MCM8IP activates the MCM8-9 helicase to promote DNA synthesis and homologous recombination upon DNA damage

Autor: Jen-Wei Huang, Ananya Acharya, Angelo Taglialatela, Tarun S. Nambiar, Raquel Cuella-Martin, Giuseppe Leuzzi, Samuel B. Hayward, Sarah A. Joseph, Gregory J. Brunette, Roopesh Anand, Rajesh K. Soni, Nathan L. Clark, Kara A. Bernstein, Petr Cejka, Alberto Ciccia
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16718-3
Popis: Homologous recombination (HR) is an essential DNA repair pathway for genomic stability. Here the authors show that C17orf53/MCM8IP, an OB-fold containing protein, promotes HR through direct binding and activation of the MCM8-9 helicase complex.
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