The initiation of eukaryotic DNA replication

A Costa, JFX Diffley - Annual review of biochemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
DNA replication in eukaryotic cells initiates from large numbers of sites called replication
origins. Initiation of replication from these origins must be tightly controlled to ensure the …

Shaping human telomeres: from shelterin and CST complexes to telomeric chromatin organization

CJ Lim, TR Cech - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
The regulation of telomere length in mammals is crucial for chromosome end-capping and
thus for maintaining genome stability and cellular lifespan. This process requires …

Structure of a human replisome shows the organisation and interactions of a DNA replication machine

ML Jones, Y Baris, MRG Taylor, JTP Yeeles - The EMBO journal, 2021 - embopress.org
The human replisome is an elaborate arrangement of molecular machines responsible for
accurate chromosome replication. At its heart is the CDC45‐MCM‐GINS (CMG) helicase …

[HTML][HTML] Cryo-EM structure of the fork protection complex bound to CMG at a replication fork

D Baretić, M Jenkyn-Bedford, V Aria, G Cannone… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
The eukaryotic replisome, organized around the Cdc45-MCM-GINS (CMG) helicase,
orchestrates chromosome replication. Multiple factors associate directly with CMG, including …

[HTML][HTML] Structure, dynamics and function of the 26S proteasome

Y Mao - Macromolecular protein complexes III: structure and …, 2021 - Springer
The 26S proteasome is the most complex ATP-dependent protease machinery, of~ 2.5 MDa
mass, ubiquitously found in all eukaryotes. It selectively degrades ubiquitin-conjugated …

Single-molecule analysis and engineering of DNA motors

S Mohapatra, CT Lin, XA Feng, A Basu, T Ha - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Molecular motors are diverse enzymes that transduce chemical energy into mechanical
work and, in doing so, perform critical cellular functions such as DNA replication and …

Mechanism of eukaryotic origin unwinding is a dual helicase DNA shearing process

LD Langston, RE Georgescu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
DNA replication in all cells begins with the melting of base pairs at the duplex origin to allow
access to single-stranded DNA templates which are replicated by DNA polymerases. In …

[PDF][PDF] Proteome expansion in the Potyviridae evolutionary radiation

F Pasin, JA Daròs, IE Tzanetakis - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Potyviridae, the largest family of known RNA viruses (realm Riboviria), belongs to the
picorna-like supergroup and has important agricultural and ecological impacts. Potyvirid …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of the polymerase ε holoenzyme and atomic model of the leading strand replisome

Z Yuan, R Georgescu, GD Schauer… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The eukaryotic leading strand DNA polymerase (Pol) ε contains 4 subunits, Pol2, Dpb2,
Dpb3 and Dpb4. Pol2 is a fusion of two B-family Pols; the N-terminal Pol module is catalytic …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular basis for ATP-hydrolysis-driven DNA translocation by the CMG helicase of the eukaryotic replisome

P Eickhoff, HB Kose, F Martino, T Petojevic, FA Ali… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
In the eukaryotic replisome, DNA unwinding by the Cdc45-MCM-Go-Ichi-Ni-San
(GINS)(CMG) helicase requires a hexameric ring-shaped ATPase named minichromosome …