1. An essential Noc3p dimerization cycle mediates ORC double-hexamer formation in replication licensing.
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Amin A, Wu R, Khan MA, Cheung MH, Liang Y, Liu C, Zhu G, Yu ZL, and Liang C
- Subjects
- Cell Cycle genetics, Dimerization, DNA Replication genetics, Origin Recognition Complex genetics, Origin Recognition Complex metabolism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae genetics, Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolism, Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Proteins genetics, Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Proteins physiology, Nuclear Proteins genetics, Nuclear Proteins physiology, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins genetics, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins metabolism, Protein Multimerization genetics, Protein Multimerization physiology
- Abstract
Replication licensing, a prerequisite of DNA replication, helps to ensure once-per-cell-cycle genome duplication. Some DNA replication-initiation proteins are sequentially loaded onto replication origins to form pre-replicative complexes (pre-RCs). ORC and Noc3p bind replication origins throughout the cell cycle, providing a platform for pre-RC assembly. We previously reported that cell cycle-dependent ORC dimerization is essential for the chromatin loading of the symmetric MCM double-hexamers. Here, we used Saccharomyces cerevisiae separation-of-function NOC3 mutants to confirm the separable roles of Noc3p in DNA replication and ribosome biogenesis. We also show that an essential and cell cycle-dependent Noc3p dimerization cycle regulates the ORC dimerization cycle. Noc3p dimerizes at the M-to-G
1 transition and de-dimerizes in S-phase. The Noc3p dimerization cycle coupled with the ORC dimerization cycle enables replication licensing, protects nascent sister replication origins after replication initiation, and prevents re-replication. This study has revealed a new mechanism of replication licensing and elucidated the molecular mechanism of Noc3p as a mediator of ORC dimerization in pre-RC formation., (© 2023 Amin et al.)- Published
- 2023
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