The main function of the Protein Kinase C (PKC) pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the maintenance of the cell wall integrity. In this work we have described that members of the PKC pathway like the MAP kinase Slt2 and the kinase Pkc1 have important roles in the cellular response to DNA damage, and we have extended the studies to the mammal PKCs. Regarding to the role of Slt2 in the DNA metabolism our results showed that the slt2 mutant strain was hypersensitive to a variety of genotoxic treatments, including incubation with hydroxyurea (HU), methylmetanosulfonate (MMS), phleomycin or UV irradiation. Furthermore, Slt2 was activated by all these treatments, which suggests that Slt2 plays a central role in the cellular response to genot...