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The genetically tractable Saccharomyces cerevisiae model proved effective in defining the critical function of Top1 to prevent recombination and chromosomal rearrangement at G4-forming genomic loci and studying the human cancer-associated Top1 mutants through the expression of analogous yeast mutants. We previously showed that cleavage-defective Top1 mutants strongly elevate the rate of recombination at G4 DNA, which involves binding to G4 DNA and interaction with the protein nucleolin (Nsr1 in yeast). Here, we further explored the mechanism of genome instability induced by the yeast Top1Y740* mutant, analogous to the human Top1W765Stop mutant conferring resistance to CPT. We show that yTop1Y740* elevates duplications as well as recombination specifically at G4-forming sequences. Interestingly, SUMOylation of yTop1Y740*, which does not affect the G4 DNA-binding or Nsr1-interaction by this mutant, is necessary for such elevated G4-specific genome instability. Many tumors with mutations at the C-terminal residues of Top1, particularly W765, have significantly high G4-associated mutations, underscoring the importance of further investigation into how SUMOylation affects the function of these Top1 mutants at G4 DNA.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms26189017","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,17]],"date-time":"2025-09-17T05:59:51Z","timestamp":1758088791000},"page":"9017","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Mutations and Recombination at G4 DNA-Forming Sequences Exacerbated by CPT-Resistant Mutant Topoisomerase 1 Is Dependent on SUMOylation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Shivani","family":"Singh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xinji","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin, 1400 Barbara Jordan Blvd, Austin, TX 78723, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nayun","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA"},{"name":"Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin, 1400 Barbara Jordan Blvd, Austin, TX 78723, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"421","DOI":"10.1016\/j.chembiol.2010.04.012","article-title":"DNA topoisomerases and their poisoning by anticancer and antibacterial drugs","volume":"17","author":"Pommier","year":"2010","journal-title":"Chem. 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