Instruct: Identify the main category of Biorxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Hrq1/RECQL4 regulation is critical for preventing aberrant recombination during DNA intrastrand crosslink repair and is upregulated in breast cancer. Human RECQL4 is a member of the RecQ family of DNA helicases and functions during DNA replication and repair. RECQL4 mutations are associated with developmental defects and cancer. Although RECQL4 mutations lead to disease, RECQL4 overexpression is also observed in cancer, including breast and prostate. Thus, tight regulation of RECQL4 protein levels is crucial for genome stability. Because mammalian RECQL4 is essential, how cells regulate RECQL4 protein levels is largely unknown. Utilizing budding yeast, we investigated the RECQL4 homolog, HRQ1, during DNA crosslink repair. We find that Hrq1 functions in the error-free template switching pathway to mediate DNA intrastrand crosslink repair. Although Hrq1 repairs cisplatin-induced lesions, it is paradoxically degraded by the proteasome following cisplatin treatment. By identifying the targeted lysine residues, we show that preventing Hrq1 degradation results in increased recombination and mutagenesis. Like yeast, human RECQL4 is similarly degraded upon exposure to crosslinking agents. Furthermore, over-expression of RECQL4 results in increased RAD51 foci, which is dependent on its helicase activity. Using bioinformatic analysis, we observe that RECQL4 overexpression correlates with increased recombination and mutations. Overall, our study uncovers a role for Hrq1/RECQL4 in DNA intrastrand crosslink repair and provides further insight how misregulation of RECQL4 can promote genomic instability, a cancer hallmark.
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The categories of this paper are: developmental
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The categories of this paper are: biophysics
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The categories of this paper are: cell
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The categories of this paper are: evolutionary
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The categories of this paper are: behavior
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The categories of this paper are: neuroscience
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The categories of this paper are: physiology
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The categories of this paper are: communication
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The categories of this paper are: pathology
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The categories of this paper are: scientific
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The categories of this paper are: genomics
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The categories of this paper are: molecular
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The categories of this paper are: synthetic
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The categories of this paper are: ecology
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The categories of this paper are: bioengineering
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The categories of this paper are: systems