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XB-ART-39326
Mol Biol Cell 2009 May 01;209:2351-60. doi: 10.1091/mbc.e08-12-1190.
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The Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 complex mediates activation of TopBP1 by ATM.

Yoo HY , Kumagai A , Shevchenko A , Shevchenko A , Dunphy WG .


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The activation of ATR-ATRIP in response to double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs) depends upon ATM in human cells and Xenopus egg extracts. One important aspect of this dependency involves regulation of TopBP1 by ATM. In Xenopus egg extracts, ATM associates with TopBP1 and thereupon phosphorylates it on S1131. This phosphorylation enhances the capacity of TopBP1 to activate the ATR-ATRIP complex. We show that TopBP1 also interacts with the Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 (MRN) complex in egg extracts in a checkpoint-regulated manner. This interaction involves the Nbs1 subunit of the complex. ATM can no longer interact with TopBP1 in Nbs1-depleted egg extracts, which suggests that the MRN complex helps to bridge ATM and TopBP1 together. The association between TopBP1 and Nbs1 involves the first pair of BRCT repeats in TopBP1. In addition, the two tandem BRCT repeats of Nbs1 are required for this binding. Functional studies with mutated forms of TopBP1 and Nbs1 suggested that the BRCT-dependent association of these proteins is critical for a normal checkpoint response to DSBs. These findings suggest that the MRN complex is a crucial mediator in the process whereby ATM promotes the TopBP1-dependent activation of ATR-ATRIP in response to DSBs.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: atm atr atrip mre11 nbn rad50 topbp1
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Abraham, Cell cycle checkpoint signaling through the ATM and ATR kinases. 2001, Pubmed