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Title | DNA bending mediated by ORC is essential for replication licensing in budding yeast. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, Vol. 122, Issue 14, Page e2502277122, Year 2025 |
Publish date | Apr 8, 2025 |
![]() | Wai Hei Lam / Daqi Yu / Qiongdan Zhang / Yuhan Lin / Ningning Li / Jian Li / Yue Wu / Yingyi Zhang / Ning Gao / Bik Kwoon Tye / Yuanliang Zhai / Shangyu Dang / ![]() ![]() |
PubMed Abstract | In eukaryotes, the origin recognition complex (ORC) promotes the assembly of minichromosome maintenance 2 to 7 complexes into a head-to-head double hexamer at origin DNA in a process known as ...In eukaryotes, the origin recognition complex (ORC) promotes the assembly of minichromosome maintenance 2 to 7 complexes into a head-to-head double hexamer at origin DNA in a process known as replication licensing. In this study, we present a series of cryoelectron microscopy structures of yeast ORC mutants in complex with origin DNA. We show that Orc6, the smallest subunit of ORC, utilizes its transcription factor II B-B domain to orchestrate the sequential binding of ORC to origin DNA. In addition, Orc6 plays the role of a scaffold by stabilizing the basic patch (BP) of Orc5 for ORC to capture and bend origin DNA. Importantly, disrupting DNA bending through mutating three key residues in Orc5-BP impairs ORC's ability to promote replication initiation at two points during the pre-RC assembly process. This study dissects the multifaceted role of Orc6 in orchestrating ORC's activities on DNA and underscores the vital role of DNA bending by ORC in replication licensing. |
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Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 2.98 - 3.33 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-60326, PDB-8zp4: EMDB-60327, PDB-8zp5: EMDB-60347, PDB-8zpk: |
Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-AGS: ![]() ChemComp-MG: |
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![]() | REPLICATION / origin recognition complex |