Inhibition of eukaryotic DNA replication by geminin binding to Cdt1
Inhibition of eukaryotic DNA replication by geminin binding to Cdt1
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DOI:
10.1126/science.290.5500.2309
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发表时间:
2000-12-22
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56.9
通讯作者:
Dutta, A
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作者:
Wohlschlegel, JA;Dwyer, BT;Dutta, A
In all eukaryotic organisms, inappropriate firing of replication origins during the G(2) phase of the cell cycle is suppressed by cyclin-dependent kinases. Multicellular eukaryotes contain a second putative inhibitor of re-replication called geminin, Geminin is believed to block binding of the mini-chromosome maintenance (MCM) complex to origins of replication, but the mechanism of this inhibition is unclear. Here we show that geminin interacts tightly with Cdt1, a recently identified replication initiation factor necessary for MCM Loading. The inhibition of DNA replication by geminin that is observed in cell-free DNA replication extracts is reversed by the addition of excess Cdt1. In the normal cell cycle, Cdt1 is present only in G(1) and S, whereas geminin is present in S and G(2) phases of the cell cycle. Together, these results suggest that geminin inhibits inappropriate origin firing by targeting Cdt1.