bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/738435; this version posted August 16, 2019. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. S. pombe DNA translocases Rrp1 and Rrp2 have distinct roles at centromeres and telomeres that ensure genome stability Anna Barg-Wojas1, Kamila Schirmeisen1,4, Jakub Muraszko1, Karol Kramarz2, Gabriela Baranowska1, Antony M. Carr3, Dorota Dziadkowiec1,* 1 Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Poland 2 Institut Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Orsay, France 3 Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, BN1 9RQ, United Kingdom 4 present address: Institut Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Orsay, France * corresponding author:
[email protected] Key words: nucleosome dynamics; DNA translocase; centromere and telomere structure SUMMARY STATEMENT Schizosaccharomyces pombe DNA translocases Rrp1 and Rrp2 modulate centromere and telomere maintenance pathways and dysregulation of their activity leads to genome instability. ABSTRACT Homologous recombination (HR) is a DNA repair mechanism that ensures, together with heterochromatin machinery, the proper replication, structure and function of telomeres and centromeres that is essential for the maintenance of genome integrity. Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rrp1 and Rrp2 participate in HR and are orthologues of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Uls1, a SWI2/SNF2 DNA translocase and SUMO-Targeted Ubiquitin Ligase. We show that Rrp1 or Rrp2 upregulation leads to chromosome instability and growth defects. These phenotypes depend on putative DNA translocase activities of Rrp1 and Rrp2. Either Rrp1 or Rrp2 overproduction results in a reduction in global histone levels, suggesting that Rrp1 and Rrp2 may modulate nucleosome dynamics.