title: A SUMO ligase is part of a nuclear multiprotein complex that affects DNA repair and chromosomal organization.
abstract: Through a genetic screen using myosin-like protein strains mlp1Delta mlp2Delta and biochemical purification, we identified a complex of eight proteins, each required for growth and DNA repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Among the subunits are Mms21 that contains a putative Siz/PIAS (protein inhibitor of activated signal transducer and activator of transcription) RING domain characteristic of small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) ligases, two structural-maintenance-of-chromosome (Smc) proteins, Smc5 and Smc6, and a protein that contains an ubiquitin ligase signature domain. We show that these proteins colocalized to several distinct nuclear foci. Biochemical and genetic data demonstrated that Mms21 indeed functions as a SUMO ligase and that this activity requires the Siz/PIAS (protein inhibitor of activated signal transducer and activator of transcription) RING domain. The substrates for this SUMO ligase include a subunit of the octameric complex, Smc5, and the DNA repair protein Yku70. We further show that the abolition of the SUMO E3 activity of Mms21 leads to such disparate phenotypes as DNA damage sensitivity, defects in nucleolar integrity and telomere clustering, silencing, and length regulation. We propose that Mms21 sumoylates proteins involved in these diverse processes and that the other members of the complex, particularly Smc5/6, facilitate proper substrate sumoylation by localizing Mms21 to specific chromosomal regions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaolan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blobel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002466:Cell Nucleolus / Q000502:physiology; D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism*; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000502:physiology*; D015151:Immunoblotting; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D025842:SUMO-1 Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016615:Telomere / Q000378:metabolism; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; C500948:Mms21 protein, S cerevisiae; C486627:SMC5 protein, S cerevisiae; C486631:SMC6 protein, S cerevisiae; D025842:SUMO-1 Protein; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C436836:Siz2 protein, S cerevisiae; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; C436837:Siz1 protein, S cerevisiae
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