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  3. MCM8-9 complex promotes resection of double-strand break ends by MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex

MCM8-9 complex promotes resection of double-strand break ends by MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex

  • Nat Commun. 2015 Jul 28;6:7744. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8744.
Kyung Yong Lee 1,  Jun-Sub Im 1,  Etsuko Shibata 1,  Jonghoon Park 1,  Naofumi Handa 2,  Stephen C Kowalczykowski 2,  Anindya Dutta 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Jordan Hall, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 USA.
  • 2 Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Briggs Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616-8665 USA.
PMID: 26215093 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8744
Abstract

MCM8-9 complex is required for homologous recombination (HR)-mediated repair of double-strand breaks (DSBs). Here we report that MCM8-9 is required for DNA resection by MRN (MRE11-RAD50-NBS1) at DSBs to generate ssDNA. MCM8-9 interacts with MRN and is required for the nuclease activity and stable association of MRN with DSBs. The ATPase motifs of MCM8-9 are required for recruitment of MRE11 to foci of DNA damage. Homozygous deletion of the MCM9 found in various cancers sensitizes a Cancer cell line to interstrand-crosslinking (ICL) agents. A cancer-derived point mutation or an SNP on MCM8 associated with premature ovarian failure (POF) diminishes the functional activity of MCM8. Therefore, the MCM8-9 complex facilitates DNA resection by the MRN complex during HR repair, genetic or epigenetic inactivation of MCM8 or MCM9 are seen in human cancers, and genetic inactivation of MCM8 may be the basis of a POF syndrome.

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