Lesions in DNA can block replication fork progression, leading to its collapse and gross chromosomal rearrangements. To circumvent such outcomes, the DNA damage tolerance (DDT) pathway becomes engaged, allowing the replisome to bypass a lesion and complete S phase. Chromatin remodeling complexes have been implicated in the DDT pathways, and here we identify the NuA4 remodeler, which is a histone acetyltransferase, to function on the translesion synthesis (TLS) branch of DDT. Genetic analyses in Saccharomyces cerevisiae showed synergistic sensitivity to MMS when NuA4 alleles, esa1-L254P and yng2D, were combined with the error-free bypass mutant ubc13D. The loss of viability was less pronounced when NuA4 complex mutants were disrupted in combination with error-prone/TLS factors, such as rev3D, suggesting an epistatic relationship between NuA4 and error-prone bypass. Consistent with cellular viability measurements, replication profiles after exposure to MMS indicated that small regions of unreplicated DNA or damage were present to a greater extent in esa1-L254P/ubc13D mutants, which persist beyond the completion of bulk replication compared to esa1-L254P/rev3D. The critical role of NuA4 in error-prone bypass is functional even after the bulk of replication is complete. Underscoring this observation, when Yng2 expression is restricted specifically to G2/M of the cell cycle, viability and TLS-dependent mutagenesis rates were restored. Lastly, disruption of HTZ1, which is a target of NuA4, also resulted in mutagenic rates of reversion on level with esa1-L254P and yng2D mutants, indicating that the histone variant H2A.Z functions in vivo on the TLS branch of DDT. KEYWORDS NuA4; Esa1; Yng2; DNA damage tolerance; H2A.Z C ELLS have evolved mechanisms to repair various types of DNA lesions. However, if damage is present in S phase, then replication forks encountering these obstacles can collapse, resulting in breaks in the genome. To avoid such outcomes, all organisms rely on what are called the DNA damage tolerance (DDT) pathways, which allow bypass of the damage, either by an error-free or an error-prone mechanism. Central to DDT signaling is the ubiquitation (Ub) status of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). Both branches require mono-Ub of PCNA on lysine 164 (K164) by Rad6 and Rad18, which are the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2) and ligase (E3), respectively (Hoege et al. 2002;Stelter and Ulrich 2003). Mono-Ub of K164 promotes error-prone bypass via low-fidelity translesion synthesis (TLS) polymerases, which induce mutagenesis (Lehmann et al. 2007;Ulrich 2007). Mono-Ub PCNA can become poly-Ub via K63 linkage in a reaction mediated by Ubc13-Mms2 and Rad5, and this leads to error-free lesion bypass synthesis using the undamaged newly synthesized strand (template switch) (Branzei and Foiani 2007;Branzei 2011). Both of these pathways allow the completion of replication; however, the initial lesion remains for repair at a future time. The DDT pathway is functional in both S and G2 phases of the cell cycle ...