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Disease
[CDT1_HUMAN] Defects in CDT1 are the cause of Meier-Gorlin syndrome type 4 (MGORS4) [MIM:613804]. MGORS4 is a syndrome characterized by bilateral microtia, aplasia/hypoplasia of the patellae, and severe intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation with short stature and poor weight gain. Additional clinical findings include anomalies of cranial sutures, microcephaly, apparently low-set and simple ears, microstomia, full lips, highly arched or cleft palate, micrognathia, genitourinary tract anomalies, and various skeletal anomalies. While almost all cases have primordial dwarfism with substantial prenatal and postnatal growth retardation, not all cases have microcephaly, and microtia and absent/hypoplastic patella are absent in some. Despite the presence of microcephaly, intellect is usually normal.[1] [2]
Function
[GEMI_HUMAN] Inhibits DNA replication by preventing the incorporation of MCM complex into pre-replication complex (pre-RC). It is degraded during the mitotic phase of the cell cycle. Its destruction at the metaphase-anaphase transition permits replication in the succeeding cell cycle.[3] [4] [5] Inhibits the transcriptional activity of a subset of Hox proteins, enrolling them in cell proliferative control.[6] [7] [8] [CDT1_HUMAN] Cooperates with CDC6 to promote the loading of the mini-chromosome maintenance complex onto chromatin to form the pre-replication complex necessary to initiate DNA replication. Binds DNA in a sequence-, strand-, and conformation-independent manner. Potential oncogene.[9] [10] [11] [12] [UniProtKB:Q8R4E9]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
All organisms need to ensure that no DNA segments are rereplicated in a single cell cycle. Eukaryotes achieve this through a process called origin licensing, which involves tight spatiotemporal control of the assembly of prereplicative complexes (pre-RCs) onto chromatin. Cdt1 is a key component and crucial regulator of pre-RC assembly. In higher eukaryotes, timely inhibition of Cdt1 by Geminin is essential to prevent DNA rereplication. Here, we address the mechanism of DNA licensing inhibition by Geminin, by combining X-ray crystallography, small-angle X-ray scattering, and functional studies in Xenopus and mammalian cells. Our findings show that the Cdt1:Geminin complex can exist in two distinct forms, a "permissive" heterotrimer and an "inhibitory" heterohexamer. Specific Cdt1 residues, buried in the heterohexamer, are important for licensing. We postulate that the transition between the heterotrimer and the heterohexamer represents a molecular switch between licensing-competent and licensing-defective states.
Quaternary structure of the human Cdt1-Geminin complex regulates DNA replication licensing.,De Marco V, Gillespie PJ, Li A, Karantzelis N, Christodoulou E, Klompmaker R, van Gerwen S, Fish A, Petoukhov MV, Iliou MS, Lygerou Z, Medema RH, Blow JJ, Svergun DI, Taraviras S, Perrakis A Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Nov 24;106(47):19807-12. Epub 2009 Nov 11. PMID:19906994[13]
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References
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- ↑ McGarry TJ, Kirschner MW. Geminin, an inhibitor of DNA replication, is degraded during mitosis. Cell. 1998 Jun 12;93(6):1043-53. PMID:9635433
- ↑ Sugimoto N, Tatsumi Y, Tsurumi T, Matsukage A, Kiyono T, Nishitani H, Fujita M. Cdt1 phosphorylation by cyclin A-dependent kinases negatively regulates its function without affecting geminin binding. J Biol Chem. 2004 May 7;279(19):19691-7. Epub 2004 Mar 1. PMID:14993212 doi:10.1074/jbc.M313175200
- ↑ Zhou B, Liu C, Xu Z, Zhu G. Structural basis for homeodomain recognition by the cell-cycle regulator Geminin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 May 21. PMID:22615398 doi:10.1073/pnas.1200874109
- ↑ McGarry TJ, Kirschner MW. Geminin, an inhibitor of DNA replication, is degraded during mitosis. Cell. 1998 Jun 12;93(6):1043-53. PMID:9635433
- ↑ Sugimoto N, Tatsumi Y, Tsurumi T, Matsukage A, Kiyono T, Nishitani H, Fujita M. Cdt1 phosphorylation by cyclin A-dependent kinases negatively regulates its function without affecting geminin binding. J Biol Chem. 2004 May 7;279(19):19691-7. Epub 2004 Mar 1. PMID:14993212 doi:10.1074/jbc.M313175200
- ↑ Zhou B, Liu C, Xu Z, Zhu G. Structural basis for homeodomain recognition by the cell-cycle regulator Geminin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 May 21. PMID:22615398 doi:10.1073/pnas.1200874109
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- ↑ Miotto B, Struhl K. JNK1 phosphorylation of Cdt1 inhibits recruitment of HBO1 histone acetylase and blocks replication licensing in response to stress. Mol Cell. 2011 Oct 7;44(1):62-71. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.06.021. PMID:21856198 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2011.06.021
- ↑ Cook JG, Chasse DA, Nevins JR. The regulated association of Cdt1 with minichromosome maintenance proteins and Cdc6 in mammalian cells. J Biol Chem. 2004 Mar 5;279(10):9625-33. Epub 2003 Dec 11. PMID:14672932 doi:10.1074/jbc.M311933200
- ↑ Sugimoto N, Tatsumi Y, Tsurumi T, Matsukage A, Kiyono T, Nishitani H, Fujita M. Cdt1 phosphorylation by cyclin A-dependent kinases negatively regulates its function without affecting geminin binding. J Biol Chem. 2004 May 7;279(19):19691-7. Epub 2004 Mar 1. PMID:14993212 doi:10.1074/jbc.M313175200
- ↑ De Marco V, Gillespie PJ, Li A, Karantzelis N, Christodoulou E, Klompmaker R, van Gerwen S, Fish A, Petoukhov MV, Iliou MS, Lygerou Z, Medema RH, Blow JJ, Svergun DI, Taraviras S, Perrakis A. Quaternary structure of the human Cdt1-Geminin complex regulates DNA replication licensing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Nov 24;106(47):19807-12. Epub 2009 Nov 11. PMID:19906994 doi:10.1073/pnas.0905281106
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