| Structural highlights
Function
MCM7_YEAST Acts as component of the MCM2-7 complex (MCM complex) which is the putative replicative helicase essential for 'once per cell cycle' DNA replication initiation and elongation in eukaryotic cells. The active ATPase sites in the MCM2-7 ring are formed through the interaction surfaces of two neighboring subunits such that a critical structure of a conserved arginine finger motif is provided in trans relative to the ATP-binding site of the Walker A box of the adjacent subunit. The six ATPase active sites, however, are likely to contribute differentially to the complex helicase activity. Once loaded onto DNA, double hexamers can slide on dsDNA in the absence of ATPase activity.[1] [2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
DNA G-quadruplexes (G4s) are non-B-form DNA secondary structures that threaten genome stability by impeding DNA replication. To elucidate how G4s induce replication fork arrest, we characterized fork collisions with preformed G4s in the parental DNA using reconstituted yeast and human replisomes. We demonstrate that a single G4 in the leading strand template is sufficient to stall replisomes by arresting the CMG helicase. Cryo-electron microscopy structures of stalled yeast and human CMG complexes reveal that the folded G4 is lodged inside the central CMG channel, arresting translocation. The G4 stabilizes the CMG at distinct translocation intermediates, suggesting an unprecedented helical inchworm mechanism for DNA translocation. These findings illuminate the eukaryotic replication fork mechanism under normal and perturbed conditions.
G-quadruplex-stalled eukaryotic replisome structure reveals helical inchworm DNA translocation.,Batra S, Allwein B, Kumar C, Devbhandari S, Bruning JG, Bahng S, Lee CM, Marians KJ, Hite RK, Remus D Science. 2025 Mar 7;387(6738):eadt1978. doi: 10.1126/science.adt1978. Epub 2025 , Mar 7. PMID:40048517[3]
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References
- ↑ Remus D, Beuron F, Tolun G, Griffith JD, Morris EP, Diffley JF. Concerted loading of Mcm2-7 double hexamers around DNA during DNA replication origin licensing. Cell. 2009 Nov 13;139(4):719-30. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.10.015. Epub 2009 Nov, 5. PMID:19896182 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2009.10.015
- ↑ Evrin C, Clarke P, Zech J, Lurz R, Sun J, Uhle S, Li H, Stillman B, Speck C. A double-hexameric MCM2-7 complex is loaded onto origin DNA during licensing of eukaryotic DNA replication. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Dec 1;106(48):20240-5. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.0911500106. Epub 2009 Nov 12. PMID:19910535 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0911500106
- ↑ Batra S, Allwein B, Kumar C, Devbhandari S, Brüning JG, Bahng S, Lee CM, Marians KJ, Hite RK, Remus D. G-quadruplex-stalled eukaryotic replisome structure reveals helical inchworm DNA translocation. Science. 2025 Mar 7;387(6738):eadt1978. PMID:40048517 doi:10.1126/science.adt1978
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