Numerical and Spatial Patterning of Yeast Meiotic DNA Breaks by Tel1

ABSTRACT: The Spo11-generated double-strand breaks (DSBs) that initiate meiotic recombination are dangerous lesions that can disrupt genome integrity, so meiotic cells regulate their number, timing, and distribution. Here, we use Spo11-oligonucleotide complexes, a byproduct of DSB formation, to examine the contribution of the DNA damage-responsive kinase Tel1 (ortholog of mammalian ATM) to this regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A tel1Δ mutant had globally increased amounts of Spo11-oligonucleotide complexes and altered Spo11-oligonucleotide lengths, consistent with conserved roles for Tel1 in control of DSB number and processing. A kinase-dead tel1 mutation also increased Spo11-oligonucleotide levels, but mutating known Tel1 phosphotargets on Hop1 and Rec114 did not. Deep sequencing of Spo11

ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae

SUBMITTER: Neeman Mohibullah 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-84696 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress