DNA replication origins retain mobile licensing proteins

Humberto Sánchez, Kaley McCluskey, Theo Laar, Edo Veen, Filip M. Asscher, Belén Solano, John F. X. Diffley () and Nynke H. Dekker ()
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Humberto Sánchez: Delft University of Technology
Kaley McCluskey: Delft University of Technology
Theo Laar: Delft University of Technology
Edo Veen: Delft University of Technology
Filip M. Asscher: Delft University of Technology
Belén Solano: Delft University of Technology
John F. X. Diffley: Francis Crick Institute
Nynke H. Dekker: Delft University of Technology

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract DNA replication in eukaryotes initiates at many origins distributed across each chromosome. Origins are bound by the origin recognition complex (ORC), which, with Cdc6 and Cdt1, recruits and loads the Mcm2-7 (MCM) helicase as an inactive double hexamer during G1 phase. The replisome assembles at the activated helicase in S phase. Although the outline of replisome assembly is understood, little is known about the dynamics of individual proteins on DNA and how these contribute to proper complex formation. Here we show, using single-molecule optical trapping and confocal microscopy, that yeast ORC is a mobile protein that diffuses rapidly along DNA. Origin recognition halts this search process. Recruitment of MCM molecules in an ORC- and Cdc6-dependent fashion results in slow-moving ORC-MCM intermediates and MCMs that rapidly scan the DNA. Following ATP hydrolysis, salt-stable loading of MCM single and double hexamers was seen, both of which exhibit salt-dependent mobility. Our results demonstrate that effective helicase loading relies on an interplay between protein diffusion and origin recognition, and suggest that MCM is stably loaded onto DNA in multiple forms.

Date: 2021
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