title: Mec1/Tel1-dependent phosphorylation of Slx4 stimulates Rad1-Rad10-dependent cleavage of non-homologous DNA tails.
abstract: Budding yeast Slx4 interacts with the Rad1-Rad10 endonuclease that is involved in nucleotide excision repair (NER), homologous recombination (HR) and single-strand annealing (SSA). We previously showed that Slx4 is dispensable for NER but is essential for SSA. Slx4 is phosphorylated by the Mec1 and Tel1 kinases after DNA damage on at least six Ser/Thr residues, and mutation of all six residues to Ala reduces the efficiency of SSA. In this study, we further investigated the role of Slx4 phosphorylation in SSA, specifically in regulating cleavage of 3' non-homologous (NH) DNA tails by Rad1-Rad10 during SSA and HR. Slx4 became phosphorylated after induction of a single double-strand break (DSB) during SSA and dephosphorylation coincided approximately with completion of repair. Slx4 is recruited to 3' NH tails during DSB repair, but this does not require phosphorylation of Slx4. However, we identified a specific damage-dependent Mec1/Tel1 site of Slx4 phosphorylation, Thr 113, that is required for efficient cleavage of NH tails by Rad1-Rad10. Consistent with these data, deletion of both Mec1 and Tel1 severely reduces the efficiency of NH DNA tail cleavage during HR. These data show that phosphorylation of Slx4 by Mec1 and Tel1 plays an important role in facilitating NH DNA tail cleavage during HR.
authors.affiliation: MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Geraldine W-L
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Toh
authors.forename: Neal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: Junchao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Toth
authors.forename: Sang Eun
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Haber
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rouse
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D053903:DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded; D004260:DNA Repair; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000378:metabolism; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004720:Endonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D015719:Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D013912:Threonine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013912:Threonine; D004247:DNA; C088937:MEC1 protein, S cerevisiae; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C513623:TEL1 protein, S cerevisiae; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases; D004720:Endonucleases; C069266:RAD1 protein, S cerevisiae; C505436:SLX4 protein, S cerevisiae; C064162:RAD10 protein, S cerevisiae; D015719:Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes
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