Journal
CELL CYCLE
Volume 5, Issue 19, Pages 2203-2209Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/cc.5.19.3256
Keywords
ATR; Chk1; intra-S checkpoint; S/M checkpoint; unperturbed S phase; replication fork
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- Medical Research Council [G0300662B] Funding Source: researchfish
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If cells are treated with DNA damaging agents or inhibitors that interfere with ongoing DNA replication, the intra-S and S/M checkpoints delay progression through S phase and mitotic entry, respectively, to allow time for DNA repair and replication restart. In vertebrates, these checkpoint responses to replication blocks are largely mediated by the sensor kinase ATR and its major downstream effector kinase Chk1. Increasing evidence suggests that the ATR pathway is also vital in the absence of exogenous stresses, i.e., during unperturbed replication. Both ATR and Chk1 are essential proteins in vertebrates, and lack of components of the ATR/Chk1 pathway can result in impaired replication and spontaneous DNA damage. Here we give an overview of how the ATR/Chk1 pathway responds to exogenously blocked replication and then describe evidence for roles of this pathway during replication in an unperturbed S phase.
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