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ELOF1 is a transcription-coupled DNA repair factor that directs RNA polymerase II ubiquitylation

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van der Weegen, Yana, de Lint, Klaas, van den Heuvel, Diana, Nakazawa, Yuka, Mevissen, Tycho E. T., van Schie, Janne J. M., San Martin Alonso, Marta, Boer, Daphne E. C. +15 more·2021·Nature Cell Biology

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Cells employ transcription-coupled repair (TCR) to eliminate transcription-blocking DNA lesions. DNA damage-induced binding of the TCR-specific repair factor CSB to RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) triggers RNAPII ubiquitylation of a single lysine (K1268) by the CRL4 CSA ubiquitin ligase. How CRL4 CSA is specifically directed towards K1268 is unknown. Here, we identify ELOF1 as the missing link that facilitates RNAPII ubiquitylation, a key signal for the assembly of downstream repair factors. This function requires its constitutive interaction with RNAPII close to K1268, revealing ELOF1 as a specificity factor that binds and positions CRL4 CSA for optimal RNAPII ubiquitylation. Drug-genetic interaction screening also revealed a CSB-independent pathway in which ELOF1 prevents R-loops in active genes and protects cells against DNA replication stress. Our study offers key insights into the molecular mechanisms of TCR and provides a genetic framework of the interplay between transcriptional stress responses and DNA replication.

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  • ELOF1 and LEO1 were identified among cisplatin sensitization hits.

    “Notably, ELOF1, a recently identified transcription elongation factor that plays an important role in transcription-coupled nucleotide-excision repair47, and LEO1, a subunit of the polymerase-associated factor 1 (Paf1) complex RNA polymerase that is required for RNA polymerase II removal in response to DNA damage, were identified48,49.”

    From Large-scale CRISPR screening in primary human 3D gastric organoids enables comprehensive dissection of gene-drug interactions (2025) · cites this paper as [47]

    In Results, ‘A CRISPR screen identifies ELOF1 as a putative TCR gene’ (page not provided), ELOF1 was a hit in an Illudin S screen, and ELOF1-knockout cells were sensitive to cisplatin in a separate drug-sensitivity assay. The cited paper does not establish that ELOF1 was a cisplatin-screen hit or identify LEO1 as one. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  1. [46]Li H Aligning sequence reads, clone sequences and assembly contigs with BWA-MEM. arXiv:1303.3997v2 [q-bio.GN] (2013). · arXiv

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van der Weegen, Y., de Lint, K., van den Heuvel, D., Nakazawa, Y., Mevissen, T. E. T., van Schie, J. J. M., San Martin Alonso, M., Boer, D. E. C., González-Prieto, R., Narayanan, I. V., Klaassen, N. H. M., Wondergem, A. P., Roohollahi, K., Dorsman, J. C., Hara, Y., Vertegaal, A. C. O., de Lange, J., Walter, J. C., Noordermeer, S. M., Ljungman, M., Ogi, T., Wolthuis, R. M. F., & Luijsterburg, M. S.
Affiliations
  • Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University (JP)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
Corresponding author
  • Wolthuis, Rob M. F.
  • Luijsterburg, Martijn S.
Venue
Nature Cell Biology
Published
2021-06
Volume
23
Issue
6
Pages
595-607
ISSN
  • 1465-7392 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4679
OpenAlex
W3170184056
Cited by
114
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 22 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 8
FWCI
4.94
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (acceptedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Amsterdam University Medical Centers
  • Universiteit Leiden
  • Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (ALW.016.161.320, 016.161.320, VI.Vidi.192.039, OCENW.KLEIN.090)
  • Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18H03372, 20H00629, 21H02399, 21K19844)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL098316)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (UM1HG009382)
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA213214)
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 › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Keywords
transcription-coupled repair, CSB, transcription elongation, R-loops, replication stress, transcriptional stress response, DNA damage response
MeSH terms
Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins, DNA Damage, DNA Repair, DNA Helicases, Humans, Protein Binding, RNA Polymerase II, Transcription Factors, Peptide Elongation Factor 1, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, DNA Repair Enzymes, Cell Line, Tumor, Receptors, Interleukin-17, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, Ubiquitination, Transcription Elongation, Genetic, CRISPR-Cas Systems

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