Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

USP11 controls R-loops by regulating senataxin proteostasis

  • Mateusz Jurga,
  • Arwa A. Abugable,
  • Alastair S. H. Goldman,
  • Sherif F. El-Khamisy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25459-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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DNA:RNA hybrids (R-loops) are products of transcription that impact genome integrity and gene expression. Here the authors reveal a mechanism for regulating R-loops in a ubiquitination-dependent manner controlled by the activities of USP11 and KEAP1