title: Dbf4-Cdc7 phosphorylation of Mcm2 is required for cell growth.
abstract: The Dbf4-Cdc7 kinase (DDK) is required for the activation of the origins of replication, and DDK phosphorylates Mcm2 in vitro. We find that budding yeast Cdc7 alone exists in solution as a weakly active multimer. Dbf4 forms a likely heterodimer with Cdc7, and this species phosphorylates Mcm2 with substantially higher specific activity. Dbf4 alone binds tightly to Mcm2, whereas Cdc7 alone binds weakly to Mcm2, suggesting that Dbf4 recruits Cdc7 to phosphorylate Mcm2. DDK phosphorylates two serine residues of Mcm2 near the N terminus of the protein, Ser-164 and Ser-170. Expression of mcm2-S170A is lethal to yeast cells that lack endogenous MCM2 (mcm2Delta); however, this lethality is rescued in cells harboring the DDK bypass mutant mcm5-bob1. We conclude that DDK phosphorylation of Mcm2 is required for cell growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA.
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bruck
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002845:Chromatography / Q000379:methods; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000737:chemistry*; D004261:DNA Replication; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016196:S Phase; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D048229:Sulfolobus solfataricus / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; C088096:Dbf4 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; C489404:CDC7 protein, S cerevisiae; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C069199:MCM2 protein, S cerevisiae
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