The Intertwined Roles of Transcription and Repair Proteins

Overview

Journal Mol Cell

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2013 Nov 12

PMID 24207023

Citations 60

Authors

Yick W Fong

Claudia Cattoglio

Robert Tjian

Affiliations

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Abstract

Transcription is apparently risky business. Its intrinsic mutagenic potential must be kept in check by networks of DNA repair factors that monitor the transcription process to repair DNA lesions that could otherwise compromise transcriptional fidelity and genome integrity. Intriguingly, recent studies point to an even more direct function of DNA repair complexes as coactivators of transcription and the unexpected role of "scheduled" DNA damage/repair at gene promoters. Paradoxically, spontaneous DNA double-strand breaks also induce ectopic transcription that is essential for repair. Thus, transcription, DNA damage, and repair may be more physically and functionally intertwined than previously appreciated.

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