title: Cloning and characterization of hCTF18, hCTF8, and hDCC1. Human homologs of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae complex involved in sister chromatid cohesion establishment.
abstract: A growing body of evidence suggests that establishment of sister chromatid cohesion is dependent on replication fork passage over a precohesion area. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, this process involves an alternative replication factor C (RFC) complex that contains the four small RFC subunits as well as CTF18, CTF8, and DCC1. Here, we show that an evolutionarily conserved homologous complex exists in the nucleus of human cells. We demonstrate that hCTF18, hCTF8, and hDCC1 interact with each other as well as with the p38 subunit of RFC. This alternative RFC-containing complex interacts with proliferating cell nuclear antigen but not with the Rad9/Rad1/Hus1 complex, a proliferating cell nuclear antigen-like clamp involved in the DNA damage response. hCTF18 preferentially binds chromatin during S phase, suggesting a role during replication. Our data provide evidence for the existence of an alternative RFC complex with a probable role in mammalian sister chromatid cohesion establishment.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Tumor Biology, Mayo Graduate School, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Carolin J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Merkle
authors.forename: Larry M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Karnitz
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Henry-Sánchez
authors.forename: Junjie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000074183:ATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular Activities; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002842:Chromatids; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004720:Endonucleases / Q000378:metabolism; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016192:Resting Phase, Cell Cycle; D016196:S Phase; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D013347:Subcellular Fractions; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C477290:CHTF18 protein, human; C477291:CHTF8 protein, human; C092693:CTF18 protein, S cerevisiae; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002843:Chromatin; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; C429768:Ctf8 protein, S cerevisiae; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C477292:DSCC1 protein, human; C429769:Dcc1 protein, S cerevisiae; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; C106332:hus1 protein, S pombe; C069930:rad9 protein; D004720:Endonucleases; C069266:RAD1 protein, S cerevisiae; D000074183:ATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular Activities; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes