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XB-ART-40934
Mol Cell 2009 Dec 25;366:954-69. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.12.002.
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CtIP links DNA double-strand break sensing to resection.

You Z , Shi LZ , Zhu Q , Wu P , Zhang YW , Basilio A , Tonnu N , Verma IM , Berns MW , Hunter T .


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In response to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), cells sense the DNA lesions and then activate the protein kinase ATM. Subsequent DSB resection produces RPA-coated ssDNA that is essential for activation of the DNA damage checkpoint and DNA repair by homologous recombination (HR). However, the biochemical mechanism underlying the transition from DSB sensing to resection remains unclear. Using Xenopus egg extracts and human cells, we show that the tumor suppressor protein CtIP plays a critical role in this transition. We find that CtIP translocates to DSBs, a process dependent on the DSB sensor complex Mre11-Rad50-NBS1, the kinase activity of ATM, and a direct DNA-binding motif in CtIP, and then promotes DSB resection. Thus, CtIP facilitates the transition from DSB sensing to processing: it does so by binding to the DNA at DSBs after DSB sensing and ATM activation and then promoting DNA resection, leading to checkpoint activation and HR.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: atm mre11 nbn rad50 rbbp8 rpa1

References [+] :
Adams, Recruitment of ATR to sites of ionising radiation-induced DNA damage requires ATM and components of the MRN protein complex. 2006, Pubmed