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1: Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2008 Jun;15(6):598-604. Epub 2008 May 18.
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Telomerase recruitment by the telomere end binding protein-beta facilitates G-quadruplex DNA unfolding in ciliates.

Paeschke K, Juranek S, Simonsson T, Hempel A, Rhodes D, Lipps HJ.

Institute of Cell Biology, University Witten/Herdecke, Stockumer Strasse 10, 58453 Witten, Germany.

The telomeric G-overhangs of the ciliate Stylonychia lemnae fold into a G-quadruplex DNA structure in vivo. Telomeric G-quadruplex formation requires the presence of two telomere end binding proteins, TEBPalpha and TEBPbeta, and is regulated in a cell-cycle dependent manner. Unfolding of this structure in S phase is dependent on the phosphorylation of TEBPbeta. Here we show that TEBPbeta phosphorylation is necessary but not sufficient for a G-quadruplex unfolding rate compatible with telomere synthesis. The telomerase seems to be actively involved in telomeric G-quadruplex DNA structure unfolding in vivo. Significantly, the telomerase is recruited to telomeres by phosphorylated TEBPbeta, and hence telomerase recruitment is cell-cycle regulated through phosphorylation. These observations allow us to propose a model for the regulation of G-quadruplex unfolding and telomere synthesis during the cell cycle.

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PMID: 18488043 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]