title: Schizosaccharomyces pombe replication protein Cdc45/Sna41 requires Hsk1/Cdc7 and Rad4/Cut5 for chromatin binding.
abstract: Cdc45 is a conserved protein required for firing of replication origins and processive DNA replication. We used an in situ chromatin-binding assay to determine factors required for fission yeast Cdc45p chromatin binding. Assembly of the pre-replicative complex is essential for Cdc45p chromatin binding, but pre-replicative complex assembly occurs independently of Cdc45p. Fission yeast Cdc45p associates with MCM proteins in asynchronously growing cells and cells arrested in S phase by hydroxyurea, but not in cells arrested at the G2/M transition. Both hsk1+ (the fission yeast CDC7 homologue) and rad4+/ cut5+ (the fission yeast DPB11 homologue) are required for Cdc45p chromatin binding. Cdc45p also remains chromatin-bound in mutants that fail to recover from replication arrest. In summary, Cdc45p chromatin binding requires an intact pre-replicative complex as well as signaling from both the Dbf4-dependent kinase and cyclin-dependent kinases.
authors.affiliation: MCBL, The Salk Institute, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Dolan
authors.forename: Daniel A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Forsburg
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism*; D004261:DNA Replication; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D026341:Minichromosome Maintenance 1 Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics*; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D011503:Transglutaminases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C102209:CDC45 protein, S cerevisiae; C116395:CDC45 protein, S pombe; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002843:Chromatin; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D026341:Minichromosome Maintenance 1 Protein; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C082463:RAD4 protein, S pombe; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D011503:Transglutaminases; C489406:cdc7 protein, S pombe; C094761:HSK1 protein, S pombe; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases