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A genome-wide screening uncovers the role of CCAR2 as an antagonist of DNA end resection.

ABSTRACT: There are two major and alternative pathways to repair DNA double-strand breaks: non-homologous end-joining and homologous recombination. Here we identify and characterize novel factors involved in choosing between these pathways; in this study we took advantage of the SeeSaw Reporter, in which the repair of double-strand breaks by homology-independent or -dependent mechanisms is distinguished by the accumulation of green or red fluorescence, respectively. Using a genome-wide human esiRNA (endoribonuclease-prepared siRNA) library, we isolate genes that control the recombination/end-joining ratio. Here we report that two distinct sets of genes are involved in the control of the balance between NHEJ and HR: those that are required to facilitate recombination and those that favour NHEJ. This last category includes CCAR2/DBC1, which we show inhibits recombination by limiting the initiation and the extent of DNA end resection, thereby acting as an antagonist of CtIP.

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Saavedra A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4980490 | biostudies-other | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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A genome-wide screening uncovers the role of CCAR2 as an antagonist of DNA end resection.

López-Saavedra Ana A Gómez-Cabello Daniel D Domínguez-Sánchez María Salud MS Mejías-Navarro Fernando F Fernández-Ávila María Jesús MJ Dinant Christoffel C Martínez-Macías María Isabel MI Bartek Jiri J Huertas Pablo P

Nature communications 20160809

There are two major and alternative pathways to repair DNA double-strand breaks: non-homologous end-joining and homologous recombination. Here we identify and characterize novel factors involved in choosing between these pathways; in this study we took advantage of the SeeSaw Reporter, in which the repair of double-strand breaks by homology-independent or -dependent mechanisms is distinguished by the accumulation of green or red fluorescence, respectively. Using a genome-wide human esiRNA (endor ...[more]

PMID: 27503537

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A genome-wide screening uncovers the role of CCAR2 as an antagonist of DNA end resection.

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A genome-wide screening uncovers the role of CCAR2 as an antagonist of DNA end resection.

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