Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

The ASCIZ-DYNLL1 axis promotes 53BP1-dependent non-homologous end joining and PARP inhibitor sensitivity

  • Jordan R. Becker,
  • Raquel Cuella-Martin,
  • Marco Barazas,
  • Rui Liu,
  • Catarina Oliveira,
  • Antony W. Oliver,
  • Kirstin Bilham,
  • Abbey B. Holt,
  • Andrew N. Blackford,
  • Jörg Heierhorst,
  • Jos Jonkers,
  • Sven Rottenberg,
  • J. Ross Chapman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07855-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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53BP1 is a key player in non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). Here the authors reveal an important role for the multifunctional homodimeric protein hub dynein light chain 1 (DYNLL1) in increasing the efficacy of 53BP1-mediated repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by NHEJ.