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XB-ART-798
Mol Cell Biol 2006 Feb 01;263:1098-108. doi: 10.1128/MCB.26.3.1098-1108.2006.
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Regulation of replication licensing by acetyltransferase Hbo1.

Iizuka M , Matsui T , Takisawa H , Smith MM .


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The initiation of DNA replication is tightly regulated in eukaryotic cells to ensure that the genome is precisely duplicated once and only once per cell cycle. This is accomplished by controlling the assembly of a prereplicative complex (pre-RC) which involves the sequential binding to replication origins of the origin recognition complex (ORC), Cdc6/Cdc18, Cdt1, and the minichromosome maintenance complex (Mcm2-Mcm7, or Mcm2-7). Several mechanisms of pre-RC regulation are known, including ATP utilization, cyclin-dependent kinase levels, protein turnover, and Cdt1 binding by geminin. Histone acetylation may also affect the initiation of DNA replication, but at present neither the enzymes nor the steps involved are known. Here, we show that Hbo1, a member of the MYST histone acetyltransferase family, is a previously unrecognized positive regulatory factor for pre-RC assembly. When Hbo1 expression was inhibited in human cells, Mcm2-7 failed to associate with chromatin even though ORC and Cdc6 loading was normal. When Xenopus egg extracts were immunodepleted of Xenopus Hbo1 (XHbo1), chromatin binding of Mcm2-7 was lost, and DNA replication was abolished. The binding of Mcm2-7 to chromatin in XHbo1-depleted extracts could be restored by the addition of recombinant Cdt1.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: cdc6 cdt1 gmnn kat7 mcm2 mcm7

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