| Literature DB >> 27989437 |
Sujan Devbhandari1, Jieqing Jiang1, Charanya Kumar2, Iestyn Whitehouse2, Dirk Remus3.
Abstract
Eukaryotic chromosomal DNA is faithfully replicated in a complex series of cell-cycle-regulated events that are incompletely understood. Here we report the reconstitution of DNA replication free in solution with purified proteins from the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The system recapitulates regulated bidirectional origin activation; synthesis of leading and lagging strands by the three replicative DNA polymerases Pol α, Pol δ, and Pol ε; and canonical maturation of Okazaki fragments into continuous daughter strands. We uncover a dual regulatory role for chromatin during DNA replication: promoting origin dependence and determining Okazaki fragment length by restricting Pol δ progression. This system thus provides a functional platform for the detailed mechanistic analysis of eukaryotic chromosome replication.Entities:
Keywords: DNA polymerase; DNA replication; McM2-7; ORC; Okazaki fragment; chromatin; lagging strand; leading strand; replication origin
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27989437 PMCID: PMC5256687 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.10.035
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell ISSN: 1097-2765 Impact factor: 17.970