Figure 6.
Disabling the DNA damage response does not suppress the formation of altered telomeres. (A) DNAs from the indicated strains (FB1 (WT), UCS33 (uku70nar1), UCS35 (uku70nar1 chk1Δ), UCS40 (uku70nar1 atr1Δ), UCS30 (uku80nar1), UCS39 (uku80nar1 chk1Δ), UCS44 (uku80nar1 atr1Δ), UMP122 (chk1Δ) and UCS1 (atr1Δ)) grown in restrictive (−, YPD) or permissive (+, MMD) conditions for 18 h were isolated, digested with PstI and hybridized with a radioactively labeled telomere-specific probe. (B) DNAs from the indicated strains (FB1 (WT), UCS33 (uku70nar1), UMP218 (uku70nar1 mre11Δ), UMP235 (uku70nar1 mre11Δ/mre11) and UMP236 (uku70nar1 mre11Δ/mre11H228N) grown in restrictive (−, YPD) or permissive (+, MMD) conditions for 18 h were isolated, digested with PstI and hybridized with a radioactively labeled telomere-specific probe. (C) In vivo phosphorylation of Chk1. UMP124 (wt), UMP231 (uku70nar1), UMP228 (uku70nar1 mre11Δ), UMP237 (uku70nar1 mre11Δ/mre11) and UMP238 cells carrying an endogenous Chk1-3MYC allele were incubated in YPD (restrictive conditions) for 8 h. Protein extracts were immunoprecipitated with a commercial anti-MYC antibody and the immunoprecipitates were subjected to SDS-PAGE and immunoblotted with the anti-MYC antibody. (D) Serial 10-fold dilutions of FB1 (WT), UCS33 (uku70nar1), UMP218 (uku70nar1 mre11Δ), UMP235 (uku70nar1 mre11Δ/mre11) and UMP236 (uku70nar1 mre11Δ/mre11H228N) cultures were applied to solid rich medium (YPD) and minimal medium with nitrate (MMD). YPD plates were incubated for 2 days and the nitrate plates for 3 days at 28°C.