The RLF-B component of the replication licensing system is distinct from Cdc6 and functions after Cdc6 binds to chromatin

Tada, Shusuke, Chong, James P. J., Mahbubani, Hiro M. and Blow, J. Julian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9524-5849 (1999) The RLF-B component of the replication licensing system is distinct from Cdc6 and functions after Cdc6 binds to chromatin. Current Biology, 9 (4). pp. 211-214. ISSN 0960-9822

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Abstract

Replication licensing factor (RLF) is an essential initiation factor that can prevent re-replication of DNA in a single cell cycle [1] [2]. It is required for the initiation of DNA replication, binds to chromatin early in the cell cycle, is removed from chromatin as DNA replicates and is unable to re-bind replicated chromatin until the following mitosis. Chromatography of RLF from Xenopus extracts has shown that it consists of two components termed RLF-B and RLF-M [3]. The RLF-M component consists of complexes of all six Xenopus minichromosome maintenance (MCM/P1) proteins (XMcm2-7), which bind to chromatin in late mitosis and are removed as replication occurs [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]. The identity of RLF-B is currently unknown. At least two factors must be present on chromatin before licensing can occur: the Xenopus origin recognition complex (XORC) [8] [9] and Xenopus Cdc6 (XCdc6) [10]. XORC saturates Xenopus sperm chromatin at approximately one copy per replication origin whereas XCdc6 binds to chromatin only if XORC is bound first [9] [10] [11]. Although XORC has been shown to be a distinct activity from RLF-B [9], the relationship between XCdc6 and RLF-B is currently unclear. Here, we show that active XCdc6 is loaded onto chromatin in extracts with defective RLF, and that both RLF-M and RLF-B are still required for the licensing of XCdc6-containing chromatin. Furthermore, RLF-B can be separated from XCdc6 by immunoprecipitation and standard chromatography. These experiments demonstrate that RLF-B is both functionally and physically distinct from XCdc6, and that XCdc6 is loaded onto chromatin before RLF-B function is executed.

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Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2024 16:30
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URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/95498
DOI:	10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80092-X

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