Origins of DNA replication in eukaryotes

Y Hu, B Stillman - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Errors occurring during DNA replication can result in inaccurate replication, incomplete
replication, or re-replication, resulting in genome instability that can lead to diseases such as …

Bridging structural and cell biology with cryo-electron microscopy

E Nogales, J Mahamid - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Most life scientists would agree that understanding how cellular processes work requires
structural knowledge about the macromolecules involved. For example, deciphering the …

In silico protein interaction screening uncovers DONSON's role in replication initiation

Y Lim, L Tamayo-Orrego, E Schmid, Z Tarnauskaite… - Science, 2023 - science.org
CDC45-MCM2-7-GINS (CMG) helicase assembly is the central event in eukaryotic
replication initiation. In yeast, a multi-subunit “pre-loading complex”(pre-LC) accompanies …

The structural mechanism of dimeric DONSON in replicative helicase activation

MA Cvetkovic, P Passaretti, A Butryn… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The MCM motor of the replicative helicase is loaded onto origin DNA as an inactive double
hexamer before replication initiation. Recruitment of activators GINS and Cdc45 upon S …

DNSN-1 recruits GINS for CMG helicase assembly during DNA replication initiation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Y **a, R Sonneville, M Jenkyn-Bedford, L Ji, C Alabert… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Assembly of the CMG (CDC-45–MCM-2-7–GINS) helicase is the key regulated step during
eukaryotic DNA replication initiation. Until now, it was unclear whether metazoa require …

The human pre-replication complex is an open complex

J Li, J Dong, W Wang, D Yu, X Fan, YC Hui, CSK Lee… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
In eukaryotes, DNA replication initiation requires assembly and activation of the
minichromosome maintenance (MCM) 2–7 double hexamer (DH) to melt origin DNA …

A replisome-associated histone H3-H4 chaperone required for epigenetic inheritance

J Yu, Y Zhang, Y Fang, JA Paulo, D Yaghoubi, X Hua… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Faithful transfer of parental histones to newly replicated daughter DNA strands is critical for
inheritance of epigenetic states. Although replication proteins that facilitate parental histone …

Synergism between CMG helicase and leading strand DNA polymerase at replication fork

Z Xu, J Feng, D Yu, Y Huo, X Ma, WH Lam, Z Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The replisome that replicates the eukaryotic genome consists of at least three engines: the
Cdc45-MCM-GINS (CMG) helicase that separates duplex DNA at the replication fork and …

Mechanism of eukaryotic origin unwinding is a dual helicase DNA shearing process

LD Langston, RE Georgescu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
DNA replication in all cells begins with the melting of base pairs at the duplex origin to allow
access to single-stranded DNA templates which are replicated by DNA polymerases. In …

CMG helicase disassembly is essential and driven by two pathways in budding yeast

C Polo Rivera, TD Deegan, KPM Labib - The EMBO Journal, 2024 - embopress.org
The CMG helicase is the stable core of the eukaryotic replisome and is ubiquitylated and
disassembled during DNA replication termination. Fungi and animals use different enzymes …