title: Role of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad9 protein in sensing and responding to DNA damage.
abstract: Eukaryotic cells have evolved surveillance mechanisms, known as DNA-damage checkpoints, that sense and respond to genome damage. DNA-damage checkpoint pathways ensure co-ordinated cellular responses to DNA damage, including cell cycle delays and activation of repair mechanisms. RAD9, from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was the first damage checkpoint gene to be identified, although its biochemical function remained unknown until recently. This review examines briefly work that provides significant insight into how Rad9 activates the checkpoint signalling kinase Rad53.
authors.affiliation: Genome Stability Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, National University of Ireland, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
authors.forename: G W-L
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Toh
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Lowndes
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D004249:DNA Damage; D008954:Models, Biological; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C069930:rad9 protein; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C067022:RAD53 protein, S cerevisiae