Following the formation of a DNA double-strand break (DSB), cells activate the DNA-damage response and recruit a number of proteins to the lesion. Some of these proteins are modified by the attachment of small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO). Here, SUMO1, SUMO2 and SUMO3 are shown to accumulate at DSB sites in mammalian cells. SUMO1 and SUMO2/3 accrual requires the E3 ligase enzymes PIAS4 and PIAS1, which promote DSB repair.
- Yaron Galanty
- Rimma Belotserkovskaya
- Stephen P. Jackson