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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 13, Pages 4310-4319Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00200-08
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- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA085344] Funding Source: Medline
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Despite the wealth of information available on the biochemical functions and our recent findings of its roles in genome stability and cancer avoidance of the structure-specific flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1), its cellular compartmentalization and dynamics corresponding to its involvement in various DNA metabolic pathways are not yet elucidated. Several years ago, we demonstrated that FEN1 migrates into the nucleus in response to DNA damage and under certain cell cycle conditions. In the current paper, we found that FEN1 is superaccumulated in the nucleolus and plays a role in the resolution of stalled DNA replication forks formed at the sites of natural replication fork barriers. In response to UV irradiation and upon phosphorylation, FEN1 migrates to nuclear plasma to participate in the resolution of LTV cross-links on DNA, most likely employing its concerted action of exonuclease and gap-dependent endonuclease activities. Based on yeast complementation experiments, the mutation of Ser(187)Asp, mimicking constant phosphorylation, excludes FEN1 from nucleolar accumulation. The replacement of Ser(187) by Ala, eliminating the only phosphorylation site, retains FEN1 in nucleoli. Both of the mutations cause LTV sensitivity, impair cellular UV damage repair capacity, and decline overall cellular survivorship.
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