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DNA unwinding mechanism of a eukaryotic replicative CMG helicase

Nature Communications, 2020
The DNA duplex is known to be split apart in a steric exclusion manner during replication, but the specific mechanism has remained unclear. Here the authors present a cryo-EM structure of a eukaryotic replicative CMG helicase on forked DNA, revealing the
Zuanning Yuan, Roxana Georgescu, Lin Bai, Dan Zhang, Huilin Li, Michael E. O’Donnell   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Initiation of DNA Replication [PDF]

EcoSal Plus, 2010
In recent years it has become clear that complex regulatory circuits control the initiation step of DNA replication by directing the assembly of a multicomponent molecular machine (the orisome) that separates DNA strands and loads replicative helicase at oriC , the unique chromosomal origin of replication.
Alan C, Leonard, Julia E, Grimwade
openaire   +2 more sources

Synergistic perspectives—How single‐molecule biophysics complement biochemical understanding

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this review, we discuss how ensemble biochemistry and single‐molecule approaches are complementary, outline commonly used single‐molecule techniques, and illustrate their relevance through two representative case studies: chromatin organization by SMC complexes and pathway choice during DNA double‐strand break repair.
Sara De Bragança, Eline L. Jansen, Jorine M. Eeftens   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Replication factory activation can be decoupled from the replication timing program by modulating Cdk levels [PDF]

, 2010
In the metazoan replication timing program, clusters of replication origins located in different subchromosomal domains fire at different times during S phase. We have used Xenopus laevis egg extracts to drive an accelerated replication timing program in
Blow, J. Julian; id_orcid, Thomson, Alexander M., Gillespie, Peter J., Peter J. Gillespie, J. Julian Blow, Blow, J. Julian, Alexander M. Thomson   +6 more
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Functional comparison of EncB and EncC cargo proteins in iron storage within the Myxococcus xanthus encapsulin

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Encapsulins are protein nanocompartments that play an important role in iron storage. In the Myxococcus xanthus encapsulin system, two cargo proteins called EncB and EncC contribute to iron mineralization. Here, we show that EncB and EncC generate iron‐containing minerals with distinct chemical compositions, suggesting that the composition of stored ...
Harry B. McDowell, Thomas Walther, Egbert Hoiczyk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

MCM2-7 loading-dependent ORC release ensures genome-wide origin licensing

Nature Communications
Origin recognition complex (ORC)-dependent loading of the replicative helicase MCM2-7 onto replication origins in G1-phase forms the basis of replication fork establishment in S-phase.
L. Maximilian Reuter, Sanjay P. Khadayate, Audrey Mossler, Korbinian Liebl, Sarah V. Faull, Mohammad M. Karimi, Christian Speck   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural and biochemical analysis of a B12 superbinder

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
BtuG proteins are vitamin B12 scavengers in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a dominant human gut bacterium. We present crystal structures of three BtuG homologs bound to cobalamin and its precursor cobinamide, revealing picomolar binding affinities, among the highest known for any natural protein.
Jose M. Martinez Felices, Jacob J. Whittaker, Dirk J. Slotboom, Albert Guskov   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Single Cell Analysis of Human RAD18-Dependent DNA Post-Replication Repair by Alkaline Bromodeoxyuridine Comet Assay [PDF]

, 2013
Damage to DNA can block replication progression resulting in gaps in the newly synthesized DNA. Cells utilize a number of post-replication repair (PRR) mechanisms such as the RAD18 controlled translesion synthesis or template switching to overcome the ...
Himabindu Gali, Mórocz Mónika, Downes C. Stephen, Raskó István, Haracska Lajos, Downes, C. Stephen, Gali Himabindu, C Stephen Downes, Mórocz, Mónika, Lajos Haracska, Mónika Mórocz, Gali, Himabindu, Raskó, István, Haracska, Lajos, István Raskó   +14 more
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From junk to function — How weak selection in eukaryotes builds new parts and drives genomic complexity

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
How do genomes gain new functional parts? In eukaryotes, which tend to evolve under weak selection, much of the genome is junk. Palazzo and Qiu borrow the logic of Markov chains to show how non‐functional DNA becomes functional through the appearance of intermediate states, which arise due to epistasis, buffering, and biochemical messiness, allowing ...
Alexander F. Palazzo, Yi Qiu
wiley   +1 more source

Differential Requirements for MCM Proteins in DNA Replication in Drosophila S2 Cells. [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: The MCM2-7 proteins are crucial components of the pre replication complex (preRC) in eukaryotes. Since they are significantly more abundant than other preRC components, we were interested in determining whether the entire cellular content was
Reina Hashimoto, Heck, Margarete M.S., Hashimoto, Reina, Sherkow, Jake, Sharron Vass, Heck, MM, Vass, Sharron, Hashimoto, R, Hashimoto Reina, Yamaguchi Masamitsu, Crevel, Gilles, Cotterill, S, Yamaguchi, M, Heck, Margarete M. S., Vass Sharron, Heck Margarete M.S., Sherkow Jake, Sherkow, Jacob S., Yamaguchi, Masamitsu, Sherkow, J, Cotterill Sue, Crevel Gilles, Margarete M S Heck, Crevel, G, Cotterill, Sue, Vass, S, Gilles Crevel, Margarete M.S. Heck, Jake Sherkow, Sue Cotterill, Masamitsu Yamaguchi   +30 more
core   +2 more sources