Schizosaccharomyces pombe Mcm3p, an essential nuclear protein, associates tightly with Nda4p (Mcm5p).
MCM proteins are required for the proper regulation of DNA replication. There are six MCM proteins in all eukaryotes which interact to form a large complex. We report the cloning of fission yeast mcm3 +. mcm3 + is essential and spores carrying a Delta mcm3 disruption arrest with an apparently replicated DNA content. The protein is found constitutively in the nucleus and levels remain constant throughout the cell cycle. Mcm3p binds particularly tightly to Nda4p (Mcm5p), but is loosely associated with the other Schizosaccharomyces pombe MCM proteins. Thus, Mcm3p is a peripheral MCM subunit.
Molecular Biology and Virology Laboratory, The Salk Institute, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla,CA 92037, USA.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000235:genetics; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004261:DNA Replication; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D005804:Genes, Lethal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; C085711:mcm5 protein, S pombe