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 …

PCNA loaders and unloaders—One ring that rules them all

M Arbel, K Choudhary, O Tfilin, M Kupiec - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
During each cell duplication, the entirety of the genomic DNA in every cell must be
accurately and quickly copied. Given the short time available for the chore, the requirement …

How Pol α-primase is targeted to replisomes to prime eukaryotic DNA replication

ML Jones, V Aria, Y Baris, JTP Yeeles - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
During eukaryotic DNA replication, Pol α-primase generates primers at replication origins to
start leading-strand synthesis and every few hundred nucleotides during discontinuous …

Fast and efficient DNA replication with purified human proteins

Y Baris, MRG Taylor, V Aria, JTP Yeeles - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Chromosome replication is performed by a complex and intricate ensemble of proteins
termed the replisome, where the DNA polymerases Polδ and Polε, DNA polymerase α …

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 …

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 …

Synergism between CMG helicase and leading strand DNA polymerase at replication fork

Z Xu, J Feng, D Yu, Y Huo, X Ma, WH Lam, Z Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The replisome that replicates the eukaryotic genome consists of at least three engines: the
Cdc45-MCM-GINS (CMG) helicase that separates duplex DNA at the replication fork and …

Single-molecule mapping of replisome progression

C Claussin, J Vazquez, I Whitehouse - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Fundamental aspects of DNA replication, such as the anatomy of replication stall sites, how
replisomes are influenced by gene transcription, and whether the progression of sister …

CryoEM structures of human CMG–ATPγS–DNA and CMG–AND-1 complexes

NJ Rzechorzek, SW Hardwick… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Structural mechanisms for replicating DNA in eukaryotes

I Attali, MR Botchan, JM Berger - Annual review of biochemistry, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The faithful and timely copying of DNA by molecular machines known as replisomes
depends on a disparate suite of enzymes and scaffolding factors working together in a …