Pro-recombination Role of Srs2 Protein Requires SUMO (Small ubiquitin-like Modifier) but Is Independent of PCNA (Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen) Interaction

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Authors

KOLESÁR Peter ALTMANNOVÁ Veronika SILVA Sonia LISBY Michael KREJČÍ Lumír

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Biological Chemistry
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Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M115.685891
Field Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords DNA repair; Homologous recombination; Possible mechanisms; Post-translational modifications; Proliferating cell nuclear antigens; Recombination factors; Small ubiquitin-like modifiers; Sumoylation
Description Srs2 plays many roles in DNA repair, the proper regulation and coordination of which is essential. Post-translational modification by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) is one such possible mechanism. Here, we investigate the role of SUMO in Srs2 regulation and show that the SUMO-interacting motif (SIM) of Srs2 is important for the interaction with several recombination factors. Lack of SIM, but not proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)-interacting motif (PIM), leads to increased cell death under circumstances requiring homologous recombination for DNA repair. Simultaneous mutation of SIM in a srs2 deltaPIM strain leads to a decrease in recombination, indicating a pro-recombination role of SUMO. Thus SIM has an ambivalent function in Srs2 regulation; it not only mediates interaction with SUMO-PCNA to promote the anti-recombination function but it also plays a PCNA-independent pro-recombination role, probably by stimulating the formation of recombination complexes. The fact that deletion of PIM suppresses the phenotypes of Srs2 lacking SIM suggests that proper balance between the anti-recombination PCNA-bound and pro-recombination pools of Srs2 is crucial. Notably, sumoylation of Srs2 itself specifically stimulates recombination at the rDNA locus.
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