Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Decapping protein EDC4 regulates DNA repair and phenocopies BRCA1

  • Gonzalo Hernández,
  • María José Ramírez,
  • Jordi Minguillón,
  • Paco Quiles,
  • Gorka Ruiz de Garibay,
  • Miriam Aza-Carmona,
  • Massimo Bogliolo,
  • Roser Pujol,
  • Rosario Prados-Carvajal,
  • Juana Fernández,
  • Nadia García,
  • Adrià López,
  • Sara Gutiérrez-Enríquez,
  • Orland Diez,
  • Javier Benítez,
  • Mónica Salinas,
  • Alex Teulé,
  • Joan Brunet,
  • Paolo Radice,
  • Paolo Peterlongo,
  • Detlev Schindler,
  • Pablo Huertas,
  • Xose S Puente,
  • Conxi Lázaro,
  • Miquel Àngel Pujana,
  • Jordi Surrallés

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03433-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Mutations in BRCA1 are associated with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Here the authors show that EDC4, a component of P-bodies, is a member of the BRCA1 complex with roles in stimulating end resection at breaks.