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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 66, Issue 5, Pages 622-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.04.022
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- JSPS [JP23114010, JP26550026, JP15H01738, JP26281021, JP25116002, JP25250023, JP15H01183]
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare [16ek0109099h0002]
- Waseda University
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25116002, 26241014, 16H07295] Funding Source: KAKEN
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RFWD3 is a recently identified Fanconi anemia protein FANCW whose E3 ligase activity toward RPA is essential in homologous recombination (HR) repair. However, how RPA ubiquitination promotes HR remained unknown. Here, we identified RAD51, the central HR protein, as another target of RFWD3. We show that RFWD3 polyubiquitinates both RPA and RAD51 in vitro and in vivo. Phosphorylation by ATR and ATM kinases is required for this activity in vivo. RFWD3 inhibits persistent mitomycin C (MMC)-induced RAD51 and RPA foci by promoting VCP/p97-mediated protein dynamics and subsequent degradation. Furthermore, MMC-induced chromatin loading of MCM8 and RAD54 is defective in cells with inactivated RFWD3 or expressing a ubiquitination-deficient mutant RAD51. Collectively, our data reveal a mechanism that facilitates timely removal of RPA and RAD51 from DNA damage sites, which is crucial for progression to the late-phase HR and suppression of the FA phenotype.
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