Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

p50 mono-ubiquitination and interaction with BARD1 regulates cell cycle progression and maintains genome stability

  • Longtao Wu,
  • Clayton D. Crawley,
  • Andrea Garofalo,
  • Jackie W. Nichols,
  • Paige-Ashley Campbell,
  • Galina F. Khramtsova,
  • Olufunmilayo I. Olopade,
  • Ralph R. Weichselbaum,
  • Bakhtiar Yamini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18838-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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p50 is a constitutively produced NF-κB subunit that modulates the response to DNA damage. Here, the authors show that activation of ATR during S phase induces p50 interaction with BARD1 resulting in p50 mono-ubiquitination, facilitating cell cycle progression and promoting chromosome integrity.