title: Identification of HsORC4, a member of the human origin of replication recognition complex.
abstract: A new member of human origin recognition complex (ORC) has been cloned and identified as the human homologue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ORC4. HsORC4 is a 45-kDa protein encoded by a 2.2-kilobase mRNA whose amino acid sequence is 29% identical to ScORC4. HsORC4 has a putative nucleotide triphosphate binding motif that is not seen in ScORC4. HsORC4P also reveals an unsuspected homology to the ORC1-Cdc18 family of proteins. HsORC4 mRNA expression and protein levels remain constant through the cell cycle. HsORC4P is coimmunoprecipitated from cell extracts with another subunit of human ORC, HsORC2P, consistent with it being a part of the putative human origin recognition complex.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Oncology, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Quintana
authors.forename: Zh
authors.initials: Zh
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Thome
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hendricks
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dutta
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000906:Antibodies / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D004261:DNA Replication; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D051738:Origin Recognition Complex; D018741:Replication Origin; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C497223:ORC1 protein, human; C109152:ORC4 protein, human; D051738:Origin Recognition Complex