Regulation of MCM2-7 function

Y Ishimi - Genes & genetic systems, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Recently published structural and functional analyses of the CMG complex have provided
insight into the mechanism of its DNA helicase function and into the distinct roles of its …

The human replicative helicase, the CMG complex, as a target for anti-cancer therapy

YS Seo, YH Kang - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2018 - frontiersin.org
DNA helicases unwind or rearrange duplex DNA during replication, recombination and
repair. Helicases of many pathogenic organisms such as viruses, bacteria, and protozoa …

Excess MCM proteins protect human cells from replicative stress by licensing backup origins of replication

A Ibarra, E Schwob, J Méndez - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
The six main minichromosome maintenance proteins (Mcm2–7), which presumably
constitute the core of the replicative DNA helicase, are present in chromatin in large excess …

The MCM8-MCM9 complex promotes RAD51 recruitment at DNA damage sites to facilitate homologous recombination

J Park, DT Long, KY Lee, T Abbas… - … and cellular biology, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
The minichromosome maintenance protein homologs MCM8 and MCM9 have previously
been implicated in DNA replication elongation and prereplication complex (pre-RC) …

Dynamic loading and redistribution of the Mcm2‐7 helicase complex through the cell cycle

SK Powell, HK MacAlpine, JA Prinz, Y Li… - The EMBO …, 2015 - embopress.org
Eukaryotic replication origins are defined by the ORC‐dependent loading of the Mcm2‐7
helicase complex onto chromatin in G1. Paradoxically, there is a vast excess of Mcm2‐7 …

Minichromosome maintenance proteins 2, 3 and 7 in medulloblastoma: overexpression and involvement in regulation of cell migration and invasion

KM Lau, QKY Chan, JCS Pang, KKW Li, WW Yeung… - Oncogene, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract Minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins 2–7 are important in DNA
replication licensing. Functional roles beyond licensing are speculated. In addition …

Incremental genetic perturbations to MCM2-7 expression and subcellular distribution reveal exquisite sensitivity of mice to DNA replication stress

CH Chuang, MD Wallace, C Abratte, T Southard… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Mutations causing replication stress can lead to genomic instability (GIN). In vitro studies
have shown that drastic depletion of the MCM2-7 DNA replication licensing factors, which …

Inhibition of MCM2 enhances the sensitivity of ovarian cancer cell to carboplatin

M Deng, J Sun, S Xie, H Zhen… - Molecular …, 2019 - spandidos-publications.com
Chemotherapy is widely used for the treatment of ovarian cancer. Since chemotherapy
resistance is the major cause of poor prognosis in patients with ovarian cancer, it is …

Quantitative proteomics reveals dynamic interactions of the minichromosome maintenance complex (MCM) in the cellular response to etoposide induced DNA …

R Drissi, ML Dubois, M Douziech… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2015 - ASBMB
The minichromosome maintenance complex (MCM) proteins are required for processive
DNA replication and are a target of S-phase checkpoints. The eukaryotic MCM complex …

Ancient diversification of eukaryotic MCM DNA replication proteins

Y Liu, TA Richards, SJ Aves - BMC evolutionary biology, 2009 - Springer
Background Yeast and animal cells require six mini-chromosome maintenance proteins
(Mcm2-7) for pre-replication complex formation, DNA replication initiation and DNA …