The Smc5/6 complex regulates the yeast Mph1 helicase at RNA-DNA hybrid-mediated DNA damage

Juan Lafuente-Barquero; Sarah Luke-Glaser; Marco Graf; Sonia Cristina Pinela da Silva; Belén Gómez-González; Arianna Lockhart; Michael Lisby; Andrés Aguilera; Brian Luke

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1007136

The Smc5/6 complex regulates the yeast Mph1 helicase at RNA-DNA hybrid-mediated DNA damage

Juan Lafuente-Barquero, Sarah Luke-Glaser, Marco Graf, Sonia Cristina Pinela da Silva, Belén Gómez-González, Arianna Lockhart, Michael Lisby, Andrés Aguilera^*, Brian Luke

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RNA-DNA hybrids are naturally occurring obstacles that must be overcome by the DNA replication machinery. In the absence of RNase H enzymes, RNA-DNA hybrids accumulate, resulting in replication stress, DNA damage and compromised genomic integrity. We demonstrate that Mph1, the yeast homolog of Fanconi anemia protein M (FANCM), is required for cell viability in the absence of RNase H enzymes. The integrity of the Mph1 helicase domain is crucial to prevent the accumulation of RNA-DNA hybrids and RNA-DNA hybrid-dependent DNA damage, as determined by Rad52 foci. Mph1 forms foci when RNA-DNA hybrids accumulate, e.g. in RNase H or THO-complex mutants and at short telomeres. Mph1, however is a double-edged sword, whose action at hybrids must be regulated by the Smc5/6 complex. This is underlined by the observation that simultaneous inactivation of RNase H2 and Smc5/6 results in Mph1-dependent synthetic lethality, which is likely due to an accumulation of toxic recombination intermediates. The data presented here support a model, where Mph1’s helicase activity plays a crucial role in responding to persistent RNA-DNA hybrids.

Original language	English
Article number	e1007136
Journal	PLOS Genetics
Volume	13
Issue number	12
Number of pages	25
ISSN	1553-7390
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007136
Publication status	Published - 27 Dec 2017

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