Publications

Hundley, FV and Toczyski, DP.  Chemical-genetic CRISPR-Cas9 screens in human cells using a pathway-specific library.  STAR Protocols. 2021 September; 2, 100685. 

Hundley, FV, Sanvisens Delgado, N, Marin, HC, Carr, KL, Tian, R, and Toczyski, DP.  A comprehensive phenotypic CRISPR-Cas9 screen of the ubiquitin pathway uncovers roles of ubiquitin ligases in mitosis.  Mol Cell. 2021 March.

Biggins, S, Hartwell, L, and Toczyski, DP. Fifty years of cycling. MBoC. 2020 December.

Alme, EB and Toczyski, DP.  Redundant targeting of Isr1 by two CDKs in mitotic cells.  Current Genetics.  2020 October.  

Alme EB, Stevenson E, Krogan NJ, Swaney DL, Toczyski DP.  The kinase Isr1 negatively regulates hexosamine biosynthesis in S. cerevisiaePLoS Genetics.  2020 June; 16(6): e1008840.

Sanvisens Delgado N and Toczyski DP.  Mck1 kinase is a new player in the DNA damage checkpoint pathway.  PLoS Genetics.  2019 Oct; 15(10): e1008372.

van Emden TS, Forn M, Forne I, Sarkadi Z, Capella M, Caballero LM, Fischer-Burkart S, Bronner C, Simonetta M, Toczyski DP, Halic M, Imhof A, Braun S. Shelterin and subtelomeric DNA sequences control nucleosome maintenance and genome stability.  EMBO Reports. 2019; 20: e47181. 

Meza Gutierrez F, Simsek D, Toczyski DP. A genetic approach to study polyubiquitination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods in Enzymology: Ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation. 2019; 618: 49-72.

Meza Gutierrez F, Simsek D, Mizrak A, Deutschbauer A, Barberg H, Johnson J, Xu J, Shales M, Nguyen M, Tamse-Kuehn R, Palm K, Steinmetz L, Krogan NJ, Toczyski DP. Genetic analysis reveals functions of atypical polyubiquitin chains.  eLife. 2018 Dec; 7: e42955.

Lao JP, Ulrich KM, Johnson JR, Newton BW, Vashisht AA, Wohlschlegel JA, Krogan NJ, Toczyski DP. The yeast DNA damage checkpoint kinase Rad53 targets the exoribonuclease Xrn1G3. 2018 Nov; 8.

Romero AM, Martínez-Pastor M, Du G, Solé C, Carlos M, Vergara SV, Sanvisens N, Wohlschlegel JA, Toczyski DP, Posas F, de Nadal E, Martínez-Pastor MT, Thiele DJ, Puig S. Phosphorylation and proteasome recognition of the mRNA-binding protein Cth2 facilitates yeast adaptation to iron deficiency.  mBio.  2018 Sept/Oct; 9: e01694-18.

Mark KG, Loveless TB, Toczyski DP. Isolation of ubiquitinated substrates by tandem affinity purification of E3 ligase-polyubiquitin-binding domain fusions (ligase traps). Nature Protocols. 2016 Feb;11(2):291-301. 

Meza-Gutierrez F, Hundley FV, Toczyski DP. Parallel Parkin: Cdc20 Takes a New Partner. Mol Cell. 2015 Oct 1;60(1):3-4.

Mark KG, Meza-Gutierrez F, Johnson JR, Newton BW, Krogan NJ, Toczyski DP. Prb1 Protease Activity is Required for its Recognition by the F box Protein Saf1. Biochemistry. 2015 Jul 28;54(29):4423-6.

Loveless TB, Topacio BR, Vashisht AA, Gaalang S, Ulrich KM, Young BD, Wohlschlegel JA, Toczyski DP. DNA Damage Regulates Translation through β-TRCP Targeting of CReP. PLoS Genetics. 2015 Jun 19;11(6):e1005292.

Edenberg ER, Mark KG, Toczyski DP. Ndd1 Turnover by SCFGrr1 Is Inhibited by the DNA Damage Checkpoint in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS Genetics. 2015 Apr 20;11(4):e1005162.

Downey M, Johnson JR, Davey NE, Newton BW, Johnson TL, Galaang S, Seller CA, Krogan N, and Toczyski DP. Acetylome profiling reveals overlap in the regulation of diverse processes by sirtuins, Gcn5 and Esa1. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 2015 Jan; 14(1):162-76. 

Edenberg ER, Downey M, Toczyski DP. Polymerase Stalling during Replication, Transcription and TranslationCurr Biol. 2014 May 19; 24(10): 445-452.

Edenberg ER, Vashisht AA, Topacio BR, Wohlschlegel JA, Toczyski DP. Hst3 is turned over by a replication stress-responsive SCFCdc4 phospho-degron. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Apr 22; 111(16):5962-7.

Mark KG, Simonetta M, Maiolica A, Seller CA, Toczyski DP. Ubiquitin Ligase Trapping Identifies an SCF(Saf1) Pathway Targeting Unprocessed Vacuolar/Lysosomal Proteins. Mol Cell. 2014 Jan 9; 53(1):148-61.

Edenberg ER, Vashisht A, Benanti JA, Wohlschlegel J, Toczyski DP. Rad53 downregulates mitotic gene transcription by inhibiting the transcriptional activator ndd1. Mol Cell Biol. 2014 Feb; 34(4):725-38.

Downey M, Knight B, Vashisht AA, Seller CA, Wohlschlegel JA, Shore D, Toczyski DP. Gcn5 and sirtuins regulate acetylation of the ribosomal protein transcription factor Ifh1. Curr Biol. 2013 Sep 9; 23(17):1638-48.

Landry BD, Doyle JP, Toczyski DP, Benanti JA. F-box protein specificity for g1 cyclins is dictated by subcellular localization. PLoS Genet. 2012; 8(7):e1002851.

Foe IT, Toczyski DP. Ubiquitin ligases: Taming the APC. Nat Chem Biol. 2012 Apr; 8(4):323-4.

Berens TJ, Toczyski DP. Keeping it together in times of stress: checkpoint function at stalled replication forks. Mol Cell. 2012 Mar 9; 45(5):585-6.

Berens TJ, Toczyski DP. Colocalization of Mec1 and Mrc1 is sufficient for Rad53 phosphorylation in vivo. Mol Biol Cell. 2012 Mar; 23(6):1058-67.

Foe IT, Foster SA, Cheung SK, DeLuca SZ, Morgan DO, Toczyski DP. Ubiquitination of Cdc20 by the APC occurs through an intramolecular mechanism. Curr Biol. 2011 Nov 22; 21(22):1870-7.

Foe I, Toczyski D. Structural biology: a new look for the APC. Nature. 2011 Feb 10; 470(7333):182-3.

Kapitzky L, Beltrao P, Berens TJ, Gassner N, Zhou C, Wüster A, Wu J, Babu MM, Elledge SJ, Toczyski D, Lokey RS, Krogan NJ. Cross-species chemogenomic profiling reveals evolutionarily conserved drug mode of action. Mol Syst Biol. 2010 Dec 21; 6:451.

Lopez-Mosqueda J, Vidanes GM, Toczyski DP. Cdc5 blocks in vivo Rad53 activity, but not in situ activity (ISA). Cell Cycle. 2010 Nov 1; 9(21):4266-8.

Lopez-Mosqueda J, Maas NL, Jonsson ZO, Defazio-Eli LG, Wohlschlegel J, Toczyski DP. Damage-induced phosphorylation of Sld3 is important to block late origin firing. Nature. 2010 Sep 23; 467(7314):479-83.

Downey M, Edenberg ER, Toczyski DP. Repair scaffolding reaches new heights at blocked replication forks. Mol Cell. 2010 Jul 30; 39(2):162-4.

Vidanes GM, Sweeney FD, Galicia S, Cheung S, Doyle JP, Durocher D, Toczyski DP. CDC5 inhibits the hyperphosphorylation of the checkpoint kinase Rad53, leading to checkpoint adaptation. PLoS Biol. 2010 Jan; 8(1):e1000286.

Benanti JA, Matyskiela ME, Morgan DO, Toczyski DP. Functionally distinct isoforms of Cik1 are differentially regulated by APC/C-mediated proteolysis. Mol Cell. 2009 Mar 13; 33(5):581-90.

Benanti JA, Toczyski DP. Cdc20, an activator at last. Mol Cell. 2008 Nov 21; 32(4):460-1.

Bonilla CY, Melo JA, Toczyski DP. Colocalization of sensors is sufficient to activate the DNA damage checkpoint in the absence of damage. Mol Cell. 2008 May 9; 30(3):267-76.

Benanti JA, Cheung SK, Brady MC, Toczyski DP. A proteomic screen reveals SCFGrr1 targets that regulate the glycolytic-gluconeogenic switch. Nat Cell Biol. 2007 Oct; 9(10):1184-91.

Vega LR, Phillips JA, Thornton BR, Benanti JA, Onigbanjo MT, Toczyski DP, Zakian VA. Sensitivity of yeast strains with long G-tails to levels of telomere-bound telomerase. PLoS Genet. 2007 Jun; 3(6):e105.

Collins SR, Miller KM, Maas NL, Roguev A, Fillingham J, Chu CS, Schuldiner M, Gebbia M, Recht J, Shales M, Ding H, Xu H, Han J, Ingvarsdottir K, Cheng B, Andrews B, Boone C, Berger SL, Hieter P, Zhang Z, Brown GW, Ingles CJ, Emili A, Allis CD, Toczyski DP, Weissman JS, Greenblatt JF, Krogan NJ. Functional dissection of protein complexes involved in yeast chromosome biology using a genetic interaction map. Nature. 2007 Apr 12; 446(7137):806-10.

Thornton BR, Toczyski DP. Precise destruction: an emerging picture of the APC. Genes Dev. 2006 Nov 15; 20(22):3069-78.

Miller KM, Maas NL, Toczyski DP. Taking it off: regulation of H3 K56 acetylation by Hst3 and Hst4. Cell Cycle. 2006 Nov; 5(22):2561-5.

Maas NL, Miller KM, DeFazio LG, Toczyski DP. Cell cycle and checkpoint regulation of histone H3 K56 acetylation by Hst3 and Hst4. Mol Cell. 2006 Jul 7; 23(1):109-19.

Thornton BR, Ng TM, Matyskiela ME, Carroll CW, Morgan DO, Toczyski DP. An architectural map of the anaphase-promoting complex. Genes Dev. 2006 Feb 15; 20(4):449-60.

Toczyski DP. Methods for studying adaptation to the DNA damage checkpoint in yeast. Methods Enzymol. 2006; 409:150-65.

Vidanes GM, Bonilla CY, Toczyski DP. Complicated tails: histone modifications and the DNA damage response. Cell. 2005 Jul 1; 121(7):973-6.

Garber PM, Vidanes GM, Toczyski DP. Damage in transition. Trends Biochem Sci. 2005 Feb; 30(2):63-6.

Kaye JA, Melo JA, Cheung SK, Vaze MB, Haber JE, Toczyski DP. DNA breaks promote genomic instability by impeding proper chromosome segregation. Curr Biol. 2004 Dec 14; 14(23):2096-106

Thornton BR, Chen KC, Cross FR, Tyson JJ, Toczyski DP. Cycling without the cyclosome: modeling a yeast strain lacking the APC. Cell Cycle. 2004 May; 3(5):629-33.

Thornton BR, Toczyski DP. Securin and B-cyclin/CDK are the only essential targets of the APC. Nat Cell Biol. 2003 Dec; 5(12):1090-4.

Melo J, Toczyski D. A unified view of the DNA-damage checkpoint. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2002 Apr; 14(2):237-45.

Melo JA, Cohen J, Toczyski DP. Two checkpoint complexes are independently recruited to sites of DNA damage in vivo. Genes Dev. 2001 Nov 1; 15(21):2809-21.

Galgoczy DJ, Toczyski DP. Checkpoint adaptation precedes spontaneous and damage-induced genomic instability in yeast. Mol Cell Biol. 2001 Mar; 21(5):1710-8.

Toczyski DP, Galgoczy DJ, Hartwell LH. CDC5 and CKII control adaptation to the yeast DNA damage checkpoint. Cell. 1997 Sep 19; 90(6):1097-106.

Paulovich AG, Toczyski DP, Hartwell LH. When checkpoints fail. Cell. 1997 Feb 7; 88(3):315-21.

Toczyski DP, Matera AG, Ward DC, Steitz JA. The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) small RNA EBER1 binds and relocalizes ribosomal protein L22 in EBV-infected human B lymphocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Apr 12; 91(8):3463-7.

Toczyski DP, Steitz JA. The cellular RNA-binding protein EAP recognizes a conserved stem-loop in the Epstein-Barr virus small RNA EBER 1. Mol Cell Biol. 1993 Jan; 13(1):703-10.

Toczyski DP, Steitz JA. EAP, a highly conserved cellular protein associated with Epstein-Barr virus small RNAs (EBERs). EMBO J. 1991 Feb; 10(2):459-66.