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XB-ART-44944
Nat Struct Mol Biol 2011 Dec 04;191:17-24. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2177.
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RAD51- and MRE11-dependent reassembly of uncoupled CMG helicase complex at collapsed replication forks.

Hashimoto Y , Puddu F , Costanzo V .


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In higher eukaryotes, the dynamics of replisome components during fork collapse and restart are poorly understood. Here we have reconstituted replication fork collapse and restart by inducing single-strand DNA lesions that create a double-strand break in one of the replicated sister chromatids after fork passage. We found that, upon fork collapse, the active CDC45-MCM-GINS (CMG) helicase complex loses its GINS subunit. A functional replisome is restored by the reloading of GINS and polymerase ɛ onto DNA in a fashion that is dependent on RAD51 and MRE11 but independent of replication origin assembly and firing. PCNA mutant alleles defective in break-induced replication (BIR) are unable to support restoration of replisome integrity. These results show that, in higher eukaryotes, replisomes are partially dismantled after fork collapse and fully re-established by a recombination-mediated process.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: cdc45 chek1 ednra gins2 gmnn h2ax h2ax mmut mre11 pcna rad51


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References [+] :
Andersen, Eukaryotic DNA damage tolerance and translesion synthesis through covalent modifications of PCNA. 2008, Pubmed