Stepwise assembly of initiation proteins at budding yeast replication origins in vitro
AUTOR(ES)
Seki, Takashi
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
The initiation of DNA replication in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae occurs in two sequential and mutually exclusive steps. Prereplicative complexes (pre-RCs) containing origin recognition complex (ORC), Cdc6p, and the MCM2–7 proteins assemble only under conditions of low cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) activity during G1, whereas origin activation is driven by the increase in Cdk activity at the end of G1. As a first step toward the reconstitution of this two-step process in vitro, we describe a system in which extracts prepared from G1-arrested cells promote sequential assembly of ORC, Cdc6p, and MCM2–7 proteins onto exogenously added origin-containing DNA. This reaction requires an intact ARS consensus sequence and requires ATP for two distinct steps. Extracts from cells arrested in mitosis also can support the binding of ORC but are unable to load either Cdc6p or MCM2–7 proteins. This system should be useful for studying the mechanism and regulation of pre-RC assembly.
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