title: Concerted activities of Mcm4, Sld3, and Dbf4 in control of origin activation and DNA replication fork progression.
abstract: Eukaryotic chromosomes initiate DNA synthesis from multiple replication origins in a temporally specific manner during S phase. The replicative helicase Mcm2-7 functions in both initiation and fork progression and thus is an important target of regulation. Mcm4, a helicase subunit, possesses an unstructured regulatory domain that mediates control from multiple kinase signaling pathways, including the Dbf4-dependent Cdc7 kinase (DDK). Following replication stress in S phase, Dbf4 and Sld3, an initiation factor and essential target of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase (CDK), are targets of the checkpoint kinase Rad53 for inhibition of initiation from origins that have yet to be activated, so-called late origins. Here, whole-genome DNA replication profile analysis is used to access under various conditions the effect of mutations that alter the Mcm4 regulatory domain and the Rad53 targets, Sld3 and Dbf4. Late origin firing occurs under genotoxic stress when the controls on Mcm4, Sld3, and Dbf4 are simultaneously eliminated. The regulatory domain of Mcm4 plays an important role in the timing of late origin firing, both in an unperturbed S phase and in dNTP limitation. Furthermore, checkpoint control of Sld3 impacts fork progression under replication stress. This effect is parallel to the role of the Mcm4 regulatory domain in monitoring fork progression. Hypomorph mutations in sld3 are suppressed by a mcm4 regulatory domain mutation. Thus, in response to cellular conditions, the functions executed by Sld3, Dbf4, and the regulatory domain of Mcm4 intersect to control origin firing and replication fork progression, thereby ensuring genome stability.
authors.affiliation: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.
authors.forename: Yi-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Sheu
authors.affiliation: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.
authors.forename: Justin B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kinney
authors.affiliation: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stillman
mesh_terms: D000477:Alkylating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000483:Alleles; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006918:Hydroxyurea / Q000494:pharmacology; D064148:Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 4 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D010766:Phosphorylation; D018741:Replication Origin; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D000477:Alkylating Agents; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C088096:Dbf4 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C426020:Sld3 protein, S cerevisiae; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases; C067022:RAD53 protein, S cerevisiae; C092802:MCM4 protein, S cerevisiae; D064148:Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 4; D006918:Hydroxyurea