Arginine methylation of the DDX 5 helicase RGG/RG motif by PRMT 5 regulates resolution of RNA: DNA hybrids

SY Mersaoui, Z Yu, Y Coulombe, M Karam… - The EMBO …, 2019 - embopress.org
… Our findings exemplify a mechanism by which an RNA helicase is modulated by arginine
methylation to resolve R‐loops, and its potential role in regulating transcription. …

PARP1 associates with R-loops to promote their resolution and genome stability

N Laspata, P Kaur, SY Mersaoui, D Muoio… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
… We also show that PARP1 is recruited at R-loop formation sites in cells. Pharmacologic
inhibition of PARP activity and genetic ablation of PARP1 gene in cells increase the genomic R-…

Limiting the DNA double-strand break resectosome for genome protection

…, SY Mersaoui, FF Busatto, EB Affar, S Richard… - Trends in biochemical …, 2020 - cell.com
… repair is no exception and, during DNA DSB repair, broken DNA is resected and exists
transiently in ssDNA form. While this isis significantly more vulnerable to chemical modifications [ …

DDX5 resolves R-loops at DNA double-strand breaks to promote DNA repair and avoid chromosomal deletions

Z Yu, SY Mersaoui, L Guitton-Sert, Y Coulombe… - NAR …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… We have shown previously that the DEAD box RNA helicase DDX5 is a key player in
resolving persistent unscheduled R-loops (17). Genome-wide DNA/RNA immunoprecipitation (…

Genome-wide R-loop analysis defines unique roles for DDX5, XRN2, and PRMT5 in DNA/RNA hybrid resolution

OD Villarreal, SY Mersaoui, Z Yu… - Life science …, 2020 - life-science-alliance.org
DDX5, XRN2, and PRMT5 have been shown to resolve DNA/RNA hybrids (R-loops) at RNA
polymerase II transcription termination sites at few genomic loci. Herein, we perform genome…

Fine tuning the level of the Cdc13 telomere-capping protein for maximal chromosome stability performance

SY Mersaoui, RJ Wellinger - Current genetics, 2019 - Springer
… Consistently, overexpression of Cdc13 or introducing an additional NLS into WT Cdc13
or Cdc13-1 is not tolerated by cells (Mersaoui and Wellinger unpublished). This latter toxicity …

The PprA protein is required for accurate cell division of γ-irradiated Deinococcus radiodurans bacteria

…, S Mersaoui, C Bouthier-de-la-Tour, S Sommer… - DNA repair, 2013 - Elsevier
Deinococcus radiodurans, one of the most radioresistant organisms known to date is able to
reconstruct an intact genome from hundreds of DNA fragments. Here, we investigate the in …

[PDF][PDF] M-TAP dance: targeting PRMT1 and PRMT5 family members to push cancer cells over the edge

N Srour, SY Mersaoui, S Richard - Cancer Cell, 2019 - cell.com
is that PRMT1 and PRMT5 share substrates. Substrate scavenging is observed when only
PRMT1 or PRMT5 is … independent of whether it is aDMA or sDMA is required for cancer …

[HTML][HTML] HSP70 mediates a crosstalk between the estrogen and the heat shock response pathways

…, SY Mersaoui, D Naik, JY Masson, S Bilodeau - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
… Using an HSP70 inhibitor, we demonstrate that the crosstalk between both pathways is
dependent on the chaperone activity. These results suggest that HSP70 availability is a key …

Cockayne syndrome group B protein regulates fork restart, fork progression and MRE11-dependent fork degradation in BRCA1/2-deficient cells

NL Batenburg, SY Mersaoui, JR Walker… - Nucleic Acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… However, little is known about its role at stalled replication forks. Here, we report that CSB
is recruited to stalled forks in a manner dependent upon its T1031 phosphorylation by CDK. …