Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

USP13 regulates the RAP80-BRCA1 complex dependent DNA damage response

  • Yunhui Li,
  • Kuntian Luo,
  • Yujiao Yin,
  • Chenming Wu,
  • Min Deng,
  • Lei Li,
  • Yuping Chen,
  • Somaira Nowsheen,
  • Zhenkun Lou,
  • Jian Yuan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15752
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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RAP80 helps to recruit BRCA1 to double-strand breaks, facilitating DNA damage responses. Here the authors report that phosphorylated USP13 deubiquitinates RAP80 after DNA damage, prompting recruitment to the break site.