RECQ5 Helicase Cooperates with MUS81 Endonuclease in Processing Stalled Replication Forks at Common Fragile Sites during Mitosis

Stefano Di Marco, Zdenka Hasanova, Radhakrishnan Kanagaraj, Nagaraja Chappidi, Veronika Altmannova, Shruti Menon, Hana Sedlackova, Jana Langhoff, Kalpana Surendranath, Daniela Hühn, Rahul Bhowmick, Victoria Marini, Stefano Ferrari, Ian D Hickson, Lumir Krejci, Pavel Janscak

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Abstract

The MUS81-EME1 endonuclease cleaves late replication intermediates at common fragile sites (CFSs) during early mitosis to trigger DNA-repair synthesis that ensures faithful chromosome segregation. Here, we show that these DNA transactions are promoted by RECQ5 DNA helicase in a manner dependent on its Ser727 phosphorylation by CDK1. Upon replication stress, RECQ5 associates with CFSs in early mitosis through its physical interaction with MUS81 and promotes MUS81-dependent mitotic DNA synthesis. RECQ5 depletion or mutational inactivation of its ATP-binding site, RAD51-interacting domain, or phosphorylation site causes excessive binding of RAD51 to CFS loci and impairs CFS expression. This leads to defective chromosome segregation and accumulation of CFS-associated DNA damage in G1 cells. Biochemically, RECQ5 alleviates the inhibitory effect of RAD51 on 3'-flap DNA cleavage by MUS81-EME1 through its RAD51 filament disruption activity. These data suggest that RECQ5 removes RAD51 filaments stabilizing stalled replication forks at CFSs and hence facilitates CFS cleavage by MUS81-EME1.

Original languageEnglish
JournalMolecular Cell
Volume66
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)658-671.e8
ISSN1097-2765
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2017

Keywords

  • Binding Sites
  • Chromosomal Instability
  • Chromosome Fragile Sites
  • Chromosome Segregation
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinases
  • DNA
  • DNA Damage
  • DNA Repair
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Endodeoxyribonucleases
  • Endonucleases
  • HEK293 Cells
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Mitosis
  • Phosphorylation
  • Protein Binding
  • RNA Interference
  • Rad51 Recombinase
  • RecQ Helicases
  • Replication Origin
  • Time Factors
  • Transfection
  • Journal Article

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