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100 1 0 _aSijacki, Tamara
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700 1 0 _aAlcón, Pablo
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700 1 0 _aChen, Zhuo A.
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700 1 0 _aMcLaughlin, Stephen H.
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700 1 0 _aShakeel, Shabih
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700 1 0 _aRappsilber, Juri
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700 1 0 _aPassmore, Lori A.
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245 0 0 _aThe DNA-damage kinase ATR activates the FANCD2-FANCI clamp by priming it for ubiquitination
260 _c2022-09.
500 _a/pmc/articles/PMC7613635/
500 _a/pubmed/36050501
520 _aDNA interstrand crosslinks are tumor-inducing lesions that block DNA replication and transcription. When crosslinks are detected at stalled replication forks, ATR kinase phosphorylates FANCI, which stimulates monoubiquitination of the FANCD2-FANCI clamp by the Fanconi anemia (FA) core complex. Monoubiquitinated FANCD2-FANCI is locked onto DNA and recruits nucleases that mediate DNA repair. However, it remains unclear how phosphorylation activates this pathway. Here, we report structures of FANCD2-FANCI complexes containing phosphomimetic FANCI. We observe that, unlike wild-type FANCD2-FANCI, the phosphomimetic complex closes around DNA, independent of the FA core complex. Surprisingly, the phosphomimetic mutations do not substantially alter DNA binding but instead destabilize the open state of FANCD2-FANCI and alter its conformational dynamics. Overall, our results reveal that phosphorylation primes the FANCD2-FANCI clamp for ubiquitination, showing how multiple post-translational modifications are coordinated to control DNA-repair.
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786 0 _nNat Struct Mol Biol
856 4 1 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41594-022-00820-9
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