The Atad5 RFC-like complex is the major unloader of proliferating cell nuclear antigen in Xenopus egg extracts

Kawasoe, Yoshitaka, Shimokawa, Sakiko, Gillespie, Peter J., Blow, J. Julian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9524-5849, Tsurimoto, Toshiki and Takahashi, Tatsuro S. (2024) The Atad5 RFC-like complex is the major unloader of proliferating cell nuclear antigen in Xenopus egg extracts. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 300 (1). ISSN 0021-9258

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Abstract

Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a homo-trimeric clamp complex that serves as the molecular hub for various DNA transactions, including DNA synthesis and post-replicative mismatch repair. Its timely loading and unloading are critical for genome stability. PCNA loading is catalyzed by Replication factor C (RFC) and the Ctf18 RFC-like complex (Ctf18-RLC), and its unloading is catalyzed by Atad5/Elg1-RLC. However, RFC, Ctf18-RLC, and even some subcomplexes of their shared subunits are capable of unloading PCNA in vitro, leaving an ambiguity in the division of labor in eukaryotic clamp dynamics. By using a system that specifically detects PCNA unloading, we show here that Atad5-RLC, which accounts for only approximately 3% of RFC/RLCs, nevertheless provides the major PCNA unloading activity in Xenopus egg extracts. RFC and Ctf18-RLC each account for approximately 40% of RFC/RLCs, while immunodepletion of neither Rfc1 nor Ctf18 detectably affects the rate of PCNA unloading in our system. PCNA unloading is dependent on the ATP-binding motif of Atad5, independent of nicks on DNA and chromatin assembly, and inhibited effectively by PCNA-interacting peptides. These results support a model in which Atad5-RLC preferentially unloads DNA-bound PCNA molecules that are free from their interactors.

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Additional Information: Funding information: This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI grants [17H06935, 19K16042 to Y. K., and 22H04697, 20H05392, 20H03186 to T. S. T.] and Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award WT096598MA to J. J. B.
Uncontrolled Keywords: dna replication,xenopus egg extract,clamp loader,mismatch repair,proliferating cell nuclear antigen,replication clamp
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Date Deposited: 10 Jun 2024 11:30
Last Modified: 25 Sep 2024 17:51
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/95447
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105588

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