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Direct Activation of the ATM Protein Kinase by the Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 Complex
Ji-Hoon Lee and
Tanya T. Paull*
The complex containing the Mre11, Rad50, and Nbs1 proteins (MRN)is essential for the cellular response to DNA double-strandbreaks, integrating DNA repair with the activation of checkpointsignaling through the protein kinase ATM (ataxia telangiectasiamutated). We demonstrate that MRN stimulates the kinase activityof ATM in vitro toward its substrates p53, Chk2, and histoneH2AX. MRN makes multiple contacts with ATM and appears to stimulateATM activity by facilitating the stable binding of substrates.Phosphorylation of Nbs1 is critical for MRN stimulation of ATMactivity toward Chk2, but not p53. Kinase-deficient ATM inhibitswild-type ATM phosphorylation of Chk2, consistent with the dominant-negativeeffect of kinase-deficient ATM in vivo.
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, A4800, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: tpaull{at}icmb.utexas.edu
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