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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6922
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-30
pubmed:abstractText
The ATM protein kinase, mutations of which are associated with the human disease ataxia-telangiectasia, mediates responses to ionizing radiation in mammalian cells. Here we show that ATM is held inactive in unirradiated cells as a dimer or higher-order multimer, with the kinase domain bound to a region surrounding serine 1981 that is contained within the previously described 'FAT' domain. Cellular irradiation induces rapid intermolecular autophosphorylation of serine 1981 that causes dimer dissociation and initiates cellular ATM kinase activity. Most ATM molecules in the cell are rapidly phosphorylated on this site after doses of radiation as low as 0.5 Gy, and binding of a phosphospecific antibody is detectable after the introduction of only a few DNA double-strand breaks in the cell. Activation of the ATM kinase seems to be an initiating event in cellular responses to irradiation, and our data indicate that ATM activation is not dependent on direct binding to DNA strand breaks, but may result from changes in the structure of chromatin.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
421
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
499-506
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Protein Structure, Quaternary, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Radiation, Ionizing, pubmed-meshheading:12556884-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
DNA damage activates ATM through intermolecular autophosphorylation and dimer dissociation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hematology-Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 North Lauderdale Street, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't