Ubiquitinated-PCNA protects replication forks from DNA2-mediated degradation by regulating Okazaki fragment maturation and chromatin assembly

PCNA is essential for DNA replication and cellular proliferation. Here, the authors reveal that PCNA ubiquitination protects stalled replication forks from DNA2-mediated degradation via regulation of Okazaki fragment maturation and chromatin assembly.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tanay Thakar, Wendy Leung, Claudia M. Nicolae, Kristen E. Clements, Binghui Shen, Anja-Katrin Bielinsky, George-Lucian Moldovan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16096-w