Nagaraja Chappidi, Zuzana Nascakova, Barbora Boleslavska, Ralph Zellweger, Esin Isik, Martin Andrs, Shruti Menon, Jana Dobrovolna, Chiara Balbo Pogliano, Joao Matos, Antonio Porro, Massimo Lopes, Pavel Janscak
Formation of co-transcriptional R-loops underlies replication fork stalling upon head-on transcription-replication encounters. Here, we demonstrate that RAD51-dependent replication fork reversal induced by R-loops is followed by the restart of semiconservative DNA replication mediated by RECQ1 and RECQ5 helicases, MUS81/EME1 endonuclease, RAD52 strand-annealing factor, the DNA ligase IV (LIG4)/XRCC4 complex, and the non-catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase δ, POLD3. RECQ5 disrupts RAD51 filaments assembled on stalled forks after RECQ1-mediated reverse branch migration, preventing a new round of fork reversal and facilitating fork cleavage by MUS81/EME1...
February 6, 2020: Molecular Cell