Rad53 phosphorylation was assessed as described previously [9 (link)]. Briefly, exponentially growing cells (2-4x107 cells/ml) in mec1Δ sml1Δ or mec1Δ sml1Δ sae2Δ background were cultured in presence of 0.15% MMS for 90 min. MMS was inactivated upon addition of 5% sodium thiosulfate (final concentration) to the cultures. TCA-extracts were prepared and 10–20 μg protein extracts were run on a 7.5% SDS-PAGE, transferred to nitrocellulose membrane and FLAG-Rad53 was detected by western blot with FLAG M2 mAb (Sigma).
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