Senataxin ortholog Sen1 limits DNA: RNA hybrid accumulation at DNA double-strand breaks to control end resection and repair fidelity

CC Rawal, L Zardoni, M Di Terlizzi, E Galati… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
An important but still enigmatic function of DNA: RNA hybrids is their role in DNA double-
strand break (DSB) repair. Here, we show that Sen1, the budding yeast ortholog of the …

Rad9/53BP1 promotes DNA repair via crossover recombination by limiting the Sgs1 and Mph1 helicases

M Ferrari, CC Rawal, S Lodovichi, MY Vietri… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The DNA damage checkpoint (DDC) is often robustly activated during the homologous
recombination (HR) repair of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs). DDC activation controls …

Structure-forming CAG/CTG repeats interfere with gap repair to cause repeat expansions and chromosome breaks

EJ Polleys, I Del Priore, JE Haber… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Expanded CAG/CTG repeats are sites of DNA damage, leading to repeat length changes.
Homologous recombination (HR) is one cause of repeat instability and we hypothesized that …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rev7 promotes non-homologous end-joining by blocking Mre11 nuclease and Rad50's ATPase activities and homologous recombination

S Badugu, KM Dhyani, M Thakur, K Muniyappa - eLife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Recent studies have shown that, in human cancer cells, the tetrameric Shieldin complex
(comprising REV7, SHLD1, SHLD2, and SHLD3) facilitates non-homologous end-joining …

Yeast Nat4 regulates DNA damage checkpoint signaling through its N-terminal acetyltransferase activity on histone H4

M Constantinou, E Charidemou, I Shanlitourk… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The DNA damage response (DDR) constitutes a vital cellular process that safeguards
genome integrity. This biological process involves substantial alterations in chromatin …

Formation and nucleolytic processing of Cas9-induced DNA breaks in human cells quantified by droplet digital PCR

D Dibitetto, M La Monica, M Ferrari, F Marini… - DNA repair, 2018 - Elsevier
Cas9 endonuclease from S. pyogenes is widely used to induce controlled double strand
breaks (DSB) at desired genomic loci for gene editing. Here, we describe a droplet digital …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rev7 promotes non-homologous end-joining by blocking Mre11 nuclease and Rad50's ATPase activities and homologous recombination

S Badugu, KM Dhyani, M Thakur, K Muniyappa - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Recent studies have shown that, in human cancer cells, the tetrameric Shieldin complex
(comprising REV7, SHLD1, SHLD2, and SHLD3) facilitates non-homologous end-joining …

Characterization of the Mechanistic Roles of Rif1-Glc7 in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Pathway Choice in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

R Quinn - 2023 - uwspace.uwaterloo.ca
Rap-1 interacting factor 1 (Rif1) is a protein involved in telomere regulation, DNA replication
and has more recently been found to mediate genomic stability by influencing the choice of …

Rad9/53BP1 promotes crossover recombination DNA repair by limiting the Sgs1 and Mph1 helicases

M Ferrari, CC Rawal, S Lodovichi, A Pellicioli - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
A DNA double strand break (DSB) is primed for homologous recombination (HR) repair
through the nucleolytic processing (resection) of its ends, leading to the formation of a 3 …