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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-15
pubmed:abstractText
BLM, the helicase defective in Bloom syndrome, is part of a multiprotein complex that protects genome stability. Here, we show that Rif1 is a novel component of the BLM complex and works with BLM to promote recovery of stalled replication forks. First, Rif1 physically interacts with the BLM complex through a conserved C-terminal domain, and the stability of Rif1 depends on the presence of the BLM complex. Second, Rif1 and BLM are recruited with similar kinetics to stalled replication forks, and the Rif1 recruitment is delayed in BLM-deficient cells. Third, genetic analyses in vertebrate DT40 cells suggest that BLM and Rif1 work in a common pathway to resist replication stress and promote recovery of stalled forks. Importantly, vertebrate Rif1 contains a DNA-binding domain that resembles the ?CTD domain of bacterial RNA polymerase ?; and this domain preferentially binds fork and Holliday junction (HJ) DNA in vitro and is required for Rif1 to resist replication stress in vivo. Our data suggest that Rif1 provides a new DNA-binding interface for the BLM complex to restart stalled replication forks.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1460-2075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3140-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20711169-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-Chickens, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-DNA Replication, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-RecQ Helicases, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:20711169-Telomere-Binding Proteins
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Rif1 provides a new DNA-binding interface for the Bloom syndrome complex to maintain normal replication.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural