Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

The Rad51 paralogs facilitate a novel DNA strand specific damage tolerance pathway

  • Joel C. Rosenbaum,
  • Braulio Bonilla,
  • Sarah R. Hengel,
  • Tony M. Mertz,
  • Benjamin W. Herken,
  • Hinke G. Kazemier,
  • Catherine A. Pressimone,
  • Timothy C. Ratterman,
  • Ellen MacNary,
  • Alessio De Magis,
  • Youngho Kwon,
  • Stephen K. Godin,
  • Bennett Van Houten,
  • Daniel P. Normolle,
  • Patrick Sung,
  • Subha R. Das,
  • Katrin Paeschke,
  • Steven A. Roberts,
  • Andrew P. VanDemark,
  • Kara A. Bernstein

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11374-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The homologous recombination machinery needs to be recruited at replication intermediates for accurate functioning. Here, the authors reveal that a Rad51 paralog-containing complex, called the Shu complex, recognizes and enables tolerance of predominantly lagging strand abasic sites.