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MOLECULAR CELL
卷 8, 期 5, 页码 1093-1104出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(01)00389-6
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM58701] Funding Source: Medline
The six MCM (minichromosome maintenance) proteins are essential DNA replication factors that each contain a putative ATP binding motif and together form a heterohexameric complex. We show that these motifs are required for viability in vivo and coordinated ATP hydrolysis in vitro. Mutational analysis discriminates between two functionally distinct MCM protein subgroups: Mcm4p, 6p, and 7p contribute canonical ATP binding motifs essential for catalysis, whereas the related motifs in Mcm2p, 3p, and 5p serve a regulatory function. Reconstitution experiments indicate that specific functional interactions between these two subgroups are required for robust ATP hydrolysis. Our observations show parallels between the MCM complex and the Fi-ATPase, and we discuss how ATP hydrolysis by the MCM complex might be coupled to DNA strand separation.
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