia ...[more]