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CryoEM structures of human CMG-ATPĪ³S-DNA and CMG-AND-1 complexes.

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Article

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Authors

Rzechorzek, Neil J 
Hardwick, Steven W 
Jatikusumo, Vincentius A 
Chirgadze, Dimitri Y 

Abstract

DNA unwinding in eukaryotic replication is performed by the Cdc45-MCM-GINS (CMG) helicase. Although the CMG architecture has been elucidated, its mechanism of DNA unwinding and replisome interactions remain poorly understood. Here we report the cryoEM structure at 3.3 ƅ of human CMG bound to fork DNA and the ATP-analogue ATPĪ³S. Eleven nucleotides of single-stranded (ss) DNA are bound within the C-tier of MCM2-7 AAA+ ATPase domains. All MCM subunits contact DNA, from MCM2 at the 5'-end to MCM5 at the 3'-end of the DNA spiral, but only MCM6, 4, 7 and 3 make a full set of interactions. DNA binding correlates with nucleotide occupancy: five MCM subunits are bound to either ATPĪ³S or ADP, whereas the apo MCM2-5 interface remains open. We further report the cryoEM structure of human CMG bound to the replisome hub AND-1 (CMGA). The AND-1 trimer uses one Ī²-propeller domain of its trimerisation region to dock onto the side of the helicase assembly formed by Cdc45 and GINS. In the resulting CMGA architecture, the AND-1 trimer is closely positioned to the fork DNA while its CIP (Ctf4-interacting peptide)-binding helical domains remain available to recruit partner proteins.

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Keywords

Adenosine Triphosphatases, Adenosine Triphosphate, Cell Cycle Proteins, Cryoelectron Microscopy, Crystallography, X-Ray, DNA, DNA Helicases, DNA Replication, DNA-Binding Proteins, Humans, Minichromosome Maintenance Proteins, Models, Molecular, Multiprotein Complexes, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Protein Conformation

Journal Title

Nucleic Acids Res

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Journal ISSN

0305-1048
1362-4962

Volume Title

48

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

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Sponsorship
Wellcome Trust (104641/Z/14/Z)
Wellcome Trust (202905/Z/16/Z)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P020259/1)
Wellcome Trust (206171/Z/17/Z)