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Anja Katrin Bielinsky

Anja Katrin Bielinsky

Byrd Family Endowed Professor and Chair, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Primary Location
1340 Jefferson Park Ave.
Pinn Hall Room 6240
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Primary Phone Number

Bio & Overview

DNA replication-coupled repair, genome integrity networks, DNA damage tolerance pathways.

Academic Information

Department
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Primary Education

  • Ph.D., Immunology, University of Düsseldorfnull

Research Interests

Genome instability syndromes in cancer and immune deficiencies

Research Disciplines

  • Biochemistry
  • Bioinformatics and Genomics
  • Cancer Biology
  • Development, Stem Cells & Regeneration
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology

Research Opportunities

  • Biochemistry
  • Bioinformatics & Genomics
  • Cancer Biology
  • Development, Stem Cells & Regeneration
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology

PhD Programs

  • Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Selected Publications

2024

Rivard, R. S., Chang, Y. -C., Ragland, R. L., Thu, Y. -M., Kassab, M., Mandal, R. S., . . . Brown, E. J. (2024). Improved detection of DNA replication fork-associated proteins. CELL REPORTS, 43(5). doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114178

Oram, M. K., Baxley, R. M., Simon, E. M., Lin, K., Chang, Y. -C., Wang, L., . . . Bielinsky, A. -K. (2024). RNF4 prevents genomic instability caused by chronic DNA under-replication. DNA REPAIR, 135. doi:10.1016/j.dnarep.2024.103646

Lin, K., Chang, Y. -C., Billmann, M., Ward, H. N., Le, K., Hassan, A. Z., . . . Myers, C. L. (2024). A scalable platform for efficient CRISPR-Cas9 chemical-genetic screens of DNA damage-inducing compounds. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-024-51735-y

Schmit, M. M., Baxley, R. M., Wang, L., Hinderlie, P., Kaufman, M., Simon, E., . . . Bielinsky, A. -K. (2024). A critical threshold of MCM10 is required to maintain genome stability during differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells into natural killer cells. OPEN BIOLOGY, 14(1). doi:10.1098/rsob.230407

2023

Leung, W., Baxley, R. M., Traband, E., Chang, Y. -C., Rogers, C. B., Wang, L., . . . Bielinsky, A. -K. (2023). FANCD2-dependent mitotic DNA synthesis relies on PCNA K164 ubiquitination. CELL REPORTS, 42(12). doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113523

Medina-Rivera, M., Phelps, S., Sridharan, M., Becker, J., Lamb, N., Kumar, C., . . . Surtees, J. (2023). Elevated MSH2 MSH3 expression interferes with DNA metabolism in vivo. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 51(22), 12185-12206. doi:10.1093/nar/gkad934

Chang, Y. -C., Lin, K., Baxley, R. M., Durrett, W., Wang, L., Stojkova, O., . . . Bielinsky, A. -K. (2023). RNF4 and USP7 cooperate in ubiquitin-regulated steps of DNA replication. OPEN BIOLOGY, 13(8). doi:10.1098/rsob.230068

Rogers, C. B., Kram, R. E., Lin, K., Myers, C. L., Sobeck, A., Hendrickson, E. A., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2023). Fanconi anemia-associated chromosomal radial formation is dependent on POLθ-mediated alternative end joining. CELL REPORTS, 42(5). doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112428

2022

Grange, L. J., Reynolds, J. J., Ullah, F., Isidor, B., Shearer, R. F., Latypova, X., . . . Stewart, G. S. (2022). Pathogenic variants in SLF2 and SMC5 cause segmented chromosomes and mosaic variegated hyperploidy. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 13(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34349-8

Lin, K., Chang, Y. -C., de Velasco, E. M. F., Wickman, K., Myers, C. L., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2022). Scalable CRISPR-Cas9 chemical genetic screens in non-transformed human cells. STAR PROTOCOLS, 3(4). doi:10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101675

2021

Kang, Z., Fu, P., Alcivar, A. L., Fu, H., Redon, C., Foo, T. K., . . . Xia, B. (2021). BRCA2 associates with MCM10 to suppress PRIMPOL-mediated repriming and single-stranded gap formation after DNA damage. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 12(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26227-6

Chang, Y. -C., Oram, M. K., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2021). SUMO-Targeted Ubiquitin Ligases and Their Functions in Maintaining Genome Stability. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 22(10). doi:10.3390/ijms22105391

Baxley, R. M., Leung, W., Schmit, M. M., Matson, J. P., Yin, L., Oram, M. K., . . . Bielinsky, A. -K. (2021). Bi-allelic MCM10 variants associated with immune dysfunction and cardiomyopathy cause telomere shortening. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 12(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21878-x

Okamoto, Y., Abe, M., Mu, A., Tempaku, Y., Rogers, C. B., Mochizuki, A. L., . . . Takata, M. (2021). SLFN11 promotes stalled fork degradation that underlies the phenotype in Fanconi anemia cells. BLOOD, 137(3), 336-348. doi:10.1182/blood.2019003782

Schmit, M., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2021). Congenital Diseases of DNA Replication: Clinical Phenotypes and Molecular Mechanisms. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 22(2). doi:10.3390/ijms22020911

2020

Mace, E. M., Paust, S., Conte, M. I., Baxley, R. M., Schmit, M. M., Patil, S. L., . . . Orange, J. S. (2020). Human NK cell deficiency as a result of biallelic mutations in MCM10. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, 130(10), 5272-5286. doi:10.1172/JCI134966

Thakar, T., Leung, W., Nicolae, C. M., Clements, K. E., Shen, B., Bielinsky, A. -K., & Moldovan, G. -L. (2020). Ubiquitinated-PCNA protects replication forks from DNA2-mediated degradation by regulating Okazaki fragment maturation and chromatin assembly. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16096-w

Stroik, S., Kurtz, K., Lin, K., Karachenets, S., Myers, C. L., Bielinsky, A. -K., & Hendrickson, E. A. (2020). EXO1 resection at G-quadruplex structures facilitates resolution and replication. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 48(9), 4960-4975. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaa199

2019

Raghunandan, M., Yeo, J. E., Walter, R., Saito, K., Harvey, A. J., Ittershagen, S., . . . Sobeck, A. (2020). Functional cross talk between the Fanconi anemia and ATRX/DAXX histone chaperone pathways promotes replication fork recovery. HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS, 29(7), 1083-1095. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddz250

Paulson, C. N., John, K., Baxley, R. M., Kurniawan, F., Orellana, K., Francis, R., . . . Bielinsky, A. -K. (2019). The anti-parasitic agent suramin and several of its analogues are inhibitors of the DNA binding protein Mcm10. OPEN BIOLOGY, 9(8). doi:10.1098/rsob.190117

Matson, J. P., Dumitru, R., Coryell, P., Baxley, R. M., Chen, W., Twaroski, K., . . . Cook, J. G. (2019). Correction: Rapid DNA replication origin licensing protects stem cell pluripotency.. eLife, 8, e49040. doi:10.7554/elife.49040

2018

Leung, W., Baxley, R. M., Moldovan, G. -L., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2019). Mechanisms of DNA Damage Tolerance: Post-Translational Regulation of PCNA. GENES, 10(1). doi:10.3390/genes10010010

Kurniawan, F., Shi, K., Kurahashi, K., Bielinsky, A. -K., & Aihara, H. (2018). Crystal Structure of Entamoeba histolytica Cdc45 Suggests a Conformational Switch that May Regulate DNA Replication. ISCIENCE, 3, 102-+. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2018.04.011

Becker, J. R., Gallo, D., Leung, W., Croissant, T., Thu, Y. M., Hai, D. N., . . . Bielinsky, A. -K. (2018). Flap endonuclease overexpression drives genome instability and DNA damage hypersensitivity in a PCNA-dependent manner. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 46(11), 5634-5650. doi:10.1093/nar/gky313

2017

Matson, J. P., Dumitru, R., Coryell, P., Baxley, R. M., Chen, W., Twaroski, K., . . . Cook, J. G. (2017). Rapid DNA replication origin licensing protects stem cell pluripotency. ELIFE, 6. doi:10.7554/eLife.30473

Baxley, R. M., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2017). Mcm10: A Dynamic Scaffold at Eukaryotic Replication Forks. GENES, 8(2). doi:10.3390/genes8020073

2016

Zhang, T., Fultz, B. L., Das-Bradoo, S., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2016). Mapping ubiquitination sites of S. cerevisiae Mcm10.. Biochemistry and biophysics reports, 8, 212-218. doi:10.1016/j.bbrep.2016.09.003

Bielinsky, A. -K., & Leung, W. (2016). Not just for coding: a new role for histone tails in replication enzyme activation. FEBS Journal, 283(23), 4244-4246. doi:10.1111/febs.13958

Bielinsky, A. -K. (2016). Mcm10: The glue at replication forks. CELL CYCLE, 15(22), 3024-3025. doi:10.1080/15384101.2016.1216925

Thu, Y. M., Van Riper, S. K., Higgins, L., Zhang, T., Becker, J. R., Markowski, T. W., . . . Bielinsky, A. K. (2016). Slx5/Slx8 Promotes Replication Stress Tolerance by Facilitating Mitotic Progression. CELL REPORTS, 15(6), 1254-1265. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2016.04.017

2015

Bielinsky, A. -K. (2015). Penetrating enemy territory: Soluble PCNA-peptides stress out MYCN-overexpressing neuroblastomas. EBIOMEDICINE, 2(12), 1844-1845. doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.12.012

Becker, J. R., Pons, C., Hai, D. N., Costanzo, M., Boone, C., Myers, C. L., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2015). Genetic Interactions Implicating Postreplicative Repair in Okazaki Fragment Processing. PLOS GENETICS, 11(11). doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005659

2014

Avdulov, S., Herrera, J., Smith, K., Peterson, M., Gomez-Garcia, J. R., Beadnell, T. C., . . . Polunovsky, V. A. (2015). eIF4E Threshold Levels Differ in Governing Normal and Neoplastic Expansion of Mammary Stem and Luminal Progenitor Cells. CANCER RESEARCH, 75(4), 687-697. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-2571

Alver, R. C., Zhang, T., Josephrajan, A., Fultz, B. L., Hendrix, C. J., Das-Bradoo, S., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2014). The N-terminus of Mcm10 is important for interaction with the 9-1-1 clamp and in resistance to DNA damage. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 42(13), 8389-8404. doi:10.1093/nar/gku479

Thu, Y. M., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2014). MCM10: One tool for all-Integrity, maintenance and damage control. SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 30, 121-130. doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.03.017

Becker, J. R., Hai, D. N., Wang, X., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2014). Mcm10 deficiency causes defective-replisome-induced mutagenesis and a dependency on error-free postreplicative repair. CELL CYCLE, 13(11). doi:10.4161/cc.28652

2013

Ragland, R. L., Patel, S., Rivard, R. S., Smith, K., Peters, A. A., Bielinsky, A. -K., & Brown, E. J. (2013). RNF4 and PLK1 are required for replication fork collapse in ATR-deficient cells. GENES & DEVELOPMENT, 27(20), 2259-2273. doi:10.1101/gad.223180.113

Thu, Y. M., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2013). Enigmatic roles of Mcm10 in DNA replication. TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES, 38(4), 184-194. doi:10.1016/j.tibs.2012.12.003

Du, W., Josephrajan, A., Adhikary, S., Bowles, T., Bielinsky, A. -K., & Eichman, B. F. (2013). Mcm10 Self-Association Is Mediated by an N-Terminal Coiled-Coil Domain. PLOS ONE, 8(7). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070518

Nguyen, H. D., Becker, J., Thu, Y. M., Costanzo, M., Koch, E. N., Smith, S., . . . Bielinsky, A. -K. (2013). Unligated Okazaki Fragments Induce PCNA Ubiquitination and a Requirement for Rad59-Dependent Replication Fork Progression. PLOS ONE, 8(6). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066379

2010

Das-Bradoo, S., Nguyen, H. D., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2010). Damage-specific modification of PCNA. CELL CYCLE, 9(18), 3674-3679. doi:10.4161/cc.9.18.13121

Alver, R. C., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2010). Termination at sTop2. MOLECULAR CELL, 39(4), 487-489. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2010.08.006

Nguyen, H. D., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2010). HDM2 ERKs PCNA. JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, 190(4), 487-489. doi:10.1083/jcb.201007096

Haworth, J., Alver, R. C., Anderson, M., & Bielinsky, A. -K. (2010). Ubc4 and Not4 Regulate Steady- State Levels of DNA Polymerase-α to Promote Efficient and Accurate DNA Replication. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL, 21(18), 3205-3219. doi:10.1091/mbc.e09-06-0452