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Title | Structure of the PCNA unloader Elg1-RFC. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Sci Adv, Vol. 10, Issue 9, Page eadl1739, Year 2024 |
Publish date | Mar 1, 2024 |
Authors | Fengwei Zheng / Nina Y Yao / Roxana E Georgescu / Huilin Li / Michael E O'Donnell / |
PubMed Abstract | During DNA replication, the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) clamps are loaded onto primed sites for each Okazaki fragment synthesis by the AAA heteropentamer replication factor C (RFC). ...During DNA replication, the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) clamps are loaded onto primed sites for each Okazaki fragment synthesis by the AAA heteropentamer replication factor C (RFC). PCNA encircling duplex DNA is quite stable and is removed from DNA by the dedicated clamp unloader Elg1-RFC. Here, we show the cryo-EM structure of Elg1-RFC in various states with PCNA. The structures reveal essential features of Elg1-RFC that explain how it is dedicated to PCNA unloading. Specifically, Elg1 contains two external loops that block opening of the Elg1-RFC complex for DNA binding, and an "Elg1 plug" domain that fills the central DNA binding chamber, thereby reinforcing the exclusive PCNA unloading activity of Elg1-RFC. Elg1-RFC was capable of unloading PCNA using non-hydrolyzable AMP-PNP. Both RFC and Elg1-RFC could remove PCNA from covalently closed circular DNA, indicating that PCNA unloading occurs by a mechanism that is distinct from PCNA loading. Implications for the PCNA unloading mechanism are discussed. |
External links | Sci Adv / PubMed:38427736 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 3.2 - 3.67 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-41252: Cryo-EM map of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae PCNA clamp unloader Elg1-RFC complex EMDB-41253: Cryo-EM map of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae clamp unloader Elg1-RFC bound to a cracked PCNA EMDB-41254: Cryo-EM map of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae clamp unloader Elg1-RFC bound to PCNA |
Chemicals | ChemComp-AGS: ChemComp-MG: ChemComp-ADP: |
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Keywords | REPLICATION / DNA replication / DNA sliding clamp / PCNA clamp / clamp unloader / Elg1-RFC unloader / clamp loader/unloader |