Abstract:
:Deregulation of mini-chromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins is associated with genomic instability and cancer. MCM complexes are recruited to replication origins for genome duplication. Paradoxically, MCM proteins are in excess than the number of origins and are associated with chromatin regions away from the origins during G1 and S phases. Here, we report an unusually wide left-handed filament structure for an archaeal MCM, as determined by X-ray and electron microscopy. The crystal structure reveals that an α-helix bundle formed between two neighboring subunits plays a critical role in filament formation. The filament has a remarkably strong electro-positive surface spiraling along the inner filament channel for DNA binding. We show that this MCM filament binding to DNA causes dramatic DNA topology change. This newly identified function of MCM to change DNA topology may imply a wider functional role for MCM in DNA metabolisms beyond helicase function. Finally, using yeast genetics, we show that the inter-subunit interactions, important for MCM filament formation, play a role for cell growth and survival.
journal_name
Nucleic Acids Resjournal_title
Nucleic acids researchauthors
Slaymaker IM,Fu Y,Toso DB,Ranatunga N,Brewster A,Forsburg SL,Zhou ZH,Chen XSdoi
10.1093/nar/gkt022subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-03-01 00:00:00pages
3446-56issue
5eissn
0305-1048issn
1362-4962pii
gkt022journal_volume
41pub_type
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