title: Phosphorylation of Mcm2 modulates Mcm2-7 activity and affects the cell's response to DNA damage.
abstract: The S-phase kinase, DDK controls DNA replication through phosphorylation of the replicative helicase, Mcm2-7. We show that phosphorylation of Mcm2 at S164 and S170 is not essential for viability. However, the relevance of Mcm2 phosphorylation is demonstrated by the sensitivity of a strain containing alanine at these positions (mcm2(AA)) to methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) and caffeine. Consistent with a role for Mcm2 phosphorylation in response to DNA damage, the mcm2(AA) strain accumulates more RPA foci than wild type. An allele with the phosphomimetic mutations S164E and S170E (mcm2(EE)) suppresses the MMS and caffeine sensitivity caused by deficiencies in DDK function. In vitro, phosphorylation of Mcm2 or Mcm2(EE) reduces the helicase activity of Mcm2-7 while increasing DNA binding. The reduced helicase activity likely results from the increased DNA binding since relaxing DNA binding with salt restores helicase activity. The finding that the ATP site mutant mcm2(K549R) has higher DNA binding and less ATPase than mcm2(EE), but like mcm2(AA) results in drug sensitivity, supports a model whereby a specific range of Mcm2-7 activity is required in response to MMS and caffeine. We propose that phosphorylation of Mcm2 fine-tunes the activity of Mcm2-7, which in turn modulates DNA replication in response to DNA damage.
authors: Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, N6A 5C1.
authors: Brent E
authors: BE
authors: Stead
authors: Christopher J
authors: CJ
authors: Brandl
authors: Megan J
authors: MJ
authors: Davey
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