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Brc1 Promotes the Focal Accumulation and SUMO Ligase Activity of Smc5-Smc6 During Replication Stress.

As genetic instability drives disease or loss of cell fitness, cellular safeguards have evolved to protect the genome, especially during sensitive cell cycle phases such as DNA replication. Fission yeast Brc1 has emerged as a key factor in promoting cell survival when replication forks are stalled or collapsed. Brc1 is a multi-BRCT protein that is structurally related to the budding yeast Rtt107 and human PTIP DNA damage response factors, but functional similarities appear limited. Brc1 is a dosage suppressor of a mutation in the essential Smc5-Smc6 genome stability complex, and is thought to act in a bypass pathway. In this study we reveal an unexpectedly intimate connection between Brc1 and Smc5-Smc6 function. Brc1 is required for the accumulation of the Smc5-Smc6 genome stability complex in foci during replication stress, and for activation of the intrinsic SUMO ligase activity of the complex by collapsed replication forks. Moreover, we show that the chromatin association and SUMO ligase activity of Smc5-Smc6 requires the Nse5-Nse6 heterodimer, explaining how this non-essential cofactor critically supports the DNA repair roles of Smc5-Smc6. We also find that Brc1 interacts with Nse5-Nse6, as well as gamma-H2A, so it can "tether" Smc5-Smc6 at replicative DNA lesions to promote survival.

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