title: The Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA damage checkpoint is required for efficient repair of double strand breaks by non-homologous end joining.
abstract: In this work we report that the Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAD9, RAD24, RAD17, MEC1, MEC3 and RAD53 checkpoint genes are required for efficient non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). RAD9 and RAD24 function additionally in this process. Defective NHEJ in rad9Delta-rad24Delta, but not yku80Delta cells, is only partially rescued by imposing G1 or G2/M delays. Thus, checkpoint functions other than transient cell cycle delays may be required for normal levels of NHEJ. Epistasis analysis also indicated that YKU80 and RAD9/RAD24 function in the same pathway for repair of lesions caused by MMS and gamma-irradiation. Unlike NHEJ, the checkpoint pathway is not required for efficient site-specific integration of plasmid DNA into the yeast genome, which is RAD52-dependent, but RAD51-independent.
authors.affiliation: Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Clare Hall Laboratories, CDC Laboratory, South Mimms, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de la Torre-Ruiz
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Lowndes
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016193:G1 Phase; D016195:G2 Phase; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009154:Mutation; D010957:Plasmids; D051135:Rad51 Recombinase; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C088385:RAD24 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C069930:rad9 protein; D004247:DNA; C495151:RAD51 protein, S cerevisiae; D051135:Rad51 Recombinase