PMID- 17662941 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070913 LR - 20181113 IS - 0092-8674 (Print) IS - 0092-8674 (Linking) VI - 130 IP - 2 DP - 2007 Jul 27 TI - BLM ortholog, Sgs1, prevents aberrant crossing-over by suppressing formation of multichromatid joint molecules. PG - 259-72 AB - Bloom's helicase (BLM) is thought to prevent crossing-over during DNA double-strand-break repair (DSBR) by disassembling double-Holliday junctions (dHJs) or by preventing their formation. We show that the Saccharomyces cerevisiae BLM ortholog, Sgs1, prevents aberrant crossing-over during meiosis by suppressing formation of joint molecules (JMs) comprising three and four interconnected duplexes. Sgs1 and procrossover factors, Msh5 and Mlh3, are antagonistic since Sgs1 prevents dHJ formation in msh5 cells and sgs1 mutation alleviates crossover defects of both msh5 and mlh3 mutants. We propose that differential activity of Sgs1 and procrossover factors at the two DSB ends effects productive formation of dHJs and crossovers and prevents multichromatid JMs and counterproductive crossing-over. Strand invasion of different templates by both DSB ends may be a common feature of DSBR that increases repair efficiency but also the likelihood of associated crossing-over. Thus, by disrupting aberrant JMs, BLM-related helicases maximize repair efficiency while minimizing the risk of deleterious crossing-over. FAU - Oh, Steve D AU - Oh SD AD - Section of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. FAU - Lao, Jessica P AU - Lao JP FAU - Hwang, Patty Yi-Hwa AU - Hwang PY FAU - Taylor, Andrew F AU - Taylor AF FAU - Smith, Gerald R AU - Smith GR FAU - Hunter, Neil AU - Hunter N LA - eng GR - R01 GM031693-25/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM031693/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM074223/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM031693/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 GM031693/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM074223/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM074223-03/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Cell JT - Cell JID - 0413066 RN - 0 (DNA, Cruciform) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (NDT80 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (Adenosine Triphosphatases) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (Bloom syndrome protein) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (SGS1 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - EC 3.6.4.- (DNA Helicases) RN - EC 3.6.4.12 (RecQ Helicases) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphatases/*chemistry MH - Chromatids/*metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Crossing Over, Genetic/*genetics MH - DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded MH - DNA Helicases/*chemistry MH - DNA, Cruciform/metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism MH - Meiosis MH - Models, Genetic MH - Molecular Weight MH - Mutation/genetics MH - RecQ Helicases/*metabolism MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae/cytology/*genetics MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/*metabolism MH - *Sequence Homology, Amino Acid MH - Sister Chromatid Exchange MH - Transcription Factors/metabolism PMC - PMC2034285 MID - NIHMS28046 EDAT- 2007/07/31 09:00 MHDA- 2007/09/14 09:00 PMCR- 2008/07/27 CRDT- 2007/07/31 09:00 PHST- 2007/01/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2007/04/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2007/05/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2007/07/31 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/09/14 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/07/31 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/07/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0092-8674(07)00674-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cell.2007.05.035 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell. 2007 Jul 27;130(2):259-72. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.05.035.