title: Reconstitution of Saccharomyces cerevisiae prereplicative complex assembly in vitro.
abstract: The assembly of the prereplicative complex (pre-RC) at the origin of replication in eukaryotes is a highly regulated and highly conserved process that plays a critical role in preventing multiple rounds of DNA replication per cell division cycle. This study analyzes the molecular dynamics of the assembly of Saccharomyces cerevisiae pre-RC in vitro using ARS1 plasmid DNA and yeast whole cell extracts. In addition, pre-RC assembly was reconstituted in vitro using ARS1 DNA and purified origin-recognition complex (ORC), Cdc6p and Cdt1p-Mcm2-7p. The results reveal sequential recruitment of ORC, Cdc6p, Cdt1p and Mcm2-7p on to ARS1 DNA. When Mcm2-7p is maximally loaded, Cdc6p and Cdt1p are released, suggesting that these two proteins are co-ordinately regulated during pre-RC assembly. In extracts from sid2-21 mutant cells that are deficient in CDT1, ORC and Cdc6p bind to ARS1 but Cdt1p and Mcm2-7p do not. However, Mcm2-7p does bind in the presence of exogenous Cdt1p or Cdt1p-Mcm2-7p complex. Cdt1p-Mcm2-7p complex, which was purified from G1-, early S or G2/M-arrested cells, exhibits structure-specific DNA binding, interacting only with bubble- or Y-shape-DNA, but the biological significance of this observation is not yet known.
authors.affiliation: Laboratories for Biomolecular Networks, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. ykawasak@fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Hee-Dai
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sugino
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002455:Cell Division / Q000235:genetics; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D024202:Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; D016193:G1 Phase / Q000235:genetics; D016195:G2 Phase / Q000235:genetics; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D051738:Origin Recognition Complex / Q000235:genetics; D018741:Replication Origin / Q000235:genetics*; D016196:S Phase / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C061886:ABF1 protein, S cerevisiae; C066503:CDC6 protein, S cerevisiae; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497214:ORC1 protein, S cerevisiae; D051738:Origin Recognition Complex; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C499592:TAH11 protein, S cerevisiae; D014157:Transcription Factors