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Molecular and Cellular Biology, June 2008, p. 3905-3916, Vol. 28, No. 12
0270-7306/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.02116-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome Controls Repair and Recombination by Ubiquitylating Rhp54 in Fission Yeast {triangledown}

Michelle Trickey, Margaret Grimaldi, and Hiroyuki Yamano*

Cell Cycle Control Laboratory, Marie Curie Research Institute, The Chart, Oxted, Surrey RH8 0TL, United Kingdom

Received 28 November 2007/ Returned for modification 8 January 2008/ Accepted 7 April 2008

Homologous recombination (HR) is important for maintaining genome integrity and for the process of meiotic chromosome segregation and the generation of variation. HR is regulated throughout the cell cycle, being prevalent in the S and G2 phases and suppressed in the G1 phase. Here we show that the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) regulates homologous recombination in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe by ubiquitylating Rhp54 (an ortholog of Rad54). We show that Rhp54 is a novel APC/C substrate that is destroyed in G1 phase in a KEN-box- and Ste9/Fizzy-related manner. The biological consequences of failing to temporally regulate HR via Rhp54 degradation are seen in haploid cells only in the absence of antirecombinase Srs2 function and are more extensive in diploid cells, which become sensitive to a range of DNA-damaging agents, including hydroxyurea, methyl methanesulfonate, bleomycin, and UV. During meiosis, expression of nondegradable Rhp54 inhibits interhomolog recombination and stimulates sister chromatid recombination. We thus propose that it is critical to control levels of Rhp54 in G1 to suppress HR repair of double-strand breaks and during meiosis to coordinate interhomolog recombination.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Marie Curie Research Institute, The Chart, Oxted, Surrey RH8 0TL, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 1883 722306. Fax: 44 1883 714375. E-mail: h.yamano{at}mcri.ac.uk

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 21 April 2008.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, June 2008, p. 3905-3916, Vol. 28, No. 12
0270-7306/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.02116-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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