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Acetylation
Chromatin/*genetics
*DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded
*DNA Damage
Gene Regulatory Networks
*Genomic Instability
Humans
Phosphorylation
Signal Transduction
Ubiquitination
Abstract:
Single DNA lesions such as DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) can cause cell death or trigger genome rearrangements that have oncogenic potential, and so the pathways that mend and signal DNA damage must be highly sensitive but, at the same time, selective and reversible. When initiated, boundaries must be set to restrict the DSB response to the site of the lesion. The integration of positive and, crucially, negative control points involving post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation, ubiquitylation and acetylation is key for building fast, effective responses to DNA damage and for mitigating the impact of DNA lesions on genome integrity.
