Cell cycle-dependent regulation of human DNA polymerase alpha-primase activity by phosphorylation.
Cell cycle-dependent regulation of human DNA polymerase alpha-primase activity by phosphorylation.
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通过磷酸化对人类 DNA 聚合酶 α-引物酶活性进行细胞周期依赖性调节。
DOI:
10.1128/mcb.19.1.646
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Fanning,E
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作者:
Voitenleitner,C;Rehfuess,C;Hilmes,M;O'Rear,L;Liao,PC;Gage,DA;Ott,R;Nasheuer,HP;Fanning,E
DNA polymerase α-primase is known to be phosphorylated in human and yeast cells in a cell cycle-dependent manner on the p180 and p68 subunits. Here we show that phosphorylation of purified human DNA polymerase α-primase by purified cyclin A/cdk2 in vitro reduced its ability to initiate simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA replication in vitro, while phosphorylation by cyclin E/cdk2 stimulated its initiation activity. Tryptic phosphopeptide mapping revealed a family of p68 peptides that was modified well by cyclin A/cdk2 and poorly by cyclin E/cdk2. The p180 phosphopeptides were identical with both kinases. By mass spectrometry, the p68 peptide family was identified as residues 141 to 160. Cyclin A/cdk2- and cyclin A/cdc2-modified p68 also displayed a phosphorylation-dependent shift to slower electrophoretic mobility. Mutation of the four putative phosphorylation sites within p68 peptide residues 141 to 160 prevented its phosphorylation by cyclin A/cdk2 and the inhibition of replication activity. Phosphopeptide maps of the p68 subunit of DNA polymerase α-primase from human cells, synchronized and labeled in G1/S and in G2, revealed a cyclin E/cdk2-like pattern in G1/S and a cyclin A/cdk2-like pattern in G2. The slower-electrophoretic-mobility form of p68 was absent in human cells in G1/S and appeared as the cells entered G2/M. Consistent with this, the ability of DNA polymerase α-primase isolated from synchronized human cells to initiate SV40 replication was maximal in G1/S, decreased as the cells completed S phase, and reached a minimum in G2/M. These results suggest that the replication activity of DNA polymerase α-primase in human cells is regulated by phosphorylation in a cell cycle-dependent manner.