title: How the fanconi anemia pathway guards the genome.
abstract: Fanconi Anemia (FA) is an inherited genomic instability disorder, caused by mutations in genes regulating replication-dependent removal of interstrand DNA crosslinks. The Fanconi Anemia pathway is thought to coordinate a complex mechanism that enlists elements of three classic DNA repair pathways, namely homologous recombination, nucleotide excision repair, and mutagenic translesion synthesis, in response to genotoxic insults. To this end, the Fanconi Anemia pathway employs a unique nuclear protein complex that ubiquitinates FANCD2 and FANCI, leading to formation of DNA repair structures. Lack of obvious enzymatic activities among most FA members has made it challenging to unravel its precise modus operandi. Here we review the current understanding of how the Fanconi Anemia pathway components participate in DNA repair and discuss the mechanisms that regulate this pathway to ensure timely, efficient, and correct restoration of chromosomal integrity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: George-Lucian
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Moldovan
authors.forename: Alan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: D'Andrea
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004260:DNA Repair; D051856:Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016678:Genome; D006801:Humans; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways
chemical_list: D051856:Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group Proteins
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