Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Mus81-Mms4 endonuclease is an Esc2-STUbL-Cullin8 mitotic substrate impacting on genome integrity

  • Anja Waizenegger,
  • Madhusoodanan Urulangodi,
  • Carl P. Lehmann,
  • Teresa Anne Clarisse Reyes,
  • Irene Saugar,
  • José Antonio Tercero,
  • Barnabas Szakal,
  • Dana Branzei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19503-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Mus81-Mms4 endonuclease is critical for processing various DNA recombination structures. Here the authors uncover a regulatory mechanism of the endonuclease via posttranslational modifications involving SUMOylation and ubiquitylation that impact on genome integrity.