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The Role of Rif1 in telomere length regulation is separable from its role in origin firing

  1. Calla B Shubin
  2. Carol W Greider  Is a corresponding author
  1. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58066
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  1. Calla B Shubin
  2. Carol W Greider
(2020)
The Role of Rif1 in telomere length regulation is separable from its role in origin firing
eLife 9:e58066.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58066
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Abstract

To examine the established link between DNA replication and telomere length, we tested whether firing of telomeric origins would cause telomere lengthening. We found that RIF1 mutants that block Protein Phosphatase 1 (PP1) binding activated telomeric origins but did not elongate telomeres. In a second approach, we found overexpression of ∆N-Dbf4 and Cdc7 increased DDK activity and activated telomeric origins, yet telomere length was unchanged. We tested a third mechanism to activate origins using the sld3-A mcm5-bob1 mutant that de-regulates the pre-replication complex, and again saw no change in telomere length. Finally, we tested whether mutations in RIF1 that cause telomere elongation would affect origin firing. We found that neither rif1-∆1322 nor rif1HOOK affected firing of telomeric origins. We conclude that telomeric origin firing does not cause telomere elongation, and the role of Rif1 in regulating origin firing is separable from its role in regulating telomere length.

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Sequencing data have been deposited in NCBI BioProject/SRA PRJNA627739, Copy number sequencing in S. cerevisiae under SRA accession codes: SRR11601580, SRR11601579, SRR11601583, SRR11601584, SRR11601587, SRR11601586, SRR11601594, SRR11601592, SRR11601590, SRR11601589, SRR11601585, SRR11601591, SRR11601582, SRR11601593, SRR11601588, SRR11601581, SRR11601576, SRR11601577, SRR11601578, SRR11601575

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  1. Calla B Shubin

    Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States
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  2. Carol W Greider

    Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States
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National Science Foundation (DGE-1746891)

  • Calla B Shubin

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32 GM007445)

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Bloomberg Distinguished Professorship

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  1. Calla B Shubin
  2. Carol W Greider
(2020)
The Role of Rif1 in telomere length regulation is separable from its role in origin firing
eLife 9:e58066.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58066

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