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Human SLX4 Is a Holliday Junction Resolvase Subunit that Binds Multiple DNA Repair/Recombination Endonucleases

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CELL
Volume 138, Issue 1, Pages 78-89

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.06.029

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  1. ATIP-CNRS
  2. Marie Curie [IRG MIRG-CT-2006-046581]
  3. Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer [ARC-SF1052]
  4. NIH [GM59447, CA77325, P41 RR011823]

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Structure-specific endonucleases resolve DNA secondary structures generated during DNA repair and recombination. The yeast 50 flap endonuclease Slx1-Slx4 has received particular attention with the finding that Slx4 has Slx1-independent key functions in genome maintenance. Although Slx1 is a highly conserved protein in eukaryotes, no orthologs of Slx4 were reported other than in fungi. Here we report the identification of Slx4 orthologs in metazoa, including fly MUS312, essential for meiotic recombination, and human BTBD12, an ATM/ATR checkpoint kinase substrate. Human SLX1-SLX4 displays robust Holliday junction resolvase activity in addition to 50 flap endonuclease activity. Depletion of SLX1 and SLX4 results in 53BP1 foci accumulation and H2AX phosphorylation as well as cellular hypersensitivity to MMS. Furthermore, we show that SLX4 binds the XPF ERCC4 and MUS81 subunits of the XPF-ERCC1 and MUS81-EME1 endonucleases and is required for DNA interstrand crosslink repair. We propose that SLX4 acts as a docking platform for multiple structure-specific endonucleases.

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