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ELOF1 is a transcription-coupled DNA repair factor that directs RNA polymerase II ubiquitylation
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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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“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.”
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- Authors
- 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
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University (JP)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wolthuis, Rob M. F.
- Luijsterburg, Martijn S.
- ORCID
- van der Weegen, Yana
- de Lint, Klaas
- van den Heuvel, Diana
- Nakazawa, Yuka
- Mevissen, Tycho E. T.
- van Schie, Janne J. M.
- Boer, Daphne E. C.
- González-Prieto, Román
- Narayanan, Ishwarya V.
- Klaassen, Noud H. M.
- Wondergem, Annelotte P.
- Dorsman, Josephine C.
- Hara, Yuichiro
- Vertegaal, Alfred C. O.
- de Lange, Job
- Walter, Johannes C.
- Noordermeer, Sylvie M.
- Ljungman, Mats
- Ogi, Tomoo
- 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
- PMC
- PMC8890769
- 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
- Open access
- bronze
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- Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (submittedVersion, other-oa)
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- 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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