title: The Slx5-Slx8 complex affects sumoylation of DNA repair proteins and negatively regulates recombination.
abstract: Recombination is important for repairing DNA lesions, yet it can also lead to genomic rearrangements. This process must be regulated, and recently, sumoylation-mediated mechanisms were found to inhibit Rad51-dependent recombination. Here, we report that the absence of the Slx5-Slx8 complex, a newly identified player in the SUMO (small ubiquitin-like modifier) pathway, led to increased Rad51-dependent and Rad51-independent recombination. The increases were most striking during S phase, suggesting an accumulation of DNA lesions during replication. Consistent with this view, Slx8 protein localized to replication centers. In addition, like SUMO E2 mutants, slx8Delta mutants exhibited clonal lethality, which was due to the overamplification of 2 microm, an extrachromosomal plasmid. Interestingly, in both SUMO E2 and slx8Delta mutants, clonal lethality was rescued by deleting genes required for Rad51-independent recombination but not those involved in Rad51-dependent events. These results suggest that sumoylation negatively regulates Rad51-independent recombination, and indeed, the Slx5-Slx8 complex affected the sumoylation of several enzymes involved in early steps of Rad51-independent recombination. We propose that, during replication, the Slx5-Slx8 complex helps prevent DNA lesions that are acted upon by recombination. In addition, the complex inhibits Rad51-independent recombination via modulating the sumoylation of DNA repair proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, and Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave., New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: Sadia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lisby
authors.forename: Rodney
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rothstein
authors.forename: Xiaolan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D009154:Mutation; D012318:RNA Polymerase I / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051135:Rad51 Recombinase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051721:Rad52 DNA Repair and Recombination Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D025841:Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; C497197:RAD52 protein, S cerevisiae; D051721:Rad52 DNA Repair and Recombination Protein; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D025841:Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins; C515574:Slx8 protein, S cerevisiae; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D051135:Rad51 Recombinase; D012318:RNA Polymerase I; C515573:Slx5 protein, S cerevisiae