Positive and negative regulators of RAD51/DMC1 in homologous recombination and DNA replication

M Ito, Y Fujita, A Shinohara - DNA repair, 2024 - Elsevier
RAD51 recombinase plays a central role in homologous recombination (HR) by forming a
nucleoprotein filament on single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) to catalyze homology search and …

When force met fluorescence: single-molecule manipulation and visualization of protein–DNA interactions

GNL Chua, S Liu - Annual Review of Biophysics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Myriad DNA-binding proteins undergo dynamic assembly, translocation, and conformational
changes while on DNA or alter the physical configuration of the DNA substrate to control its …

The human Shu complex promotes RAD51 activity by modulating RPA dynamics on ssDNA

SR Hengel, KG Oppenheimer, CM Smith… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Templated DNA repair that occurs during homologous recombination and replication stress
relies on RAD51. RAD51 activity is positively regulated by BRCA2 and the RAD51 paralogs …

[HTML][HTML] c-Myc-XRCC2-FOS axis promotes the proliferation and the resistance to Doxorubicin of NSCLC

P Zhang, H Li, H Gong, Y Tian, F Chen, X Li… - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lung cancer represents one of the most prevalent malignant neoplasms, commanding an
alarming incidence and mortality rate globally. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) …

Rtt105 stimulates Rad51-ssDNA assembly and orchestrates Rad51 and RPA actions to promote homologous recombination repair

X Wang, X Zhao, Z Yu, T Fan, Y Guo, J Liang… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Homologous recombination (HR) is essential for the maintenance of genome stability.
During HR, Replication Protein A (RPA) rapidly coats the 3′-tailed single-strand DNA …

XRCC2 driven homologous recombination subtypes and therapeutic targeting in lung adenocarcinoma metastasis

H Gong, P Zhang, Q Liu, Y Tian, F Chen, S Qian… - NPJ Precision …, 2024 - nature.com
Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is a leading cause of cancer mortality, with many patients
facing poor prognosis, particularly those with metastatic or drug-resistant tumors …

Mechanism of BCDX2-mediated RAD51 nucleation on short ssDNA stretches and fork DNA

M Akita, P Girvan, M Spirek, J Novacek… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Homologous recombination (HR) factors are crucial for DSB repair and processing stalled
replication forks. RAD51 paralogs, including RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, XRCC2 and …

RAD51 paralogs synergize with RAD51 to protect reversed forks from cellular nucleases

CL Guh, KH Lei, YA Chen, YZ Jiang… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Fork reversal is a conserved mechanism to prevent stalled replication forks from collapsing.
Formation and protection of reversed forks are two crucial steps in ensuring fork integrity and …

Molecular basis of FIGNL1 in dissociating RAD51 from DNA and chromatin

A Carver, TY Yu, LA Yates, T White, R Wang, K Lister… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Maintaining genome integrity is an essential and challenging process. RAD51 recombinase,
the central player of several crucial processes in repairing DNA and protecting genome …

Mechanism of single-stranded DNA annealing by RAD52–RPA complex

CC Liang, LA Greenhough, L Masino, S Maslen… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
RAD52 is important for the repair of DNA double-stranded breaks,, mitotic DNA synthesis,–
and alternative telomere length maintenance,. Central to these functions, RAD52 promotes …