The effect of atypical nucleic acids structures in DNA double strand break repair: a tale of R-loops and G-quadruplexes

The fine tuning of the DNA double strand break repair pathway choice relies on different regulatory layers that respond to environmental and local cues. Among them, the presence of non-canonical nucleic acids structures seems to create challenges for the repair of nearby DNA double strand breaks. In...

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Autores: Camarillo Daza, María Rosa, Jimeno González, Sonia, Huertas Sánchez, Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/127275
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/127275
https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.742434
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:DNA double strand break repair
DNA end resection
G-quadruplex
Homologous recombination (HR)
R-loops
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Sumario:The fine tuning of the DNA double strand break repair pathway choice relies on different regulatory layers that respond to environmental and local cues. Among them, the presence of non-canonical nucleic acids structures seems to create challenges for the repair of nearby DNA double strand breaks. In this review, we focus on the recently published effects of G-quadruplexes and R-loops on DNA end resection and homologous recombination. Finally, we hypothesized a connection between those two atypical DNA structures in inhibiting the DNA end resection step of HR.