RT Conference Proceedings T1 Physical interactions between MCM and Rad51 facilitate replication fork lesion bypass and ssDNA gap filling by non-recombinogenic functions A1 Cabello-Lobato, María J. A1 González-Garrido, Cristina A1 Cano-Linares, María I. A1 Wong, Ronald P. A1 Yáñez-Vílchez, Aurora A1 Morillo-Huesca, Macarena A1 Roldán-Romero, Juan M. A1 Vicioso, Marta A1 González-Prieto, Román A1 Ulrich, Helle D. A1 Prado, Félix K1 Cdc7 K1 DNA damage K1 MCM K1 Rad51 K1 Rad52 K1 Homologous recombination K1 Replication K1 Componente 7 del complejo de mantenimiento de minicromosoma K1 Daño del ADN K1 Recombinasa Rad51 K1 Proteína recombinante y reparadora de ADN Rad52 K1 Recombinación homóloga K1 Replicación AB The minichromosome maintenance (MCM) helicase physically interacts with the recombination proteins Rad51 and Rad52 from yeast to human cells. We show, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, that these interactions occur within a nuclease-insoluble scaffold enriched in replication/repair factors. Rad51 accumulates in a MCM- and DNA-binding-independent manner and interacts with MCM helicases located outside of the replication origins and forks. MCM, Rad51, and Rad52 accumulate in this scaffold in G1 and are released during the S phase. In the presence of replication-blocking lesions, Cdc7 prevents their release from the scaffold, thus maintaining the interactions. We identify a rad51 mutant that is impaired in its ability to bind to MCM but not to the scaffold. This mutant is proficient in recombination but partially defective in single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) gap filling and replication fork progression through damaged DNA. Therefore, cells accumulate MCM/Rad51/Rad52 complexes at specific nuclear scaffolds in G1 to assist stressed forks through non-recombinogenic functions. PB Cell Press YR 2021 FD 2021-07-27 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3669 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3669 LA en NO Cabello-Lobato MJ, González-Garrido C, Cano-Linares MI, Wong RP, Yáñez-Vílchez A, Morillo-Huesca M, et al. Physical interactions between MCM and Rad51 facilitate replication fork lesion bypass and ssDNA gap filling by non-recombinogenic functions. Cell Rep. 2021 Jul 27;36(4):109440 DS RISalud RD Apr 5, 2025