{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Chauhan AS"],"funding":["Cancer Research UK","Medical Research Council","NINDS NIH HHS","Wellcome Trust"],"pagination":["3399"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11997057"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["RNF168 is an E3 ubiquitin ligase critical to the mammalian DNA double-strand break repair response. The protein is recruited to and amplifies ubiquitin signals at damaged chromatin and, if not properly regulated, can drive an uncontrolled ubiquitin cascade potentially harmful to repair outcomes. Several indirect mechanisms restrict RNF168 positive feedback, and a longstanding question has been whether these alone suppress excessive RNF168 signaling or whether mechanisms to remove RNF168 from damaged chromatin exist. Here, we reveal a cascade of post-translational modifications which act at three adjacent amino acids, threonine-208, proline-209 and lysine-210, to process RNF168 actively. Phosphorylation at threonine-208 by CDK1/2 induces interaction with the peptidyl-prolyl isomerase PIN1. "],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["PIN1-SUMO2/3 motif suppresses excessive RNF168 chromatin accumulation and ubiquitin signaling to promote IR resistance."],"pmcid":["PMC11997057"],"funding_grant_id":["C8820/A28283","F31 NS043831","MR/W001152/1","206343/Z/17/Z","C17183/A23303","MR/X001008/1"],"pubmed_authors":["Jhujh SS","Chauhan AS","Mackintosh MJW","Mackay HL","Stewart GS","Lanz AJ","Garvin AJ","Cassar J","Leney AC","Carlomagno T","Walker AK","Jamshad M","Morris JR"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"PIN1-SUMO2/3 motif suppresses excessive RNF168 chromatin accumulation and ubiquitin signaling to promote IR resistance.","description":"RNF168 is an E3 ubiquitin ligase critical to the mammalian DNA double-strand break repair response. The protein is recruited to and amplifies ubiquitin signals at damaged chromatin and, if not properly regulated, can drive an uncontrolled ubiquitin cascade potentially harmful to repair outcomes. Several indirect mechanisms restrict RNF168 positive feedback, and a longstanding question has been whether these alone suppress excessive RNF168 signaling or whether mechanisms to remove RNF168 from damaged chromatin exist. Here, we reveal a cascade of post-translational modifications which act at three adjacent amino acids, threonine-208, proline-209 and lysine-210, to process RNF168 actively. Phosphorylation at threonine-208 by CDK1/2 induces interaction with the peptidyl-prolyl isomerase PIN1. ","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Apr","modification":"2026-05-29T14:15:15.897Z","creation":"2026-04-08T05:03:16.677Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11997057","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40229270"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-025-56974-9"]}}