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Methylated lysine 79 of histone H3 targets 53BP1 to DNA double-strand breaks
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The mechanisms by which eukaryotic cells sense DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in order to initiate checkpoint responses are poorly understood. 53BP1 is a conserved checkpoint protein with properties of a DNA DSB sensor. Here, we solved the structure of the domain of 53BP1 that recruits it to sites of DSBs. This domain consists of two tandem tudor folds with a deep pocket at their interface formed by residues conserved in the budding yeast Rad9 and fission yeast Rhp9/Crb2 orthologues. In vitro, the 53BP1 tandem tudor domain bound histone H3 methylated on Lys 79 using residues that form the walls of the pocket; these residues were also required for recruitment of 53BP1 to DSBs. Suppression of DOT1L, the enzyme that methylates Lys 79 of histone H3, also inhibited recruitment of 53BP1 to DSBs. Because methylation of histone H3 Lys 79 was unaltered in response to DNA damage, we propose that 53BP1 senses DSBs indirectly through changes in higher-order chromatin structure that expose the 53BP1 binding site.
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- Authors
- Huyen, Y., Zgheib, O., DiTullio Jr, R. A., Gorgoulis, V. G., Zacharatos, P., Petty, T. J., Sheston, E. A., Mellert, H. S., Stavridi, E. S., & Halazonetis, T. D.
- Affiliations
- The Wistar Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Halazonetis, Thanos D.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2004-11
- Volume
- 432
- Issue
- 7015
- Pages
- 406-411
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2038451572
- Cited by
- 884
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- 30
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- FWCI
- 22.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- closed
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- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
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- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Pennsylvania
- National Cancer Institute
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Keywords
- 53BP1, histone H3 lysine 79 methylation, DNA double-strand breaks, DNA damage checkpoint, Tudor domain, DOT1L, chromatin structure, DNA damage recognition, Rad9, protein-DNA interactions
- MeSH terms
- Tumor Suppressor p53-Binding Protein 1, Amino Acid Sequence, Binding Sites, Chromatin, Cross-Linking Reagents, DNA, DNA Damage, Histones, Humans, Lysine, Methylation, Methyltransferases, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Phosphoproteins, Protein Binding, Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase, Conserved Sequence, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Cell Line, Tumor, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
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