Kubota Yumiko, Takase Youhei, Komori Yasunori, Hashimoto Yoshitami, Arata Toshiaki, Kamimura Yoichiro, Araki Hiroyuki, Takisawa Haruhiko
Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.
Genes Dev. 2003 May 1;17(9):1141-52. doi: 10.1101/gad.1070003.
We have identified Xenopus homologs of the budding yeast Sld5 and its three interacting proteins. These form a novel complex essential for the initiation of DNA replication in Xenopus egg extracts. The complex binds to chromatin in a manner dependent on replication licensing and S-phase CDK. The chromatin binding of the complex and that of Cdc45 are mutually dependent and both bindings require Xenopus Cut5, the yeast homolog of which interacts with Sld5. On replicating chromatin the complex interacts with Cdc45 and MCM, putative components of replication machinery. Electron microscopy further reveals that the complex has a ring-like structure. These results suggest that the complex plays an essential role in the elongation stage of DNA replication as well as the initiation stage.
我们已经鉴定出了芽殖酵母Sld5及其三种相互作用蛋白的非洲爪蟾同源物。这些蛋白形成了一种新型复合物,对非洲爪蟾卵提取物中DNA复制的起始至关重要。该复合物以依赖于复制许可和S期细胞周期蛋白依赖性激酶(S-phase CDK)的方式与染色质结合。该复合物与染色质的结合以及Cdc45与染色质的结合是相互依赖的,且这两种结合都需要非洲爪蟾Cut5,其酵母同源物与Sld5相互作用。在复制染色质上,该复合物与Cdc45和MCM相互作用,MCM是复制机器的假定组成部分。电子显微镜进一步揭示该复合物具有环状结构。这些结果表明该复合物在DNA复制的延伸阶段以及起始阶段都发挥着重要作用。