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MRE11

Double-strand break repair protein MRE11 · UniProt P49959

Length
708 aa
Mass
80.6 kDa
Annotated
2026-06-10
100 papers in source corpus 49 papers cited in narrative 49 extracted findings
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Mechanistic narrative

Synthesis pass · prose summary of the discoveries below

MRE11 is the nuclease core of the conserved MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 (MRN) complex, the primary sensor and processing enzyme for DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) that initiates end resection to license homologous recombination (PMID:10346816, PMID:22002605, PMID:24316220). MRN searches for DNA ends by one-dimensional facilitated diffusion on nucleosomal DNA, with RAD50 driving diffusion and MRE11 mediating end recognition and catalysis (PMID:28867292); ATP binding and hydrolysis by RAD50 drive conformational changes that melt 15-20 bp of duplex and gate substrate access to the otherwise autoinhibited MRE11 nuclease, as resolved in structures of bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic complexes (PMID:24191051, PMID:26717941, PMID:31492634, PMID:36577401, PMID:35987200). MRE11 functions as a U-shaped dimer wrapped by a single NBS1, and end processing proceeds bidirectionally: the MRE11 endonuclease nicks the 5'-strand internal to the break, MRE11 exonuclease resects 3'->5' toward the end, and EXO1/BLM-Sgs1-Dna2 extends resection 5'->3', with MRN acting as a processivity factor and loading these long-range nucleases (PMID:18854158, PMID:22002605, PMID:21102445, PMID:20811461, PMID:28867292). The two nuclease activities govern repair pathway choice, endonuclease initiating resection toward HR while their balance dictates HR versus NHEJ and microhomology-mediated/alternative end joining (PMID:24316220, PMID:20647759, PMID:34348893). Beyond resection, MRN directly activates the ATM/Tel1 checkpoint kinase at breaks—a function requiring nuclear MRE11-RAD50—and assembles higher-order signaling complexes on damaged DNA (PMID:11430828, PMID:15234984, PMID:15138496, PMID:35501303). MRE11 also processes hairpin-capped and palindromic ends, removes blocking adducts and Ku from occluded ends, cleaves abasic sites via an AP-lyase activity, and acts at stalled replication forks where it degrades nascent strands and cleaves ssDNA gaps under BRCA-deficient conditions (PMID:26545079, PMID:28867292, PMID:16285919, PMID:36030235, PMID:37805499, PMID:36400008, PMID:38649452). The complex associates with telomeres via TRF2 in a cell-cycle-dependent manner (PMID:10888888), suppresses R-loops at transcription-replication conflicts through a non-nucleolytic function (PMID:31537797), maintains mitochondrial genome integrity to prevent mtDNA leakage and inflammasome-driven pyroptosis (PMID:31327667), and displaces cGAS from nucleosome sequestration to enable innate immune signaling and necroptotic tumor suppression (PMID:38200309). MRE11 activity is extensively tuned by post-translational modifications and binding partners: PRMT1-mediated arginine methylation of the GAR motif (enabled by GFI1), CBP-mediated lactylation at K673, UFMylation at K282, PIAS1/SENP3 SUMOylation, RNF126 ubiquitination, and CK2/Plk1 phosphorylation collectively control DNA binding, complex stability, resection, and checkpoint signaling (PMID:21826105, PMID:29651020, PMID:38128537, PMID:30783677, PMID:36050397, PMID:36563124, PMID:28512243, PMID:28436950), while DYNLL1 directly binds and disrupts the MRE11 dimer to limit resection extent (PMID:30464262, PMID:37696958). MRE11 protein abundance is further set by cyclin A2, which binds MRE11 mRNA to drive S-phase translation (PMID:27708105). The C-terminal domain truncated in ataxia-telangiectasia-like disorder (ATLD) is required for DNA damage signaling complex assembly while sparing replication functions (PMID:15138496).

Mechanistic history

Synthesis pass · year-by-year structured walk · 22 steps
  1. 1999 High

    Established that MRE11 acquires its full enzymatic repertoire only within the MRN complex, with NBS1 enabling ATP-dependent activities and RAD50 providing the ATP-binding switch.

    Evidence In vitro reconstitution with recombinant proteins, Rad50 ATP-binding mutagenesis, endonuclease and unwinding assays

    PMID:10346816

    Open questions at the time
    • Did not resolve the structural basis of the ATP-driven endonuclease specificity switch
    • Physiological substrates at breaks not defined
  2. 2000 High

    Connected MRN to telomere maintenance by showing cell-cycle-regulated association with TRF2 at human telomeres.

    Evidence Tandem MS, co-immunoprecipitation, and immunofluorescence with cell-cycle synchronization

    PMID:10888888

    Open questions at the time
    • Functional consequence of S-phase-specific NBS1-telomere association not established
    • Nuclease requirement at telomeres untested
  3. 2001 High

    Placed the MRE11 complex as a DNA damage sensor upstream of the ATM/Tel1 checkpoint kinase and showed it prevents DSB accumulation during replication independently of ATM.

    Evidence Yeast genetic epistasis and checkpoint kinase assays; Xenopus extract immunodepletion with TUNEL/gamma-H2AX readouts

    PMID:11430828 PMID:11511367

    Open questions at the time
    • Mechanism by which the complex activates Tel1/ATM not defined
    • Direct versus indirect role in replication-associated break suppression unresolved
  4. 2003 Medium

    Distinguished S-phase replication-coupled chromatin loading of MRN (PCNA-colocalized, damage-independent) from damage-induced recruitment, and linked MRN to stalled-fork ssDNA and RPA.

    Evidence Chromatin fractionation, PCNA co-localization, hydroxyurea/UV treatment, and reciprocal RPA-MRN Co-IP with phosphatase analysis

    PMID:12556560 PMID:15180989

    Open questions at the time
    • Loading factor for replication-coupled deposition unknown
    • Functional role at unperturbed forks not separated from damage response
  5. 2004 High

    Defined that nuclear MRE11-RAD50 directly stimulates ATM activation, structurally separated DNA binding from catalysis, and mapped the ATLD C-terminus to signaling-complex assembly distinct from replication.

    Evidence Isogenic nuclear/cytoplasmic cell lines, nuclease-dead crystal structure at 2.3 A, Xenopus signaling-complex reconstitution, and WRN interaction mapping

    PMID:15026416 PMID:15047855 PMID:15138496 PMID:15234984

    Open questions at the time
    • Direct molecular contacts between MR and ATM not resolved
    • Whether ATLD signaling defect fully accounts for disease phenotype unclear
  6. 2005 High

    Broadened MRE11 catalytic scope to AP-lyase activity at abasic sites and implicated it in immunoglobulin gene diversification.

    Evidence In vitro AP-lyase assays with recombinant MRE11/RAD50 and ChIP in hypermutating B cells

    PMID:16285919

    Open questions at the time
    • In vivo contribution to Ig diversification versus DSB repair not separated
    • Relationship of AP-lyase to canonical endo/exonuclease activities undefined
  7. 2007 High

    Revealed an unexpected RAD50 adenylate kinase activity coupled to DNA tethering, telomere maintenance, and meiosis.

    Evidence In vitro adenylate kinase assays across three organisms, Rad50 signature-motif mutagenesis, pharmacological inhibition, and yeast genetics

    PMID:17349953

    Open questions at the time
    • How adenylate kinase activity integrates with ATPase-driven resection unclear
    • Conservation of this function in human cells not tested here
  8. 2010 High

    Reconstituted MRE11 complex stimulation of long-range resection machineries, showing cooperative DNA binding with Exo1/Sae2 and direct stimulation of the Sgs1 helicase within Dna2-mediated resection.

    Evidence Biochemical reconstitution with purified MRX, Sae2, Exo1, Sgs1, Dna2, and RPA; in vitro resection and unwinding assays

    PMID:20811461 PMID:21102445

    Open questions at the time
    • Order of recruitment in cells not established
    • Did not yet define the endonuclease initiation step
  9. 2010 Medium

    Identified MRE11 as the major nuclease driving DNA end degradation and microhomology-mediated end joining when ATM kinase activity is lost.

    Evidence MMEJ reporter assays, Mre11 knockdown, mirin inhibition, and ATM kinase assays

    PMID:20647759

    Open questions at the time
    • Single-lab study
    • Direct demonstration of MRE11 cleavage at MMEJ junctions not shown
  10. 2011 High

    Resolved the bidirectional resection model in which MRE11 endonuclease nicks internal to the break and MRE11 exonuclease resects toward it while Exo1 resects away, and defined NBS1/Xrs2 as a chaperone for nuclear import and Tel1 signaling.

    Evidence In vivo physical resection assays in yeast meiosis with nuclease mutants; genetic bypass with Mre11-NLS and in vitro MR/MRX reconstitution

    PMID:22002605 PMID:27746018

    Open questions at the time
    • Endonuclease incision site selection mechanism not fully defined
    • Generality of NLS bypass to higher eukaryotes untested
  11. 2011 High

    Established PRMT1-mediated arginine methylation of the MRE11 GAR motif as a modification required for resection and ATR/CHK1 signaling but not ATM activation.

    Evidence Mre11(RK) knock-in mouse, in vitro exonuclease/DNA-binding assays, and checkpoint immunofluorescence/immunoblotting

    PMID:21826105

    Open questions at the time
    • Stoichiometry and dynamics of methylation in vivo unresolved
    • How methylation alters DNA binding structurally unknown
  12. 2013 High

    Pharmacologically separated MRE11 endo- and exonuclease activities, showing endonuclease initiates resection to commit to HR while both activities govern repair pathway choice, independent of H2AX signaling.

    Evidence Structure-based specific nuclease inhibitors, RPA chromatin binding, NHEJ/HR outcome assays in G2 cells, and H2AX-deficient cell HR assays

    PMID:19910469 PMID:24316220

    Open questions at the time
    • In vivo selectivity of the inhibitors beyond MRE11 not fully excluded
    • Coupling of the two nuclease steps temporally not directly visualized
  13. 2013 High

    Visualized ATP-dependent unwinding of 15-20 bp at duplex ends by MRN and tied this RAD50-driven opening to resection in human cells.

    Evidence Single-molecule FRET, Rad50 catalytic mutagenesis, and in vitro/cellular resection assays

    PMID:24191051

    Open questions at the time
    • Relationship of unwinding to subsequent endonuclease incision not resolved
    • Behavior on nucleosomal substrates not addressed here
  14. 2015 High

    Provided the structural mechanism by which ATP hydrolysis rotates the RAD50 nucleotide-binding domain and melts DNA to grant the autoinhibited MRE11 active site substrate access, and defined MRE11's role in preventing palindromic amplification.

    Evidence Crystal structure of archaeal MR with ATPgammaS/DNA plus ATPase/nuclease assays; yeast genetics quantifying palindromic duplications

    PMID:26545079 PMID:26717941

    Open questions at the time
    • Eukaryotic NBS1 contribution to the conformational cycle not captured
    • Hairpin substrate access route only inferred
  15. 2016 High

    Showed MRE11 abundance is set post-transcriptionally by cyclin A2, which binds MRE11 mRNA to drive S-phase translation needed for fork and DSB repair.

    Evidence RNA binding assays, polysome profiling, cyclin A2 mutant mice, and replication/repair assays

    PMID:27708105

    Open questions at the time
    • Whether cyclin A2 regulates other resection factors similarly unknown
    • Mechanism of mRNA selectivity not defined
  16. 2017 High

    Defined single-molecule mechanics of MRN—facilitated diffusion, end recognition, adduct/Ku removal, and Exo1 loading—and structurally constrained the essential MRE11-NBS1 interface to a minimal 108-residue fragment.

    Evidence Single-molecule microscopy on nucleosomal DNA with domain mutants; TALEN-derived Nbs1mid mice with viability/ATM/hematopoiesis readouts

    PMID:28076792 PMID:28867292

    Open questions at the time
    • How adduct removal is coupled to ATP cycle not resolved
    • Functions of the dispensable NBS1 regions not enumerated
  17. 2017 Medium

    Identified phosphorylation- and partner-based control of MRN loading and stability through Plk1/CK2 phosphorylation, GRB2 sequestration, and CK2-dependent R2TP/PIH1D1 binding.

    Evidence In vitro kinase assays, chromatin loading assays, GRB2 biophysical binding and HR/Alt-EJ reporters, and PIH1D1 depletion stability assays

    PMID:28436950 PMID:28512243 PMID:34348893

    Open questions at the time
    • Single-lab findings for each modification
    • Crosstalk among these modifications not integrated
  18. 2018 High

    Established DYNLL1 as a direct negative regulator that limits MRE11 resection, with loss restoring HR in BRCA1-mutant cells and driving PARPi/platinum resistance, and showed GFI1 licenses PRMT1 methylation of MRE11.

    Evidence CRISPR screen, direct in vitro DYNLL1-MRE11 binding, resection/HR/drug-sensitivity assays; GFI1 Co-IP and in vitro methylation

    PMID:29651020 PMID:30464262

    Open questions at the time
    • Structural basis of DYNLL1 inhibition not yet defined (resolved later)
    • GFI1 study single-lab
  19. 2019 High

    Expanded MRE11 regulation and biology to UFMylation-dependent complex assembly, a non-nucleolytic R-loop suppression function, structural definition of the DNA-cutting channel, and a mitochondrial role guarding against mtDNA leakage and pyroptosis.

    Evidence UFMylation site mutants with cancer-mutation phenocopy; yeast trigenic screen with nuclease-dead mutants; cryo-EM of bacterial SbcCD; MRE11A knockdown/overexpression with respiration, mtDNA leakage, and caspase-1 assays in vivo

    PMID:30783677 PMID:31327667 PMID:31492634 PMID:31537797

    Open questions at the time
    • Molecular basis of the non-nucleolytic R-loop function unknown
    • How MRE11 maintains mtDNA integrity mechanistically undefined
    • UFMylation findings single-lab
  20. 2022 High

    Delivered the eukaryotic MRN architecture (2:2:1, two DNA-binding modes, oligomerizing coiled-coil rods) and defined fork-associated roles via PARP14 cofactor function, METTL16/RNA-mediated inhibition, and POLtheta-gated MRE11-NBS1-CtIP cleavage of stalled forks.

    Evidence Cryo-EM of eukaryotic MRN and substrate-bound SbcCD; EM oligomerization analysis with Rad50 mutants; iPOND/fiber assays with PARP14 and KU; Xenopus EM of Okazaki fragments; METTL16 Co-IP/exonuclease assays

    PMID:35501303 PMID:35987200 PMID:36030235 PMID:36050397 PMID:36138131 PMID:36400008 PMID:36563124 PMID:36577401

    Open questions at the time
    • Functional role of MRN dimerization via zinc-hook apices in cells unclear
    • Several regulatory inputs (RNF126, PIAS1/SENP3, METTL16) from single labs
  21. 2023 High

    Defined lactylation at K673 by CBP as an ATM-dependent activating modification, resolved DYNLL1 dimer-disruption mechanism and its 53BP1/Shieldin context, and detailed bidirectional gap extension and endonucleolytic fork cleavage suppressed by BRCA.

    Evidence Site-specific lactylation mapping with PDX/organoid validation; DYNLL1 dimer-disruption and DSB recruitment kinetics; DNA fiber assays with sequential nuclease inhibition

    PMID:37696958 PMID:37805499 PMID:38128537

    Open questions at the time
    • Interplay of lactylation with other K673-adjacent modifications unknown
    • Fork-cleavage model partly from single-lab fiber data
  22. 2024 High

    Established MRE11 as essential for innate immune cGAS activation by displacing cGAS from nucleosome sequestration, driving necroptotic tumor suppression, and linked UFL1-PTIP UFMylation to MRE11 recruitment for fork degradation.

    Evidence Nucleosome binding and cGAS displacement assays with MRE11 knockout, necroptosis readouts, mammary tumor models; UFMylation mapping, histone-mark ChIP, fiber assays

    PMID:38200309 PMID:38649452

    Open questions at the time
    • Whether nuclease activity is required for cGAS displacement not fully separated
    • UFL1-PTIP-MRE11 axis single-lab

Open questions

Synthesis pass · forward-looking unresolved questions
  • How the dense web of MRE11 post-translational modifications and antagonistic binding partners is hierarchically integrated in real time to set resection length and pathway choice at individual breaks and forks remains unresolved.
  • No unified model ordering methylation, lactylation, UFMylation, SUMOylation, ubiquitination, and phosphorylation
  • Structural basis for human MRE11 modification effects on the conformational cycle missing
  • Quantitative contribution of non-canonical roles (mtDNA, cGAS, R-loops) to organismal phenotypes undefined

Mechanism profile

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Molecular activity
GO:0140097 catalytic activity, acting on DNA 7 GO:0003677 DNA binding 5 GO:0016787 hydrolase activity 4 GO:0140657 ATP-dependent activity 3
Localization
GO:0000228 nuclear chromosome 3 GO:0005634 nucleus 2 GO:0005739 mitochondrion 1
Pathway
R-HSA-69306 DNA Replication 5 R-HSA-73894 DNA Repair 4 R-HSA-168256 Immune System 2 R-HSA-5357801 Programmed Cell Death 2 R-HSA-8953897 Cellular responses to stimuli 2
Complex memberships
MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 (MRN)MRE11-RAD50-Xrs2 (MRX)

Evidence

Reading pass · 49 per-paper findings extracted from the source corpus
Year Finding Method Journal Conf PMIDs
1999 The Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 triple complex binds DNA cooperatively and displays enzymatic activities not seen without Nbs1, including partial duplex unwinding and efficient hairpin cleavage; ATP controls a switch in endonuclease specificity allowing cleavage of 3'-protruding strands at double/single-strand transitions; mutational analysis showed Rad50 is responsible for ATP binding but ATP-dependent activities require Nbs1. In vitro biochemical reconstitution with recombinant proteins; mutational analysis of Rad50 ATP-binding; endonuclease and unwinding assays Genes & development High 10346816
2000 RAD50, MRE11, and NBS1 associate with TRF2 at human telomeres as demonstrated by nanoelectrospray tandem mass spectrometry and co-immunoprecipitation; NBS1 associates with TRF2 and telomeres specifically in S phase but not G1 or G2; MRE11 and RAD50 are present at interphase telomeres by indirect immunofluorescence. Nanoelectrospray tandem mass spectrometry; co-immunoprecipitation; indirect immunofluorescence; cell-cycle synchronization Nature genetics High 10888888
2001 In S. cerevisiae, Tel1 (ATM homolog) and the Mre11 complex define a DNA damage checkpoint pathway that triggers Rad53 activation and its interaction with Rad9 in mitosis, and acts via Rad9/Mek1 in meiosis; the Mre11 complex functions as a damage sensor upstream of Tel1 in this pathway, and the pathway is required for unprocessed DSBs in meiosis. Genetic epistasis analysis; checkpoint kinase activation assays; yeast genetics Molecular cell High 11430828
2001 Xenopus Mre11 complex is required to prevent accumulation of DNA double-strand breaks during chromosomal DNA replication; immunodepletion of X-Mre11 complex from cell-free extracts leads to accumulation of DSBs (detected by TUNEL and γ-H2AX) in replicated DNA; DSBs stimulate phosphorylation and 3′-5′ exonuclease activity of X-Mre11 complex in an ATM-independent manner. Xenopus egg cell-free extract system; immunodepletion; TUNEL assay; γ-H2AX immunoblotting; exonuclease activity assay Molecular cell High 11511367
2004 Mre11 assembles linear DNA fragments into a high-molecular-weight DNA damage signaling complex that includes MRN, damaged DNA molecules, and activated ATM in Xenopus egg extracts; complex formation requires an intact Mre11 C-terminal domain deleted in some ATLD patients; the ATLD truncation can still perform replication functions of Mre11. Xenopus egg extract biochemistry; gel filtration/sedimentation; immunoprecipitation; functional complementation with truncation mutants PLoS biology High 15138496
2004 Nuclear expression of Mre11-Rad50 (but not Nbs1 alone) stimulates ATM activation at early times after low radiation doses; Mre11-Rad50 also acts as an adaptor for ATM-dependent phosphorylation of nibrin and Chk2 but not Smc1; Nbs1's essential nuclear localization role can be uncoupled from its role in ATM activation. Isogenic cell lines expressing nuclear vs. cytoplasmic MRN components; ATM kinase activation assays; phospho-substrate immunoblotting after irradiation The Journal of biological chemistry High 15234984
2004 The nuclease-deficient mre11-3 (H85L) mutant retains wild-type DNA binding and Rad50/Nbs1 interaction but completely abolishes nuclease activity; crystal structure at 2.3 Å reveals an active-site geometry with wild-type metal-binding environment but inability to hydrolyze DNA, demonstrating structural separation of DNA binding and catalysis. Crystal structure determination (2.3 Å); in vitro nuclease assays; co-immunoprecipitation; DNA binding assays; IRIF formation assays Nucleic acids research High 15047855
2004 Werner syndrome protein (WRN) associates with the Mre11 complex via direct binding to Nbs1 in vitro and in vivo; Nbs1 is required for Mre11 complex promotion of WRN helicase activity; WRN co-localizes with the Mre11 complex in response to γ-irradiation or mitomycin C. Co-immunoprecipitation in vitro and in vivo; siRNA/complementation; co-localization immunofluorescence; helicase activity assay The Journal of biological chemistry High 15026416
2005 Purified recombinant MRE11/RAD50 cleaves DNA at abasic (AP) sites via an AP-lyase activity conserved from humans to Archaea; cleavage occurs within single-stranded regions of DNA; MRE11 associates specifically with rearranged Ig genes in hypermutating B cells whereas APE1 does not, implicating MRN in the AID/UNG-dependent immunoglobulin gene diversification pathway. Purified recombinant protein in vitro AP-lyase assay; chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) in hypermutating B cells Molecular cell High 16285919
2007 Mre11/Rad50 complexes from three organisms catalyze the reversible adenylate kinase reaction in vitro; mutation of the conserved Rad50 signature motif reduces adenylate kinase activity without reducing ATPase; an adenylate kinase inhibitor blocks MR-dependent DNA tethering in vitro and in cell-free extracts; this activity correlates with meiosis and telomere maintenance functions in S. cerevisiae. In vitro adenylate kinase assays with purified proteins from three organisms; Rad50 mutagenesis; DNA tethering assays; S. cerevisiae genetics Molecular cell High 17349953
2008 Crystal structure and SAXS analysis of Pyrococcus furiosus Mre11 dimers bound to DNA reveal a four-lobed U-shaped dimer structure critical for MRN complex assembly and DNA end alignment; mutations blocking Mre11 endonuclease activity impair cell survival after DSB induction without affecting MRN complex assembly or Mre11-dependent Ctp1 recruitment. Crystal structure; SAXS; mutagenesis of fission yeast Mre11; cell survival assays; co-immunoprecipitation Cell High 18854158
2010 Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2 (MRX) and Sae2 stimulate 5′-strand resection in a biochemically reconstituted system; degradation of the 5′ strand is catalyzed by Exo1 but is completely dependent on MRX and Sae2 when Exo1 is limiting; stimulation is mainly due to cooperative DNA binding by Exo1, MRX, and Sae2. Biochemical reconstitution with purified MRX, Sae2, and Exo1; in vitro resection assays; DNA binding assays Nature structural & molecular biology High 21102445
2010 The Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2 (MRX) complex stimulates DNA end resection by the Dna2-Sgs1-RPA machinery by promoting complex formation with Sgs1, which unexpectedly stimulates Sgs1 DNA unwinding activity. Biochemical reconstitution with purified proteins; in vitro DNA resection and unwinding assays Nature High 20811461
2010 ATM suppresses DNA end-degradation and microhomology-mediated end joining (MMEJ) in a kinase-activity-dependent manner; Mre11 is the major nuclease responsible for DNA end-degradation and MMEJ in ATM-deficient cells; Mre11 nuclease inhibition (mirin) or knockdown reduces MMEJ repair. MMEJ reporter assay; Mre11 knockdown; mirin inhibitor; ATM kinase assays; structure-based modeling Cell cycle Medium 20647759
2011 Mre11 endonuclease nicks the 5′-strand up to 300 nucleotides from the DSB end, enabling bidirectional resection: Exo1 resects 5′→3′ away from the DSB and Mre11 exonuclease resects 3′→5′ toward the DSB end; both exonuclease activities of Mre11 and Exo1 are required for efficient DSB repair in S. cerevisiae. In vivo physical assays for 5′-end processing in S. cerevisiae meiosis; exo1 and mre11 nuclease mutant analysis; Southern blotting Nature High 22002605
2011 MRE11 arginine methylation by PRMT1 within its glycine-arginine-rich (GAR) motif is required for DSB end resection and ATR/CHK1 checkpoint signaling; Mre11(RK) knock-in cells (arginines replaced with lysines) show exonuclease and DNA-binding defects in vitro, impaired RPA and RAD51 recruitment, and ATR/CHK1 signaling defects; ATM pathway activation by the M(RK)RN complex is unaffected. Mouse knock-in allele; in vitro exonuclease and DNA-binding assays; immunofluorescence; immunoblotting for checkpoint kinases; γ-irradiation sensitivity Cell research High 21826105
2011 Xrs2/Nbs1 is essential for nuclear translocation of Mre11; nuclear localization of Mre11 (Mre11-NLS) bypasses Xrs2 for DNA end resection, meiosis, hairpin resolution, and clastogen resistance; purified MR complex has equivalent activity to MRX in cleavage of protein-blocked DNA ends; Xrs2 is required for Tel1/ATM kinase signaling and NHEJ, acting as a chaperone/adaptor. Genetic bypass experiments; in vitro reconstitution with purified MR and MRX; yeast genetic assays; Tel1 signaling assays Molecular cell High 27746018
2013 Structure-based design identified specific MRE11 endo- or exonuclease inhibitors; endonuclease inhibition promotes NHEJ over HR at G2 DSBs while exonuclease inhibition confers a repair defect; MRE11 endonuclease initiates resection to license HR, followed by MRE11 exonuclease and EXO1/BLM bidirectional resection; both nuclease activities regulate repair pathway choice. Structure-based chemical library design; specific nuclease inhibitors; RPA chromatin binding; NHEJ vs. HR repair outcome assays in irradiated G2 cells Molecular cell High 24316220
2013 MRN-dependent DNA end resection and HR repair can occur independently of H2AX-mediated signaling; the MRN complex promotes DNA end resection and generation of ssDNA critical for HR, and these functions are separable from H2AX-dependent recruitment of 53BP1 and BRCA1. H2AX-deficient cell lines; HR reporter assays; RPA/ssDNA generation assays; epistasis The Journal of biological chemistry Medium 19910469
2013 Single-molecule FRET reveals that MRN unwinds 15–20 base pairs at the end of a duplex in an ATP-dependent manner; a Rad50 catalytic domain mutant deficient in this ATP-dependent opening is impaired in DNA end resection in vitro and in resection-dependent repair in human cells. Single-molecule FRET; Rad50 mutagenesis; in vitro resection assay; human cell repair assays Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America High 24191051
2015 Cryo-EM/crystal structure of Methanococcus jannaschii Mre11/Rad50 with ATPγS and DNA reveals that duplex DNA runs symmetrically across the central groove between two ATPγS-bound Rad50 domains; duplex DNA cannot access the Mre11 active site in the ATP-free full-length MR complex; ATP hydrolysis drives rotation of the nucleotide-binding domain and induces DNA melting to allow substrate access to Mre11. Crystal structure with ATPγS and DNA; in vitro ATPase and nuclease assays; structural comparison of ATP-free vs. ATP-bound states The EMBO journal High 26717941
2015 Mre11-Sae2 and RPA prevent palindromic gene amplification by processing hairpin-capped DNA ends; loss of Sae2 or the Mre11 nuclease combined with RPA dysfunction increases palindromic duplications ~1,000-fold, indicating that RPA prevents intra-strand annealing and Mre11-Sae2 processes hairpin-capped chromosomes to prevent palindromic duplication. S. cerevisiae genetics; physical assays for palindromic duplication frequency; epistasis; Mre11 nuclease mutants Molecular cell High 26545079
2016 Cyclin A2 controls Mre11 protein abundance through a C-terminal RNA-binding domain that directly binds Mre11 mRNAs to mediate polysome loading and translation; loss of cyclin A2's ability to upregulate Mre11 in S phase leads to impaired resolution of stalled replication forks and DSB repair. RNA binding assays; polysome profiling; Mre11 protein quantification in cyclin A2 mutant mice; replication fork analysis; DSB repair assays Science High 27708105
2017 GRB2 forms a biophysically validated complex with MRE11; the GRB2-SH2 domain targets the GRB2-MRE11 complex to phosphorylated H2AX at DSBs; GRB2 K109 ubiquitination by RBBP6 releases MRE11 to promote HDR; loss of GRB2 increases MRE11-XRCC1 complex formation and alternative end joining (Alt-EJ). Co-immunoprecipitation; biophysical binding assays; ubiquitination assay; HR/Alt-EJ reporter assays; RBBP6 depletion; GRB2 knockout Science advances High 34348893
2017 Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) phosphorylates Mre11 at serine 649, which primes subsequent CK2-mediated phosphorylation at serine 688; phosphorylation at S649/S688 inhibits loading of the MRN complex to damaged DNA, leading to premature DNA damage checkpoint termination and inhibition of DNA repair. In vitro kinase assays; phospho-specific antibodies; chromatin loading assays; DNA repair and checkpoint assays; Plk1 and CK2 inhibitors Cancer research Medium 28512243
2017 The Mre11-Nbs1 interaction is essential for viability; a 108-amino-acid Nbs1 fragment comprising the Mre11 interface is sufficient to rescue viability and ATM activation in cultured cells and support hematopoietic differentiation in vivo; most of the Nbs1 protein is dispensable for essential Mre11 complex functions. TALEN-based genome editing to derive Nbs1mid mice; cell viability and ATM activation assays; in vivo hematopoietic differentiation Cell reports High 28076792
2017 Single-molecule microscopy shows MRN searches for DNA ends by one-dimensional facilitated diffusion on nucleosome-coated DNA; Rad50 binds homoduplex DNA and promotes diffusion, while Mre11 is required for DNA end recognition and nuclease activities; MRN removes Ku or DNA adducts from occluded ends via an Mre11-dependent nucleolytic reaction; MRN loads Exo1 onto free DNA ends and acts as a processivity factor for Exo1 during long-range resection with RPA. High-throughput single-molecule microscopy; nucleosome-coated DNA substrates; Mre11 and Rad50 domain-specific mutants; resection assays with RPA and Exo1 Molecular cell High 28867292
2017 MRE11 stability is regulated by CK2-dependent phosphorylation at serines 558/561 and 688/689 of MRE11, which enables binding to the PIH1D1 subunit of the R2TP cochaperone complex; depletion of PIH1D1 causes MRE11 destabilization and impairs MRE11-dependent DNA repair. Co-immunoprecipitation; CK2 phosphorylation mapping; phospho-mutant stability assays; PIH1D1 depletion; DNA repair assays Oncogene Medium 28436950
2018 DYNLL1 directly binds MRE11 in vitro and limits MRE11-dependent DNA end resection in BRCA1-mutant cells; loss of DYNLL1 restores homologous recombination in BRCA1-mutant cells and confers platinum/PARPi resistance. CRISPR loss-of-function screen; direct in vitro binding assay (DYNLL1–MRE11); end resection assays; HR reporter; drug sensitivity assays Nature High 30464262
2018 GFI1 interacts with PRMT1 and its substrates MRE11 and 53BP1; GFI1 enables PRMT1 to bind and methylate MRE11, which is necessary for MRE11 function in the DNA damage response. Co-immunoprecipitation; in vitro methylation assays; GFI1 deletion/complementation; DNA damage response assays Nature communications Medium 29651020
2019 MRE11 is UFMylated at K282 by a UFM1 E3 ligase; UFMylation is required for MRN complex formation under unperturbed conditions and for DSB-induced optimal ATM activation and HR-mediated repair; a pathogenic cancer mutation MRE11(G285C) phenocopies the UFMylation-defective K282R mutant. UFMylation site mapping; K282R and G285C mutant expression; Co-IP for MRN complex formation; ATM activation assays; HR reporter assay Nucleic acids research Medium 30783677
2019 Cryo-EM structures of E. coli Mre11-Rad50 homolog SbcCD in resting and DNA-bound cutting states reveal: in the resting state, Mre11 nuclease is blocked by ATP-bound Rad50; upon DNA binding, the two Rad50 coiled coils zip into a rod and together with nucleotide-binding domains clamp around dsDNA; Mre11 moves to the side of Rad50, binds the DNA end, and assembles a DNA cutting channel for nuclease reactions. Cryo-EM structure determination; biochemical DNA cleavage assays; domain mutagenesis Molecular cell High 31492634
2019 MRN complex suppresses R-loops and associated DNA damage at transcription-replication conflicts through a non-nucleolytic function of MRE11 that is important for R-loop suppression by the Fanconi Anemia pathway. Genome-wide trigenic interaction screen in yeast; R-loop detection; genetic epistasis with FA pathway mutants; nuclease-dead Mre11 mutants Nature communications Medium 31537797
2021 MRE11A deficiency disrupts mitochondrial oxygen consumption and ATP generation in T cells; MRE11A loss causes leakage of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) into the cytosol, triggering inflammasome assembly, caspase-1 activation, and pyroptotic cell death; MRE11A overexpression restores mitochondrial fitness and prevents tissue inflammation. MRE11A knockdown/overexpression; mitochondrial respiration assays; mtDNA cytosolic leakage detection; inflammasome/caspase-1 activation assays; in vivo mouse model Cell metabolism High 31327667
2022 Cryo-EM structure of the eukaryotic Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 (MRN) complex reveals a 2:2:1 stoichiometry with a single Nbs1 wrapping around the autoinhibited Mre11 nuclease dimer; MRN has two DNA-binding modes (ATP-dependent for loading onto DNA ends and ATP-independent via Mre11 C-terminus); two 60-nm coiled-coil domains form a linear rod joined at zinc-hook apices; two MRN complexes can dimerize via apices to form 120-nm structures. Cryo-EM structure determination; biochemical DNA binding assays; structural analysis of coiled-coil domain organization Molecular cell High 36577401
2022 Cryo-EM structures of SbcCD (bacterial Mre11-Rad50 homolog) bound to a protein-blocked DNA end and a DNA hairpin reveal that Mre11-Rad50 bends internal DNA for endonucleolytic cleavage; the complex is loaded onto blocked DNA ends with Mre11 pointing away from the block, explaining the distinct biochemistries of 3′→5′ exonucleolytic vs. endonucleolytic incision. Cryo-EM structure determination of two substrate-bound states; biochemical nuclease assays Molecular cell High 35987200
2022 RNF126 E3 ubiquitin ligase ubiquitinates MRE11 at K339 and K480, increasing its DNA exonuclease activity, subsequent RPA binding, and ATR phosphorylation; RNF126 depletion leads to genomic instability and radiation sensitivity; RNF126 expression is induced by IR via HER2-AKT-NF-κB signaling. Co-immunoprecipitation; ubiquitination mapping; in vitro exonuclease activity assays; RPA binding; ATR/CHK1 activation assays; RNF126 depletion in cells and mice Advanced science Medium 36563124
2022 PIAS1 promotes MRE11 SUMOylation on chromatin to initiate DNA end resection; SENP3 deSUMOylates MRE11 mainly after it moves away from DSB sites; SENP3 deficiency causes MRE11 accumulation on chromatin and genome instability; SUMOylation protects MRE11 from ubiquitin-mediated degradation at DSB sites. SUMOylation mapping; PIAS1/SENP3 knockdown; ChIP; ubiquitination assays; DNA end resection assays; cancer mutant analysis Nature communications Medium 36050397
2022 S. cerevisiae Mre11-Rad50 (with or without Xrs2) forms higher-order oligomeric assemblies in solution and on DNA; Rad50 mediates oligomerization; mutations in a conserved Rad50 β-sheet alter oligomerization; MRX oligomerization facilitates foci formation, DNA damage signaling, and repair in vivo; oligomerization drives endonucleolytic cleavage at multiple 5′-strand sites near DSBs without affecting exonuclease activity. Electron microscopy; biochemical oligomerization assays; Rad50 β-sheet mutagenesis; in vivo foci formation; DNA damage signaling and repair assays; in vitro endonuclease assays Nature communications High 35501303
2022 METTL16 interacts with MRE11 through RNA and inhibits MRE11's exonuclease activity in a methyltransferase-independent manner, repressing DNA end resection; upon DNA damage, ATM phosphorylates METTL16 causing conformational change and autoinhibition of its RNA binding, which dissociates the METTL16-RNA-MRE11 complex and releases MRE11. Co-immunoprecipitation; in vitro exonuclease assays; ATM phosphorylation assays; METTL16 conformational analysis; HR assays Nature cancer Medium 36138131
2022 PARP14 is a critical co-factor for MRE11 at stalled replication forks in BRCA-deficient cells; PARP14 catalytic activity mediates MRE11 engagement at nascent DNA; KU complex binds reversed forks and protects against EXO1-mediated degradation; KU recruits the PARP14-MRE11 complex, which initiates partial resection to release KU and allow long-range EXO1 resection. iPOND; chromatin fractionation; PARP14 depletion/inhibition; fork degradation assays (DNA fiber); KU depletion; sequential resection analysis Nature communications High 36030235
2022 POLθ processes stalled Okazaki fragments to suppress ssDNA gaps on lagging strands in the absence of RAD51; inhibition of POLθ allows these fork gaps to be cleaved by the MRE11-NBS1-CtIP endonuclease, producing broken forks with asymmetric single-ended DSBs that impair BRCA2-defective cell survival. Xenopus laevis biochemistry; electron microscopy visualization of Okazaki fragments; POLθ inhibition; MRE11-NBS1-CtIP depletion; fork structure analysis Molecular cell High 36400008
2023 MRE11 is lactylated at K673 by the CBP acetyltransferase in response to DNA damage; lactylation is dependent on ATM phosphorylation of CBP; MRE11 lactylation promotes its binding to DNA, facilitating DNA end resection and homologous recombination; inhibition of CBP or LDH reduces MRE11 lactylation, impairing HR. Site-specific lactylation mapping; CBP acetyltransferase assays; ATM phosphorylation assays; DNA binding assays; HR reporter; cell-penetrating peptide blocking; patient-derived xenograft and organoid models Cell High 38128537
2023 DYNLL1 is recruited to DSBs by 53BP1 where it limits end resection by binding and disrupting the MRE11 dimer; the Shieldin complex is recruited to DSBs hours after DYNLL1 and its localization depends on MRE11 activity and is regulated by DYNLL1-MRE11 interaction; constitutive DYNLL1-MRE11 association resensitizes Shieldin-loss BRCA1-deficient cells to PARPi. Co-immunoprecipitation; MRE11 dimer disruption assay; DSB recruitment kinetics; Shieldin localization; PARPi sensitivity assays Nature structural & molecular biology High 37696958
2023 ssDNA gaps at stalled replication forks are extended bidirectionally by MRE11 in the 3′→5′ direction and by EXO1 in the 5′→3′ direction; subsequently the parental strand at the ssDNA gap is cleaved by the MRE11 endonuclease to generate a DSB; this process is suppressed by the BRCA pathway. DNA fiber assays; MRE11 and EXO1 inhibition/depletion; ssDNA gap and DSB detection; BRCA pathway genetic interaction analysis Nature communications Medium 37805499
2024 The MRE11-RAD50-NBN complex binding to nucleosome fragments is necessary to displace cGAS from acidic-patch-mediated sequestration, enabling cGAS mobilization and activation by dsDNA; MRE11 is therefore essential for cGAS activation in response to oncogenic stress, cytosolic dsDNA, and ionizing radiation; MRE11-dependent cGAS activation promotes ZBP1-RIPK3-MLKL-mediated necroptosis to suppress breast tumorigenesis. Nucleosome binding assays; cGAS displacement assays; MRE11 depletion/knockout; cGAS activation readouts; necroptosis assays; mouse mammary tumor models Nature High 38200309
2024 UFL1 UFMylates PTIP at K148 upon replication stress; this facilitates PTIP-MLL3/4 complex assembly, H3K4me1/me3 enrichment at stalled forks, and subsequent MRE11 nuclease recruitment to degrade nascent DNA strands; loss of UFL1 or disruption of PTIP UFMylation protects stalled forks from MRE11-mediated degradation and confers PARPi resistance in BRCA1/2-deficient cells. UFMylation mapping; Co-immunoprecipitation; ChIP for histone marks; DNA fiber assays; MRE11 recruitment assays; UFSP2 overexpression; PARPi sensitivity assays Nature chemical biology Medium 38649452
2003 The Mre11 complex is deposited on chromatin in an S phase-specific manner that is resistant to detergent extraction; it co-localizes extensively with PCNA throughout S phase; chromatin loading is enhanced by replication fork stalling; the complex localizes to ssDNA in hydroxyurea-treated cells; neither DNA damage nor γ-H2AX is required for Mre11 complex chromatin loading in S phase. Cell synchronization; chromatin fractionation with detergent extraction; co-immunofluorescence with PCNA; hydroxyurea treatment; γ-H2AX immunostaining Molecular cancer research : MCR Medium 12556560
2004 RPA and the MRN complex co-localize to discrete foci and physically interact (co-immunoprecipitate) in response to HU- or UV-induced replication fork blockage; both RPA and Mre11 are phosphorylated and accumulate in chromatin-bound fractions upon replication stress; phosphatase treatment abrogates the RPA-MRN co-immunoprecipitation, suggesting phosphorylation mediates the interaction. Co-immunoprecipitation; chromatin fractionation; immunofluorescence; phosphatase treatment; HU/UV treatment The Journal of biological chemistry Medium 15180989

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Year Title Journal Citations PMID
2002 The Mre11 complex: at the crossroads of dna repair and checkpoint signalling. Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology 695 11988766
2011 The MRE11 complex: starting from the ends. Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology 592 21252998
2000 Cell-cycle-regulated association of RAD50/MRE11/NBS1 with TRF2 and human telomeres. Nature genetics 491 10888888
2013 DNA double-strand break repair pathway choice is directed by distinct MRE11 nuclease activities. Molecular cell 467 24316220
1999 Nbs1 potentiates ATP-driven DNA unwinding and endonuclease cleavage by the Mre11/Rad50 complex. Genes & development 434 10346816
2008 Mre11 dimers coordinate DNA end bridging and nuclease processing in double-strand-break repair. Cell 406 18854158
2010 DNA end resection by Dna2-Sgs1-RPA and its stimulation by Top3-Rmi1 and Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2. Nature 383 20811461
2023 Metabolic regulation of homologous recombination repair by MRE11 lactylation. Cell 382 38128537
2011 Bidirectional resection of DNA double-strand breaks by Mre11 and Exo1. Nature 364 22002605
2001 A DNA damage response pathway controlled by Tel1 and the Mre11 complex. Molecular cell 336 11430828
2018 The MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 Complex Conducts the Orchestration of Damage Signaling and Outcomes to Stress in DNA Replication and Repair. Annual review of biochemistry 318 29709199
2007 ATM and the Mre11 complex combine to recognize and signal DNA double-strand breaks. Oncogene 238 18066087
2004 The Mre11 complex and the metabolism of chromosome breaks: the importance of communicating and holding things together. DNA repair 215 15279769
2001 Mre11 protein complex prevents double-strand break accumulation during chromosomal DNA replication. Molecular cell 208 11511367
2019 MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex alterations and DNA damage response: implications for cancer treatment. Molecular cancer 205 31767017
2004 Ataxia-telangiectasia-like disorder (ATLD)-its clinical presentation and molecular basis. DNA repair 195 15279810
2010 Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2 and Sae2 promote 5' strand resection of DNA double-strand breaks. Nature structural & molecular biology 190 21102445
2018 DYNLL1 binds to MRE11 to limit DNA end resection in BRCA1-deficient cells. Nature 188 30464262
2000 The Mre11 complex and ATM: collaborating to navigate S phase. Current opinion in cell biology 181 10801460
2003 DNA replication-dependent nuclear dynamics of the Mre11 complex. Molecular cancer research : MCR 161 12556560
2019 The DNA Repair Nuclease MRE11A Functions as a Mitochondrial Protector and Prevents T Cell Pyroptosis and Tissue Inflammation. Cell metabolism 158 31327667
2017 Single-Molecule Imaging Reveals How Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 Initiates DNA Break Repair. Molecular cell 152 28867292
2019 MRE11 UFMylation promotes ATM activation. Nucleic acids research 138 30783677
2004 Replication protein A and the Mre11.Rad50.Nbs1 complex co-localize and interact at sites of stalled replication forks. The Journal of biological chemistry 125 15180989
2018 20 Years of Mre11 Biology: No End in Sight. Molecular cell 123 30057197
2002 Tethering on the brink: the evolutionarily conserved Mre11-Rad50 complex. Trends in biochemical sciences 113 12151226
2024 MRE11 liberates cGAS from nucleosome sequestration during tumorigenesis. Nature 111 38200309
2016 Deficient Activity of the Nuclease MRE11A Induces T Cell Aging and Promotes Arthritogenic Effector Functions in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Immunity 109 27742546
2004 MRE11/RAD50/NBS1: complex activities. Chromosoma 109 15309560
2019 Mechanism of DNA End Sensing and Processing by the Mre11-Rad50 Complex. Molecular cell 107 31492634
2007 The multiple roles of the Mre11 complex for meiotic recombination. Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology 101 17674145
2015 ATP-dependent DNA binding, unwinding, and resection by the Mre11/Rad50 complex. The EMBO journal 100 26717941
2004 Linkage between Werner syndrome protein and the Mre11 complex via Nbs1. The Journal of biological chemistry 98 15026416
2015 Envisioning the dynamics and flexibility of Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 complex to decipher its roles in DNA replication and repair. Progress in biophysics and molecular biology 89 25576492
2011 The MRE11 GAR motif regulates DNA double-strand break processing and ATR activation. Cell research 89 21826105
2007 Rad50 adenylate kinase activity regulates DNA tethering by Mre11/Rad50 complexes. Molecular cell 87 17349953
2004 Mre11 assembles linear DNA fragments into DNA damage signaling complexes. PLoS biology 87 15138496
2009 MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex dictates DNA repair independent of H2AX. The Journal of biological chemistry 84 19910469
2020 The MRE11 complex: A versatile toolkit for the repair of broken DNA. DNA repair 82 32480356
2009 Differential DNA damage signaling accounts for distinct neural apoptotic responses in ATLD and NBS. Genes & development 81 19171781
2014 Rare key functional domain missense substitutions in MRE11A, RAD50, and NBN contribute to breast cancer susceptibility: results from a Breast Cancer Family Registry case-control mutation-screening study. Breast cancer research : BCR 80 24894818
2002 DNA cross-link-dependent RAD50/MRE11/NBS1 subnuclear assembly requires the Fanconi anemia C protein. Human molecular genetics 80 12354779
2022 POLθ prevents MRE11-NBS1-CtIP-dependent fork breakage in the absence of BRCA2/RAD51 by filling lagging-strand gaps. Molecular cell 76 36400008
2019 MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 promotes Fanconi Anemia R-loop suppression at transcription-replication conflicts. Nature communications 75 31537797
2018 Role of the Mre11 Complex in Preserving Genome Integrity. Genes 70 30501098
2012 Role of MRE11 in cell proliferation, tumor invasion, and DNA repair in breast cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 69 22914783
2011 Brca2, Rad51 and Mre11: performing balancing acts on replication forks. DNA repair 69 21900052
2007 The Mre11 complex influences DNA repair, synapsis, and crossing over in murine meiosis. Current biology : CB 68 17291760
2016 Xrs2 Dependent and Independent Functions of the Mre11-Rad50 Complex. Molecular cell 66 27746018
2010 ATM regulates Mre11-dependent DNA end-degradation and microhomology-mediated end joining. Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) 66 20647759
2016 Cyclin A2 is an RNA binding protein that controls Mre11 mRNA translation. Science (New York, N.Y.) 65 27708105
2005 MRE11/RAD50 cleaves DNA in the AID/UNG-dependent pathway of immunoglobulin gene diversification. Molecular cell 64 16285919
2022 RNF126-Mediated MRE11 Ubiquitination Activates the DNA Damage Response and Confers Resistance of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer to Radiotherapy. Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 63 36563124
2004 Independent roles for nibrin and Mre11-Rad50 in the activation and function of Atm. The Journal of biological chemistry 63 15234984
2022 METTL16 antagonizes MRE11-mediated DNA end resection and confers synthetic lethality to PARP inhibition in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Nature cancer 59 36138131
1995 Functions of the yeast meiotic recombination genes, MRE11 and MRE2. Advances in biophysics 58 7625279
2013 Visualization of local DNA unwinding by Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 using single-molecule FRET. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 56 24191051
2009 The mre11 complex and the response to dysfunctional telomeres. Molecular and cellular biology 55 19667076
2017 Plk1 Phosphorylation of Mre11 Antagonizes the DNA Damage Response. Cancer research 54 28512243
2018 GFI1 facilitates efficient DNA repair by regulating PRMT1 dependent methylation of MRE11 and 53BP1. Nature communications 52 29651020
2015 Mre11-Sae2 and RPA Collaborate to Prevent Palindromic Gene Amplification. Molecular cell 52 26545079
2008 Dancing on damaged chromatin: functions of ATM and the RAD50/MRE11/NBS1 complex in cellular responses to DNA damage. Journal of radiation research 51 18772547
2005 The MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex accelerates somatic hypermutation and gene conversion of immunoglobulin variable regions. Nature immunology 51 15937485
2002 DNA end-binding specificity of human Rad50/Mre11 is influenced by ATP. Nucleic acids research 51 12384589
2022 Cryo-EM structure of the Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 complex reveals the molecular mechanism of scaffolding functions. Molecular cell 50 36577401
2011 Two unrelated patients with MRE11A mutations and Nijmegen breakage syndrome-like severe microcephaly. DNA repair 49 21227757
2004 Structural and functional analysis of Mre11-3. Nucleic acids research 48 15047855
2002 SV40 large T-antigen disturbs the formation of nuclear DNA-repair foci containing MRE11. Oncogene 47 12118365
2018 MRE11 inhibition highlights a replication stress-dependent vulnerability of MYCN-driven tumors. Cell death & disease 46 30166519
2008 Functional interactions between Sae2 and the Mre11 complex. Genetics 46 18245357
2017 AKT overactivation can suppress DNA repair via p70S6 kinase-dependent downregulation of MRE11. Oncogene 45 28967905
2021 Poly-ADP-ribosylation drives loss of protein homeostasis in ATM and Mre11 deficiency. Molecular cell 43 33571423
2017 MRE11 stability is regulated by CK2-dependent interaction with R2TP complex. Oncogene 42 28436950
2013 Disease-associated MRE11 mutants impact ATM/ATR DNA damage signaling by distinct mechanisms. Human molecular genetics 42 23912341
2022 The KU-PARP14 axis differentially regulates DNA resection at stalled replication forks by MRE11 and EXO1. Nature communications 41 36030235
2017 The Mre11-Nbs1 Interface Is Essential for Viability and Tumor Suppression. Cell reports 41 28076792
2023 Multi-step processing of replication stress-derived nascent strand DNA gaps by MRE11 and EXO1 nucleases. Nature communications 40 37805499
2007 The cellular Mre11 protein interferes with adenovirus E4 mutant DNA replication. Virology 40 17477953
2002 The plant Rad50-Mre11 protein complex. FEBS letters 39 11959125
2014 Next-generation sequencing identifies germline MRE11A variants as markers of radiotherapy outcomes in muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology 37 24623370
2022 Mre11-Rad50 oligomerization promotes DNA double-strand break repair. Nature communications 36 35501303
2019 Perturbing cohesin dynamics drives MRE11 nuclease-dependent replication fork slowing. Nucleic acids research 36 29917110
2022 Crosstalk between SUMOylation and ubiquitylation controls DNA end resection by maintaining MRE11 homeostasis on chromatin. Nature communications 35 36050397
2011 MRE11 and RAD50, but not NBS1, are essential for gene targeting in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Nucleic acids research 35 22210882
2021 GRB2 enforces homology-directed repair initiation by MRE11. Science advances 34 34348893
2006 Purification and biochemical characterization of ataxia-telangiectasia mutated and Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1. Methods in enzymology 34 16793391
2022 Structural mechanism of endonucleolytic processing of blocked DNA ends and hairpins by Mre11-Rad50. Molecular cell 33 35987200
2021 p97/VCP inhibition causes excessive MRE11-dependent DNA end resection promoting cell killing after ionizing radiation. Cell reports 33 34038735
2012 Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated and the Mre11-Rad50-NBS1 complex: promising targets for radiosensitization. Acta medica Okayama 31 22525466
2021 MRE11 as a molecular signature and therapeutic target for cancer treatment with radiotherapy. Cancer letters 30 34022282
2020 A Survey of Reported Disease-Related Mutations in the MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 Complex. Cells 30 32668560
2020 CDC7 kinase promotes MRE11 fork processing, modulating fork speed and chromosomal breakage. EMBO reports 28 32496651
2024 UFL1 triggers replication fork degradation by MRE11 in BRCA1/2-deficient cells. Nature chemical biology 27 38649452
2013 Sequencing of candidate chromosome instability genes in endometrial cancers reveals somatic mutations in ESCO1, CHTF18, and MRE11A. PloS one 27 23755103
2023 Dynamics of the DYNLL1-MRE11 complex regulate DNA end resection and recruitment of Shieldin to DSBs. Nature structural & molecular biology 26 37696958
2019 Elevated MRE11 expression associated with progression and poor outcome in prostate cancer. Journal of Cancer 26 31413753
2021 MRE11 promotes oral cancer progression through RUNX2/CXCR4/AKT/FOXA2 signaling in a nuclease-independent manner. Oncogene 25 33927349
2015 Mre11 and Blm-Dependent Formation of ALT-Like Telomeres in Ku-Deficient Ustilago maydis. PLoS genetics 24 26492073
2006 Rad50S alleles of the Mre11 complex: questions answered and questions raised. Experimental cell research 24 16857186
2023 Mre11-Rad50: the DNA end game. Biochemical Society transactions 23 36892213

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