Abstract
We describe a dynamic phosphorylation on serine-1940 of the catalytic subunit of human Pol ε, POLE1, following DNA damage. We also describe novel interactions between POLE1 and the iron-sulfur cluster assembly complex CIA proteins CIAO1 and MMS19. We show that serine-1940 is essential for the interaction between POLE1 and MMS19, but not POLE1 and CIAO1. No defect in either proliferation or survival was identified when POLE1 serine-1940 was mutated to alanine in human cells, even following treatment with DNA damaging agents. We conclude that serine-1940 phosphorylation and the interaction between serine-1940 and MMS19 are not essential functions in the C terminal domain of the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase ε.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9-17 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | DNA Repair |
Volume | 43 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jul 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- CIAO1
- DNA damage
- DNA polymerase epsilon
- MMS19