Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

ZFP161 regulates replication fork stability and maintenance of genomic stability by recruiting the ATR/ATRIP complex

  • Wootae Kim,
  • Fei Zhao,
  • Rentian Wu,
  • Sisi Qin,
  • Somaira Nowsheen,
  • Jinzhou Huang,
  • Qin Zhou,
  • Yuping Chen,
  • Min Deng,
  • Guijie Guo,
  • Kuntian Luo,
  • Zhenkun Lou,
  • Jian Yuan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13321-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The ATR pathway is active during DNA replication stress to maintain genome stability. Here the authors reveal the role of the zinc finger containing protein 161 (ZFP161) to facilitate replication fork stability by acting as a scaffold to facilitate the interaction between RPA and ATR/ATRIP.