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DNA double-strand break repair by homologous recombination is initiated by the Ctp1 protein together with the Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 nuclease complex in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, but the mechanism by which Ctp1 promotes this process has remained unknown. Andres et al. now use atomic force microscopy to image Ctp1-DNA complexes, demonstrating a striking capacity of Ctp1 filaments to bridge DNA molecules. This unanticipated role of Ctp1 might help explain how the processing of DNA ends is coordinated to facilitate DNA break repair.Entities:
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30824572 PMCID: PMC6398134 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.H119.007814
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol Chem ISSN: 0021-9258 Impact factor: 5.157