Shreya Nagar, Riddhi Mehta, Pritpal Kaur, Fatema Zohra Sadia, Suprataptha Reddy, Olasubomi R Olorunnimbe, Ivana Vancurova, Ales Vancura
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Abstract
One of the key events in DNA damage response is activation of checkpoint kinases leading to activation of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) and increased synthesis of deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates (dNTPs) required for DNA repair. Among other mechanisms, the activation of dNTP synthesis is driven by derepression of genes encoding RNR subunits RNR2, RNR3, and RNR4, following checkpoint activation and checkpoint kinase Dun1p-mediated phosphorylation and inactivation of transcriptional repressor Crt1p. We report here that in the absence of genotoxic stress during respiratory growth on nonfermentable carbon source acetate, inactivation of checkpoint kinases results in significant growth defect and alters transcriptional regulation of RNR2-4 genes and genes encoding enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid and glyoxylate cycles and gluconeogenesis. Dun1p, independently of its kinase activity or signaling from the upstream checkpoint kinase Rad53p, represses RNR2, RNR3, and RNR4 genes by maintaining Crt1p occupancy in the corresponding promoters. Consistently with the role of dNTPs in the regulation of mitochondrial DNA copy number, DUN1 inactivation elevates mitochondrial DNA copy number in acetate-grown cells. Together, our data reveal an unexpected role for Dun1p in transcriptional regulation of RNR2-4 and metabolic genes during growth on nonfermentable carbon source and suggest that Dun1p contributes to transcription regulation independently of its kinase activity as a structural component by binding to protein(s) involved in gene regulation.
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