Expression of Cdc18/Cdc6 and Cdt1 during G2 phase induces initiation of DNA replication
AUTOR(ES)
Yanow, Stephanie K.
FONTE
Oxford University Press
RESUMO
Cdc18/Cdc6 and Cdt1 are essential initiation factors for DNA replication. In this paper we show that expression of Cdc18 in fission yeast G2 cells is sufficient to override the controls that ensure one S phase per cell cycle. Cdc18 expression in G2 induces DNA synthesis by re-firing replication origins and recruiting the MCM Cdc21 to chromatin in the presence of low levels of Cdt1. However, when Cdt1 is expressed together with Cdc18 in G2, cells undergo very rapid, uncontrolled DNA synthesis, accumulating DNA contents of 64C or more. Our data suggest that Cdt1 may potentiate re-replication by inducing origins to fire more persistently, possibly by stabilizing Cdc18 on chromatin. In addition, low level expression of a mutant form of Cdc18 that cannot be phosphorylated by cyclin-dependent kinases is not sufficient to induce replication in G2, but does so only when co-expressed with Cdt1. Thus, regulation of both Cdc18 and Cdt1 in G2 plays a crucial role in preventing the re-initiation of DNA synthesis until the next cell cycle.
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