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| Title | Unidirectional MCM translocation away from ORC drives origin licensing. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 16, Issue 1, Page 782, Year 2025 |
| Publish date | Jan 17, 2025 |
Authors | Agata Butryn / Julia F Greiwe / Alessandro Costa / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | The MCM motor of the eukaryotic replicative helicase is loaded as a double hexamer onto DNA by the Origin Recognition Complex (ORC), Cdc6, and Cdt1. ATP binding supports formation of the ORC-Cdc6- ...The MCM motor of the eukaryotic replicative helicase is loaded as a double hexamer onto DNA by the Origin Recognition Complex (ORC), Cdc6, and Cdt1. ATP binding supports formation of the ORC-Cdc6-Cdt1-MCM (OCCM) helicase-recruitment complex where ORC-Cdc6 and one MCM hexamer form two juxtaposed rings around duplex DNA. ATP hydrolysis by MCM completes MCM loading but the mechanism is unknown. Here, we used cryo-EM to characterise helicase loading with ATPase-dead Arginine Finger variants of the six MCM subunits. We report the structure of two MCM complexes with different DNA grips, stalled as they mature to loaded MCM. The Mcm2 Arginine Finger-variant stabilises DNA binding by Mcm2 away from ORC/Cdc6. The Arginine Finger-variant of the neighbouring Mcm5 subunit stabilises DNA engagement by Mcm5 downstream of the Mcm2 binding site. Cdc6 and Orc1 progressively disengage from ORC as MCM translocates along DNA. We observe that duplex DNA translocation by MCM involves a set of leading-strand contacts by the pre-sensor 1 ATPase hairpins and lagging-strand contacts by the helix-2-insert hairpins. Mutating any of the MCM residues involved impairs high-salt resistant DNA binding in vitro and double-hexamer formation assessed by electron microscopy. Thus, ATPase-powered duplex DNA translocation away from ORC underlies MCM loading. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:39824870 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 3.2 - 3.7 Å |
| Structure data | ![]() EMDB-51398: OCCM maturation intermediate stalled with an Arginine Finger mutation in Mcm5: Conformer 2. Consensus map. ![]() EMDB-51399: OCCM maturation intermediate stalled with an Arginine Finger mutation in Mcm5: Conformer 2. ORC local refinement. ![]() EMDB-51400: OCCM maturation intermediate stalled with an Arginine Finger mutation in Mcm5: Conformer 2. Local MCM-Cdt1 refinement. EMDB-51401: OCCM maturation intermediate stalled with an Arginine Finger mutation in Mcm5: Conformer 2. Composite map. ![]() EMDB-51404: OCCM maturation intermediate stalled with an Arginine Finger mutation in Mcm2. Consensus map ![]() EMDB-51405: OCCM maturation intermediate stalled with an Arginine Finger mutation in Mcm2. ORC local refinement. ![]() EMDB-51406: OCCM maturation intermediate stalled with an Arginine Finger mutation in Mcm2. MCM-Cdt1 local refinement. EMDB-51407: OCCM maturation intermediate stalled with an Arginine Finger mutation in Mcm2. Composite map. EMDB-51441, PDB-9gm5: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-ADP: ![]() ChemComp-ZN: ![]() ChemComp-ATP: |
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Keywords | REPLICATION / AAA+ ATPase / DNA translocase / ATPase switch / DNA replication |
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