Blake Deborah, Luke Brian, Kanellis Pamela, Jorgensen Paul, Goh Theo, Penfold Sonya, Breitkreutz Bobby-Joe, Durocher Daniel, Peter Matthias, Tyers Mike
Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Genetics. 2006 Dec;174(4):1709-27. doi: 10.1534/genetics.106.057836. Epub 2006 Jun 4.
The maintenance of DNA replication fork stability under conditions of DNA damage and at natural replication pause sites is essential for genome stability. Here, we describe a novel role for the F-box protein Dia2 in promoting genome stability in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Like most other F-box proteins, Dia2 forms a Skp1-Cdc53/Cullin-F-box (SCF) E3 ubiquitin-ligase complex. Systematic analysis of genetic interactions between dia2Delta and approximately 4400 viable gene deletion mutants revealed synthetic lethal/synthetic sick interactions with a broad spectrum of DNA replication, recombination, checkpoint, and chromatin-remodeling pathways. dia2Delta strains exhibit constitutive activation of the checkpoint kinase Rad53 and elevated counts of endogenous DNA repair foci and are unable to overcome MMS-induced replicative stress. Notably, dia2Delta strains display a high rate of gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs) that involve the rDNA locus and an increase in extrachromosomal rDNA circle (ERC) formation, consistent with an observed enrichment of Dia2 in the nucleolus. These results suggest that Dia2 is essential for stable passage of replication forks through regions of damaged DNA and natural fragile regions, particularly the replication fork barrier (RFB) of rDNA repeat loci. We propose that the SCFDia2 ubiquitin ligase serves to modify or degrade protein substrates that would otherwise impede the replication fork in problematic regions of the genome.
在DNA损伤条件下以及在自然复制暂停位点维持DNA复制叉稳定性对于基因组稳定性至关重要。在此,我们描述了F-box蛋白Dia2在促进芽殖酵母酿酒酵母基因组稳定性方面的新作用。与大多数其他F-box蛋白一样,Dia2形成Skp1-Cdc53/ Cullin-F-box(SCF)E3泛素连接酶复合物。对dia2Δ与约4400个存活基因缺失突变体之间的遗传相互作用进行系统分析,发现与广泛的DNA复制、重组、检查点和染色质重塑途径存在合成致死/合成病相互作用。dia2Δ菌株表现出检查点激酶Rad53的组成型激活以及内源性DNA修复灶数量增加,并且无法克服MMS诱导的复制应激。值得注意的是,dia2Δ菌株显示出涉及rDNA位点的高频染色体大片段重排(GCR)以及染色体外rDNA环(ERC)形成增加,这与观察到的Dia2在核仁中的富集一致。这些结果表明,Dia2对于复制叉稳定通过受损DNA区域和天然脆弱区域,特别是rDNA重复位点的复制叉屏障(RFB)至关重要。我们提出,SCFDia2泛素连接酶用于修饰或降解否则会在基因组问题区域阻碍复制叉的蛋白质底物。