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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 66, Issue 4, Pages 458-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.04.013
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- Schissler Foundation Fellowship for Translational Studies in Cancer Research
- Center for Cancer Epigenetics (CCE) Scholar at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
- NIH [CA155025]
- Mel Klein Family Fund
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Center for Cancer Epigenetics [CCE] Pilot Award)
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Ubiquitin modification of proteins plays pivotal roles in the cellular response to DNA damage. Given the complexity of ubiquitin conjugation due to the formation of poly-conjugates of different linkages, functional roles of linkage-specific ubiquitin modification at DNA damage sites are largely unclear. We identify that Lys11-linkage ubiquitin modification occurs at DNA damage sites in an ATM-dependent manner, and ubiquitin-modifying enzymes, including Ube2S E2-conjugating enzyme and RNF8 E3 ligase, are responsible for the assembly of Lys11-linkage conjugates on damaged chromatin, including histone H2A/H2AX. We show that RNF8-and Ube2S-dependent Lys11-linkage ubiquitin conjugation plays an important role in regulating DNA damage-induced transcriptional silencing, distinct from the role of Lys63linkage ubiquitin in the recruitment of DNA damage repair proteins 53BP1 and BRCA1. Thus, our study highlights the importance of linkage-specific ubiquitination at DNA damage sites, and it reveals that Lys11-linkage ubiquitin modification plays a crucial role in the DNA damage response.
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