TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wanzek, Katharina
A1  - Schwindt, Eike
A1  - Capra, John A.
A1  - Paeschke, Katrin
T1  - Mms1 binds to G-rich regions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and influences replication and genome stability
JF  - Nucleic Acids Research
N2  - The regulation of replication is essential to preserve genome integrity. Mms1 is part of the E3 ubiquitin ligase complex that is linked to replication fork progression. By identifying Mms1 binding sites genome-wide in Saccharomyces cerevisiae we connected Mms1 function to genome integrity and replication fork progression at particular G-rich motifs. This motif can form G-quadruplex (G4) structures in vitro. G4 are stable DNA structures that are known to impede replication fork progression. In the absence of Mms1, genome stability is at risk at these G-rich/G4 regions as demonstrated by gross chromosomal rearrangement assays. Mms1 binds throughout the cell cycle to these G-rich/G4 regions and supports the binding of Pif1 DNA helicase. Based on these data we propose a mechanistic model in which Mms1 binds to specific G-rich/G4 motif located on the lagging strand template for DNA replication and supports Pif1 function, DNA replication and genome integrity.
KW  - replication
KW  - regulation
KW  - genome integrity
KW  - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-170577
VL  - 45
IS  - 13
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sauer, Markus
A1  - Juranek, Stefan A.
A1  - Marks, James
A1  - De Magis, Alessio
A1  - Kazemier, Hinke G
A1  - Hilbig, Daniel
A1  - Benhalevy, Daniel
A1  - Wang, Xiantao
A1  - Hafner, Markus
A1  - Paeschke, Katrin
T1  - DHX36 prevents the accumulation of translationally inactive mRNAs with G4-structures in untranslated regions
JF  - Nature Communications
N2  - Translation efficiency can be affected by mRNA stability and secondary structures, including G-quadruplex structures (G4s). The highly conserved DEAH-box helicase DHX36/RHAU resolves G4s on DNA and RNA in vitro, however a systems-wide analysis of DHX36 targets and function is lacking. We map globally DHX36 binding to RNA in human cell lines and find it preferentially interacting with G-rich and G4-forming sequences on more than 4500 mRNAs. While DHX36 knockout (KO) results in a significant increase in target mRNA abundance, ribosome occupancy and protein output from these targets decrease, suggesting that they were rendered translationally incompetent. Considering that DHX36 targets, harboring G4s, preferentially localize in stress granules, and that DHX36 KO results in increased SG formation and protein kinase R (PKR/EIF2AK2) phosphorylation, we speculate that DHX36 is involved in resolution of rG4 induced cellular stress.
KW  - RNA metabolism
KW  - Translation
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-227486
VL  - 10
IS  - 2421
ER  -