Abstract

The role of mammalian RAD52 has been mysterious due to the lack of a strong DNA repair phenotype of RAD52-deficient cells. In this issue of Molecular Cell, studies by Bhowmick etal. (2016) and Sotiriou etal. (2016) reveal an unexpected role for RAD52 in promoting DNA synthesis following replication stress.

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