Replisome stall events have shaped the distribution of replication origins in the genomes of yeasts

Newman, Timothy J., Al Mamun, Mohammed, Nieduszynski, Conrad A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2001-076X and Blow, J. Julian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9524-5849 (2013) Replisome stall events have shaped the distribution of replication origins in the genomes of yeasts. Nucleic Acids Research, 41 (21). pp. 9705-9718. ISSN 0305-1048

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Abstract

During S phase, the entire genome must be precisely duplicated, with no sections of DNA left unreplicated. Here, we develop a simple mathematical model to describe the probability of replication failing due to the irreversible stalling of replication forks. We show that the probability of complete genome replication is maximized if replication origins are evenly spaced, the largest inter-origin distances are minimized, and the end-most origins are positioned close to chromosome ends. We show that origin positions in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome conform to all three predictions thereby maximizing the probability of complete replication if replication forks stall. Origin positions in four other yeasts-Kluyveromyces lactis, Lachancea kluyveri, Lachancea waltii and Schizosaccharomyces pombe-also conform to these predictions. Equating failure rates at chromosome ends with those in chromosome interiors gives a mean per nucleotide fork stall rate of ∼5×10 -8 which is consistent with experimental estimates. Using this value in our theoretical predictions gives replication failure rates that are consistent with data from replication origin knockout experiments. Our theory also predicts that significantly larger genomes, such as those of mammals, will experience a much greater probability of replication failure genome-wide, and therefore will likely require additional compensatory mechanisms.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Funding Information: National Institutes of Health [U54 CA143682 to T.J.N.]; the Scottish University Life Science Alliance (to M.A.M. and T.J.N.); Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/E023754/1, BB/G001596/1 to C.A.N.]; Cancer Research UK [C303/A7399 to J.J.B.]; and Wellcome Trust [WT083524, WT097945 and WT096598 to J.J.B.]. Funding for open access charge: Wellcome Trust grant [WT096598].
Uncontrolled Keywords:	genetics ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300/1311
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	07 Sep 2022 15:30
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2024 16:42
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/87869
DOI:	10.1093/nar/gkt728

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