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. 2018 Jun 22;8:9536. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27919-8

Figure 9.

Figure 9

Model for Ajuba’s function during unperturbed S phase and replication stress (induced by HU treatment). (Left) During unperturbed S phase, Ajuba nuclear localization increases, and Ajuba associates with the RPA heterotrimer in the nucleus through direct interaction with RPA70- OB fold A. This interaction inhibits local ATR activation at the replication site. (Right) During replication stress (induced by HU treatment), Ajuba dissociates from RPA and allows for the assembly of the ATR-inducing complex. Ajuba is shuttled out of the nucleus via its NES (nuclear export signal). ATR activation takes place at the specific site of damage, but not at other sites in the genome where Ajuba continues to exert its repressive activity.