title: Damage tolerance protein Mus81 associates with the FHA1 domain of checkpoint kinase Cds1.
abstract: Cds1, a serine/threonine kinase, enforces the S-M checkpoint in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Cds1 is required for survival of replicational stress caused by agents that stall replication forks, but how Cds1 performs these functions is largely unknown. Here we report that the forkhead-associated-1 (FHA1) protein-docking domain of Cds1 interacts with Mus81, an evolutionarily conserved damage tolerance protein. Mus81 has an endonuclease homology domain found in the XPF nucleotide excision repair protein. Inactivation of mus81 reveals a unique spectrum of phenotypes. Mus81 enables survival of deoxynucleotide triphosphate starvation, UV radiation, and DNA polymerase impairment. Mus81 is essential in the absence of Bloom's syndrome Rqh1 helicase and is required for productive meiosis. Genetic epistasis studies suggest that Mus81 works with recombination enzymes to properly replicate damaged DNA. Inactivation of Mus81 triggers a checkpoint-dependent delay of mitosis. We propose that Mus81 is involved in the recruitment of Cds1 to aberrant DNA structures where Cds1 modulates the activity of damage tolerance enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Boddy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopez-Girona
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shanahan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Interthal
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Heyer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004249:DNA Damage; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004720:Endonucleases; D008540:Meiosis; D008938:Mitosis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011836:Radiation Tolerance; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; C578636:Cds1 protein, S pombe; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D004720:Endonucleases; C411624:MUS81 protein, S cerevisiae; D004265:DNA Helicases; C106462:Rqh1 protein, S pombe