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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ricke, Robin M.
• Bielinsky, Anja-Katrin

Titel

A Conserved Hsp10-like Domain in Mcm10 Is Required to Stabilize the Catalytic Subunit of DNA Polymerase-α in Budding Yeast

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of biological chemistry, 2006-07, Vol.281 (27), p.18414-18425

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Mcm10 is a conserved eukaryotic DNA replication factor that is required for S phase progression. Recently, Mcm10 has been shown to interact physically with the DNA polymerase-α (pol-α)·primase complex. We show now that Mcm10 is in a complex with pol-α throughout the cell cycle. In temperature-sensitive mcm10-1 mutants, depletion of Mcm10 results in degradation of the catalytic subunit of pol-α, Cdc17/Pol1, regardless of whether cells are in G1, S, or G2 phase. Importantly, Cdc17 protein levels can be restored upon overexpression of exogenous Mcm10 in mcm10-1 mutants that are grown at the nonpermissive temperature. Moreover, overexpressed Cdc17 that is normally subject to rapid degradation is stabilized by Mcm10 co-overexpression but not by co-overexpression of the B-subunit of pol-α, Pol12. These results are consistent with Mcm10 having a role as a nuclear chaperone for Cdc17. Mutational analysis indicates that a conserved heat-shock protein 10 (Hsp10)-like domain in Mcm10 is required to prevent the degradation of Cdc17. Substitution of a single residue in the Hsp10-like domain of endogenous Mcm10 results in a dramatic reduction of steady-state Cdc17 levels. The high degree of evolutionary conservation of this domain implies that stabilizing Cdc17 may be a conserved function of Mcm10.