Cell-cycle-regulated phosphorylation of DNA replication factor A from human and yeast cells.
Replication factor A (RF-A) is a multisubunit, cellular protein that functions with SV40 T antigen during the initiation stage of DNA replication at the SV40 origin. It also cooperates with other replication factors to stimulate the activity of both polymerases alpha and delta during chain elongation. RF-A from both human and yeast cells is phosphorylated in a cell-cycle-dependent manner; the protein is phosphorylated at the G1- to S-phase transition, and dephosphorylation occurs at mitosis, thereby resetting this cycle. This observation provides a direct link between a protein required for DNA replication and cell-cycle-regulated protein phosphorylation.
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D004261:DNA Replication; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007399:Interphase; D008938:Mitosis; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D051716:Replication Protein A; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497167:RPA1 protein, human; D051716:Replication Protein A