Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

The anaphase promoting complex impacts repair choice by protecting ubiquitin signalling at DNA damage sites

  • Kyungsoo Ha,
  • Chengxian Ma,
  • Han Lin,
  • Lichun Tang,
  • Zhusheng Lian,
  • Fang Zhao,
  • Ju-Mei Li,
  • Bei Zhen,
  • Huadong Pei,
  • Suxia Han,
  • Marcos Malumbres,
  • Jianping Jin,
  • Huan Chen,
  • Yongxiang Zhao,
  • Qing Zhu,
  • Pumin Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15751
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The choice between homologous recombination and non-homologous end-joining is largely influenced by cell cycle. Here the authors show that APCCdh1 promotes homologous recombination by removing USP1, allowing polyubiquitinated histones to recruit BRCA1.