USP11 acts as a histone deubiquitinase functioning in chromatin reorganization during DNA repair

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Abstract
How chromatin dynamics is regulated to ensure efficient DNA repair remains to be understood. Here, we report that the ubiquitin-specific protease USP11 acts as a histone deubiquitinase to catalyze H2AK119 and H2BK120 deubiquitination. We showed that USP11 is physically associated with the chromatin remodeling NuRD complex and functionally involved in DNA repair process. We demonstrated that USP11-mediated histone deubiquitination and NuRD-associated histone deacetylation coordinate to allow timely termination of DNA repair and reorganization of the chromatin structure. As such, USP11 is involved in chromatin condensation, genomic stability, and cell survival. Together, these observations indicate that USP11 is a chromatin modifier critically involved in DNA damage response and the maintenance of genomic stability.
Funding Information
  • Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2016YFC1302304)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (81422034, 31571340, 81874158, 81530073, 81730079, 91219201)
  • Peking University Medicine Seed Fund for Interdisciplinary Research

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