The fork protection complex (FPC), comprising the TIMELESS (TIM)-TIPIN heterodimer, acts as a scaffold of the replisome to support seamless DNA replication. We recently showed that SDE2, a PCNA-associated DNA replication stress regulator, maintains the integrity of the FPC, and together with TIM, protects stalled replication forks from nucleolytic degradation.
Keywords: BRCA1/BRCA2; DNA replication stress; Genome instability; SDE2; TIMELESS; fork protection complex.
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