Author
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- Emmanuelle Despras
(Univ Paris-Sud, Laboratory Genetic stability and Oncogenesis, Equipe Labellisée La Ligue Contre Le Cancer
CNRS—UMR 8200
Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus)
- Méghane Sittewelle
(Univ Paris-Sud, Laboratory Genetic stability and Oncogenesis, Equipe Labellisée La Ligue Contre Le Cancer
CNRS—UMR 8200
Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus)
- Caroline Pouvelle
(Univ Paris-Sud, Laboratory Genetic stability and Oncogenesis, Equipe Labellisée La Ligue Contre Le Cancer
CNRS—UMR 8200
Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus)
- Noémie Delrieu
(Univ Paris-Sud, Laboratory Genetic stability and Oncogenesis, Equipe Labellisée La Ligue Contre Le Cancer
CNRS—UMR 8200
Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus)
- Agnès M Cordonnier
(CNRS—UMR 7242, Biotechnologie et Signalisation Cellulaire, Université de Strasbourg, Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie)
- Patricia L Kannouche
(Univ Paris-Sud, Laboratory Genetic stability and Oncogenesis, Equipe Labellisée La Ligue Contre Le Cancer
CNRS—UMR 8200
Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus)
Abstract
Translesion polymerase eta (polη) was characterized for its ability to replicate ultraviolet-induced DNA lesions that stall replicative polymerases, a process promoted by Rad18-dependent PCNA mono-ubiquitination. Recent findings have shown that polη also acts at intrinsically difficult to replicate sequences. However, the molecular mechanisms that regulate its access to these loci remain elusive. Here, we uncover that polη travels with replication forks during unchallenged S phase and this requires its SUMOylation on K163. Abrogation of polη SUMOylation results in replication defects in response to mild replication stress, leading to chromosome fragments in mitosis and damage transmission to daughter cells. Rad18 plays a pivotal role, independently of its ubiquitin ligase activity, acting as a molecular bridge between polη and the PIAS1 SUMO ligase to promote polη SUMOylation. Our results provide the first evidence that SUMOylation represents a new way to target polη to replication forks, independent of the Rad18-mediated PCNA ubiquitination, thereby preventing under-replicated DNA.
Suggested Citation
Emmanuelle Despras & Méghane Sittewelle & Caroline Pouvelle & Noémie Delrieu & Agnès M Cordonnier & Patricia L Kannouche, 2016.
"Rad18-dependent SUMOylation of human specialized DNA polymerase eta is required to prevent under-replicated DNA,"
Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-15, December.
Handle:
RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms13326
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13326
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