Journal
EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 27, Issue 18, Pages 2422-2431Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.162
Keywords
clamp loader; DNA replication; PCNA; SUMO; SUMO ligase
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- Cancer Research UK
- EMBO Young Investigator Award
- European Commission
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Post-translational modification by the ubiquitin-like protein SUMO is often regulated by cellular signals that restrict the modification to appropriate situations. Nevertheless, many SUMO-specific ligases do not exhibit much target specificity, and - compared with the diversity of sumoylation substrates - their number is limited. This raises the question of how SUMO conjugation is controlled in vivo. We report here an unexpected mechanism by which sumoylation of the replication clamp protein, PCNA, from budding yeast is effectively coupled to S phase. We find that loading of PCNA onto DNA is a prerequisite for sumoylation in vivo and greatly stimulates modification in vitro. To our surprise, however, DNA binding by the ligase Siz1, responsible for PCNA sumoylation, is not strictly required. Instead, the stimulatory effect of DNA on conjugation is mainly attributable to DNA binding of PCNA itself. These findings imply a change in the properties of PCNA upon loading that enhances its capacity to be sumoylated.
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