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DNA Damage Response: Three Levels of DNA Repair Regulation

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This review focuses on three levels of regulation: phosphorylating repair proteins to modify their activities, initiating a complex series of changes in the local chromatin structure near the damage site, and altering the overall cellular environment to make it more conducive to repair.
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Genome integrity is challenged by DNA damage from both endogenous and environmental sources. This damage must be repaired to allow both RNA and DNA polymerases to accurately read and duplicate the information in the genome. Multiple repair enzymes scan the DNA for problems, remove the offending damage, and restore the DNA duplex. These repair mechanisms are regulated by DNA damage response kinases including DNA-PKcs, ATM, and ATR that are activated at DNA lesions. These kinases improve the efficiency of DNA repair by phosphorylating repair proteins to modify their activities, by initiating a complex series of changes in the local chromatin structure near the damage site, and by altering the overall cellular environment to make it more conducive to repair. In this review, we focus on these three levels of regulation to illustrate how the DNA damage kinases promote efficient repair to maintain genome integrity and prevent disease.

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The DNA Damage Response: Making It Safe to Play with Knives

TL;DR: This review will focus on how the DDR controls DNA repair and the phenotypic consequences of defects in these critical regulatory functions in mammals.
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ATM and ATR substrate analysis reveals extensive protein networks responsive to DNA damage

TL;DR: A large-scale proteomic analysis of proteins phosphorylated in response to DNA damage on consensus sites recognized by ATM and ATR is performed and more than 900 regulated phosphorylation sites encompassing over 700 proteins are identified.
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ATM and related protein kinases: safeguarding genome integrity

TL;DR: Understanding ATM's mode of action provides new insights into the association between defective responses to DNA damage and cancer, and brings us closer to resolving the issue of cancer predisposition in some A-T carriers.
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Genomic instability — an evolving hallmark of cancer

TL;DR: The mutation patterns of the tumour suppressor TP53, ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A; which encodes p16INK4A and p14ARF) support the oncogene-induced DNA replication stress model, which attributes genomic instability and TP53 and ATM mutations to oncogen- induced DNA damage.
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