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CHK2 regulates MUS81-dependent DSBs in response to replication stress and BRCA2 deficiency
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ABSTRACTMUS81 is a structure-specific endonuclease that processes DNA intermediates in mitosis and in S-phase following replication stress. MUS81 is crucial to cleave deprotected reversed forks in BRCA2-deficient cells. However, how MUS81 is regulated during replication stress in human cells remains unknown.Our study reveals that CHK2 binds the MUS81-EME2 complex and positively regulates formation of DSBs upon replication stress or in the absence of BRCA2. The association with MUS81 occurs through the FHA domain of CHK2 and is disabled by the I157T mutation but not by the R117A mutation. The CHK2-MUS81 complex forms downstream fork reversal and degradation, and phosphorylation of MUS81 at CHK2-targeted sites is crucial to introduce DSBs at deprotected replication forks ensuring the replication fork recovery in BRCA2-deficient cells.Collectively, our work sheds light into the regulation of the MUS81 complex and identifies a novel function of the ATM-CHK2 axis in the response to deprotected replication forks in the absence of BRCA2.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Title: CHK2 regulates MUS81-dependent DSBs in response to replication stress and BRCA2 deficiency
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ABSTRACTMUS81 is a structure-specific endonuclease that processes DNA intermediates in mitosis and in S-phase following replication stress.
MUS81 is crucial to cleave deprotected reversed forks in BRCA2-deficient cells.
However, how MUS81 is regulated during replication stress in human cells remains unknown.
Our study reveals that CHK2 binds the MUS81-EME2 complex and positively regulates formation of DSBs upon replication stress or in the absence of BRCA2.
The association with MUS81 occurs through the FHA domain of CHK2 and is disabled by the I157T mutation but not by the R117A mutation.
The CHK2-MUS81 complex forms downstream fork reversal and degradation, and phosphorylation of MUS81 at CHK2-targeted sites is crucial to introduce DSBs at deprotected replication forks ensuring the replication fork recovery in BRCA2-deficient cells.
Collectively, our work sheds light into the regulation of the MUS81 complex and identifies a novel function of the ATM-CHK2 axis in the response to deprotected replication forks in the absence of BRCA2.
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