Functions and regulation of the MRX complex at DNA double-strand breaks

DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) pose a serious threat to genome stability and cell survival. Cells possess mechanisms that recognize DSBs and promote their repair through either homologous recombination (HR) or non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). The evolutionarily conserved Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2 (MRX) co...

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Main Authors: Elisa Gobbini, Corinne Cassani, Matteo Villa, Diego Bonetti, Maria Pia Longhese
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Published: Shared Science Publishers OG 2016-07-01
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Corinne Cassani
Matteo Villa
Diego Bonetti
Maria Pia Longhese
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description DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) pose a serious threat to genome stability and cell survival. Cells possess mechanisms that recognize DSBs and promote their repair through either homologous recombination (HR) or non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). The evolutionarily conserved Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2 (MRX) complex plays a central role in the cellular response to DSBs, as it is implicated in controlling end resection and in maintaining the DSB ends tethered to each other. Furthermore, it is responsible for DSB signaling by activating the checkpoint kinase Tel1 that, in turn, supports MRX function in a positive feedback loop. The present review focuses mainly on recent works in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to highlight structure and regulation of MRX as well as its interplays with Tel1.
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spelling doaj-art-7af6982a4cdf4ca6a8e4c3703a3c080e2025-08-20T02:52:37ZengShared Science Publishers OGMicrobial Cell2311-26382016-07-013832933710.15698/mic2016.08.517Functions and regulation of the MRX complex at DNA double-strand breaksElisa Gobbini0Corinne Cassani1Matteo Villa2Diego Bonetti3Maria Pia Longhese4Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy.Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy.Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy.Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB), 55128 Mainz, Germany.Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy.DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) pose a serious threat to genome stability and cell survival. Cells possess mechanisms that recognize DSBs and promote their repair through either homologous recombination (HR) or non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). The evolutionarily conserved Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2 (MRX) complex plays a central role in the cellular response to DSBs, as it is implicated in controlling end resection and in maintaining the DSB ends tethered to each other. Furthermore, it is responsible for DSB signaling by activating the checkpoint kinase Tel1 that, in turn, supports MRX function in a positive feedback loop. The present review focuses mainly on recent works in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to highlight structure and regulation of MRX as well as its interplays with Tel1.http://microbialcell.com/researcharticles/functions-and-regulation-of-the-mrx-complex-at-dna-double-strand-breaks/ double-strand breakresectionMRXnucleasesTel1 Rif2Sae2
spellingShingle Elisa Gobbini
Corinne Cassani
Matteo Villa
Diego Bonetti
Maria Pia Longhese
Functions and regulation of the MRX complex at DNA double-strand breaks
Microbial Cell
double-strand break
resection
MRX
nucleases
Tel1
Rif2
Sae2
title Functions and regulation of the MRX complex at DNA double-strand breaks
title_full Functions and regulation of the MRX complex at DNA double-strand breaks
title_fullStr Functions and regulation of the MRX complex at DNA double-strand breaks
title_full_unstemmed Functions and regulation of the MRX complex at DNA double-strand breaks
title_short Functions and regulation of the MRX complex at DNA double-strand breaks
title_sort functions and regulation of the mrx complex at dna double strand breaks
topic double-strand break
resection
MRX
nucleases
Tel1
Rif2
Sae2
url http://microbialcell.com/researcharticles/functions-and-regulation-of-the-mrx-complex-at-dna-double-strand-breaks/
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