Local regulation of the Srs2 helicase by the SUMO-like domain protein Esc2 promotes recombination at sites of stalled replication
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ABSTRACT: Accurate completion of replication relies on the ability of cells to activate error-free recombination-mediated DNA damage-bypass at sites of perturbed replication. However, as anti-recombinase activities are also recruited to replication forks, how recombination-mediated damage-bypass is enabled at replication stress sites remained puzzling. Here we uncovered that the conserved SUMO-like domains-containing Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein, Esc2, facilitates recombination-mediated DNA damage tolerance by allowing optimal recruitment of the Rad51 recombinase specifically at sites of perturbed replication. Mechanistically, Esc2 binds stalled replication forks and counteracts the anti-recombinase Srs2 helicase via a two-faceted mechanism involving chromatin recruitment and turnover of Srs2. Importantly, point mutations in the SUMO-like domains of Esc2 that reduce its interaction with Srs2 cause sub-optimal levels of Rad51 recruitment at damaged replication forks. In conclusion, our results reveal how recombination-mediated DNA damage tolerance is locally enabled at sites of replication stress, while globally prevented at undamaged replicating chromosomes.
ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae
PROVIDER: GSE65701 | GEO | 2015/02/16
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA274743
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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