Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Subcell Biochem. 2024;104:73-100. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-58843-3_5.
Telomeres at the end of eukaryotic chromosomes are extended by a specialized set of enzymes and telomere-associated proteins, collectively termed here the telomere "replisome." The telomere replisome acts on a unique replicon at each chromosomal end of the telomeres, the 3' DNA overhang. This telomere replication process is distinct from the replisome mechanism deployed to duplicate the human genome. The G-rich overhang is first extended before the complementary C-strand is filled in. This overhang is extended by telomerase, a specialized ribonucleoprotein and reverse transcriptase. The overhang extension process is terminated when telomerase is displaced by CTC1-STN1-TEN1 (CST), a single-stranded DNA-binding protein complex. CST then recruits DNA polymerase α-primase to complete the telomere replication process by filling in the complementary C-strand. In this chapter, the recent structure-function insights into the human telomere C-strand fill-in machinery (DNA polymerase α-primase and CST) will be discussed.
真核染色体末端的端粒由一组特殊的酶和端粒相关蛋白延伸,统称为端粒“复制体”。端粒复制体作用于端粒 3'DNA 突出端的每个染色体末端的独特复制子。这种端粒复制过程与用于复制人类基因组的复制体机制不同。富含 G 的突出端在填充互补的 C 链之前先延伸。这种突出端通过端粒酶延伸,端粒酶是一种特殊的核蛋白和逆转录酶。当 CST(单链 DNA 结合蛋白复合物)取代端粒酶时,突出端的延伸过程终止,然后 CST 招募 DNA 聚合酶 α-引发酶完成端粒复制过程,填充互补的 C 链。在本章中,将讨论人类端粒 C 链填补机制(DNA 聚合酶 α-引发酶和 CST)的最新结构功能见解。
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