Fork reversal and ssDNA accumulation at stalled replication forks owing to checkpoint defects
- PMID: 12142537
- DOI: 10.1126/science.1074023
Fork reversal and ssDNA accumulation at stalled replication forks owing to checkpoint defects
Abstract
Checkpoint-mediated control of replicating chromosomes is essential for preventing cancer. In yeast, Rad53 kinase protects stalled replication forks from pathological rearrangements. To characterize the mechanisms controlling fork integrity, we analyzed replication intermediates formed in response to replication blocks using electron microscopy. At the forks, wild-type cells accumulate short single-stranded regions, which likely causes checkpoint activation, whereas rad53 mutants exhibit extensive single-stranded gaps and hemi-replicated intermediates, consistent with a lagging-strand synthesis defect. Further, rad53 cells accumulate Holliday junctions through fork reversal. We speculate that, in checkpoint mutants, abnormal replication intermediates begin to form because of uncoordinated replication and are further processed by unscheduled recombination pathways, causing genome instability.
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Checking that replication breakdown is not terminal.Science. 2002 Jul 26;297(5581):557-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1075456. Science. 2002. PMID: 12142525
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