Destroying the ring: Freeing DNA from Ku with ubiquitin

The Cul4-Ddb1Cdt2 Ubiquitin Ligase Inhibits Invasion of a Boundary-Associated Antisilencing Factor into Heterochromatin

(2011) Sigurd Braun et al.   CELL

Inhibition of Homologous Recombination by DNA-Dependent Protein Kinase Requires Kinase Activity, Is Titratable, and Is Modulated by Autophosphorylation

(2011) J. A. Neal et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Cdc48/p97 Mediates UV-Dependent Turnover of RNA Pol II

(2011) Rati Verma et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

The Mechanism of Double-Strand DNA Break Repair by the Nonhomologous DNA End-Joining Pathway

(2010) Michael R. Lieber   Annual Review of Biochemistry

Ku prevents Exo1 and Sgs1-dependent resection of DNA ends in the absence of a functional MRX complex or Sae2

(2010) Eleni P Mimitou et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Psh1 Is an E3 Ubiquitin Ligase that Targets the Centromeric Histone Variant Cse4

(2010) Geetha Hewawasam et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

An E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Prevents Ectopic Localization of the Centromeric Histone H3 Variant via the Centromere Targeting Domain

(2010) Prerana Ranjitkar et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Preventing Nonhomologous End Joining Suppresses DNA Repair Defects of Fanconi Anemia

(2010) Adele Adamo et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Ku is a 5′-dRP/AP lyase that excises nucleotide damage near broken ends

(2010) Steven A. Roberts et al.   NATURE

Alternative end-joining is suppressed by the canonical NHEJ component Xrcc4–ligase IV during chromosomal translocation formation

(2010) Deniz Simsek et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Ku70 Corrupts DNA Repair in the Absence of the Fanconi Anemia Pathway

(2010) P. Pace et al.   SCIENCE

Non-B DNA structure-induced genetic instability and evolution

(2009) Junhua Zhao et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

A ubiquitin-selective AAA-ATPase mediates transcriptional switching by remodelling a repressor–promoter DNA complex

(2009) Alexander J. Wilcox et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanism of Eukaryotic Homologous Recombination

(2008) Joseph San Filippo et al.   Annual Review of Biochemistry

Recruitment and Dissociation of Nonhomologous End Joining Proteins at a DNA Double-Strand Break in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2008) D. Wu et al.   GENETICS

Ku80 removal from DNA through double strand break–induced ubiquitylation

(2008) Lisa Postow et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Controlled degradation by ClpXP protease tunes the levels of the excision repair protein UvrA to the extent of DNA damage

(2008) Mihaela Pruteanu et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Regulation of the proapoptotic factor Bax by Ku70-dependent deubiquitylation

(2008) Avigail D. Amsel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Forced extraction of targeted components from complex macromolecular assemblies

(2008) S. D. Moore et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MMEJ repair of double-strand breaks (director’s cut): deleted sequences and alternative endings

(2008) Mitch McVey et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS