title: A human homologue of the yeast replication protein Cdc21. Interactions with other Mcm proteins.
abstract: We present the amino acid sequence of the human homologue of the yeast replication protein Cdc21, a member of the Mcm family of nuclear proteins. Specific antibodies, raised against protein hCdc21, were used to investigate the expression of the protein through the cell cycle. The protein is highly phosphorylated in mitotic cells. The phosphorylated form of protein hCdc21 appears to be less tightly bound to nuclear structures than the underphosphorylated form suggesting that phosphorylation/dephosphorylation reactions may determine the nuclear distribution of the protein. Protein hCdc21 forms a stable trimeric complex with two novel human Mcm proteins, p85Mcm and p105Mcm. Protein BM28/Mcm2 is more loosely associated with the trimeric hCdc21 complex.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology, Universität Konstanz, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Musahl
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schulte
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burkhart
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knippers
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry; D004261:DNA Replication; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D064126:Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 3; D064148:Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 4; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010766:Phosphorylation; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C066470:MCM3 protein, human; C489423:MCM5 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; C099243:MCM4 protein, human; D064126:Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 3; D064148:Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 4; C078490:mcm4 protein, S pombe