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Ubiquitin ligase TRAIP plays an essential role during the S-phase of unperturbed cell cycle in the resolution of DNA replication - transcription conflicts

Scaramuzza, S.; Muste Sadurni, M.; Poovathumkadavil, D.; Natsume, T.; Rojas, P.; Kanemaki, M. T.; Saponaro, M.; Gambus, A.

2022-03-23 cell biology
10.1101/2022.03.23.485338 bioRxiv
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Cell division is the basis for the propagation of life and requires accurate duplication of all genetic information. DNA damage created during replication (replication stress) is a major cause of cancer, premature aging and a spectrum of other human disorders. Over the years, TRAIP E3 ubiquitin ligase has been shown to play a role in various cellular processes that govern genome integrity and faultless segregation. TRAIP is essential for cell viability, and mutations in TRAIP ubiquitin ligase activity lead to primordial dwarfism in patients. Here, for the first time, we have determined the mechanism of inhibition of cell proliferation in TRAIP-depleted cells. We have taken advantage of the auxin induced degron system to rapidly degrade TRAIP within cells and to dissect the importance of various functions of TRAIP in different stages of the cell cycle. We find that upon rapid TRAIP degradation, specifically in S-phase, cells cease to proliferate, arrest in G2 stage of the cell cycle and undergo senescence. Our findings reveal that TRAIP works in S-phase to prevent DNA damage at transcription start sites, caused by replication-transcription conflicts.

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