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NEJ1 controls non-homologous end joining in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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  • Maria Valencia

    (Brandeis University
    Institute of Medical Radiobiology, University of Zürich)

  • Marc Bentele

    (Institute of Medical Radiobiology, University of Zürich)

  • Moreshwar B. Vaze

    (Brandeis University)

  • Gernot Herrmann

    (University of Cologne
    Department of Molecular Medicine/IBT UTHSC-SA)

  • Eliayhu Kraus

    (Brandeis University)

  • Sang Eun Lee

    (Brandeis University
    University of Cologne
    Department of Molecular Medicine/IBT UTHSC-SA)

  • Primo Schär
  • James E. Haber

    (Brandeis University)

Abstract

Broken DNA ends are rejoined by non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) pathways requiring the Ku proteins (Ku70, Ku80), DNA ligase IV and its associated protein Lif1/Xrcc4 (ref. 1). In mammalian meiotic cells, Ku protein levels are much lower than in somatic cells, apparently reducing the capacity of meiotic cells to carry out NHEJ and thereby promoting homologous recombination2. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, NHEJ is also downregulated in meiosis-competent MATa/MATα diploid cells in comparison with diploids or haploids expressing only MATa or MATα3,4. Diploids expressing both MATa and MATα show enhanced mitotic homologous recombination4. Here we report that mating-type-dependent regulation of NHEJ in budding yeast is caused in part by transcriptional repression of both LIF1 and the gene NEJ1 (YLR265C)—identified from microarray screening of messenger RNAs. Deleting NEJ1 reduces NHEJ 100-fold in MATa or MATα haploids. Constitutive expression of NEJ1, but not expression of LIF1, restores NHEJ in MATa/MATα cells. Nej1 regulates the subcellular distribution of Lif1. A green fluorescent protein (GFP)–Lif1 fusion protein accumulates in the nucleus in cells expressing NEJ1 but is largely cytoplasmic when NEJ1 is repressed.

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  • Maria Valencia & Marc Bentele & Moreshwar B. Vaze & Gernot Herrmann & Eliayhu Kraus & Sang Eun Lee & Primo Schär & James E. Haber, 2001. "NEJ1 controls non-homologous end joining in Saccharomyces cerevisiae," Nature, Nature, vol. 414(6864), pages 666-669, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:414:y:2001:i:6864:d:10.1038_414666a
    DOI: 10.1038/414666a
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