Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Polη O-GlcNAcylation governs genome integrity during translesion DNA synthesis

  • Xiaolu Ma,
  • Hongmei Liu,
  • Jing Li,
  • Yihao Wang,
  • Yue-He Ding,
  • Hongyan Shen,
  • Yeran Yang,
  • Chenyi Sun,
  • Min Huang,
  • Yingfeng Tu,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Yongliang Zhao,
  • Meng-Qiu Dong,
  • Ping Xu,
  • Tie-Shan Tang,
  • Caixia Guo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02164-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Polη is a key player in translesion DNA synthesis. Here, the authors uncover that, in response to DNA damage, Polη undergoes O-GlcNAcylation at threonine 457 by O-GlcNAc transferase to facilitate the timely disassembly of Polη after DNA lesion bypass.