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SUMO-targeted ubiquitin E3 ligase RNF4 is required for the response of human cells to DNA damage.

Authors: Yin, Y  Seifert, A  Chua, JS  Maure, JF  Golebiowski, F  Hay, RT 
Citation: Yin Y, etal., Genes Dev. 2012 Jun 1;26(11):1196-208. doi: 10.1101/gad.189274.112.
RGD ID: 9480235
Pubmed: PMID:22661230   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC3371408   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1101/gad.189274.112   (Journal Full-text)

Here we demonstrate that RNF4, a highly conserved small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO)-targeted ubiquitin E3 ligase, plays a critical role in the response of mammalian cells to DNA damage. Human cells in which RNF4 expression was ablated by siRNA or chicken DT40 cells with a homozygous deletion of the RNF4 gene displayed increased sensitivity to DNA-damaging agents. Recruitment of RNF4 to double-strand breaks required its RING and SUMO interaction motif (SIM) domains and DNA damage factors such as NBS1, mediator of DNA damage checkpoint 1 (MDC1), RNF8, 53BP1, and BRCA1. In the absence of RNF4, these factors were still recruited to sites of DNA damage, but 53BP1, RNF8, and RNF168 displayed delayed clearance from such foci. SILAC-based proteomics of SUMO substrates revealed that MDC1 was SUMO-modified in response to ionizing radiation. As a consequence of SUMO modification, MDC1 recruited RNF4, which mediated ubiquitylation at the DNA damage site. Failure to recruit RNF4 resulted in defective loading of replication protein A (RPA) and Rad51 onto ssDNA. This appeared to be a consequence of reduced recruitment of the CtIP nuclease, resulting in inefficient end resection. Thus, RNF4 is a novel DNA damage-responsive protein that plays a role in homologous recombination and integrates SUMO modification and ubiquitin signaling in the cellular response to genotoxic stress.



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Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Rnf4Ratcellular response to gamma radiation  IMP  RGD 
Rnf4Ratcellular response to hydroxyurea  IMP  RGD 

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Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Rnf4  (ring finger protein 4)


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