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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
In response to DNA damage or replication fork stress, the Fanconi anemia pathway is activated, leading to monoubiquitination of FANCD2 and FANCI and their colocalization in foci. Here we show that, in the chicken DT40 cell system, multiple alanine-substitution mutations in six conserved and clustered Ser/Thr-Gln motifs of FANCI largely abrogate monoubiquitination and focus formation of both FANCI and FANCD2, resulting in loss of DNA repair function. Conversely, FANCI carrying phosphomimic mutations on the same six residues induces constitutive monoubiquitination and focus formation of FANCI and FANCD2, and protects against cell killing and chromosome breakage by DNA interstrand cross-linking agents. We propose that the multiple phosphorylation of FANCI serves as a molecular switch in activation of the Fanconi anemia pathway. Mutational analysis of putative phosphorylation sites in human FANCI indicates that this switch is evolutionarily conserved.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1545-9985
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1138-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-1-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Caffeine, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Chickens, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-DNA Repair, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Fanconi Anemia, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group D2 Protein, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Molecular Mimicry, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:18931676-Ubiquitin
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
FANCI phosphorylation functions as a molecular switch to turn on the Fanconi anemia pathway.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of DNA Damage Signaling, Department of Late Effect Studies, Radiation Biology Center, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural