Cutting edge Seminar

 

 

Speaker: Hideo Nishitani （Professor, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo）

Title:　Regulation of genome integrity by CRL4-Cdt2 ubiquitin ligase that ensures DNA replication once per cell cycle.

 

 

Date&Time:  21 Feb. (Wed.) 2018, 12:00-13:00

Venue: Conference Room(1F), IMEG

 

Abstract

During a cell division cycle, both genetic and epigenetic informations must be correctly transmitted into daughter cells. Control of DNA replication-licensing ensures that chromosomal DNA is replicated once-and-only once in a cell cycle. By the early G1 phase, Cdc6 and Cdt1 load DNA helicase, MCM2-7 on replication origins for licensing. We reported that high expression of Cdt1 and/or Cdc6 caused over-replication of DNA, demonstrating that control of licensing factors is essential for only once replication. When cells started S phase, PCNA is loaded on chromatin and connects Cdt1 to ubiquitin ligase CRL4(Cul4-DDB1)-Cdt2 for degradation, thus preventing the re-replication. Cdt1 associates through its PIP-box (PCNA interacting protein box) to PCNA and is recognized by Cdt2. When cells are exposed to DNA damaging agents including UV-irradiation, the same PCNA and CRL4-Cdt2 mediated pathway is activated in G1 phase to degrade Cdt1, which appears to be important for repair of DNA damages. In addition to Cdt1, several targets of CRL4-Cdt2 have been reported, including H4K20 monomethylase Set8, CDK inhibitor p21, and thymine DNA glycosylase (TDG); all these substrate proteins are directly or indirectly involved in replication licensing or genome integrity. Recently, we found that human Cdt2 has a PIP-box at its C-terminal end. This motif is important to recruiting CRL4-Cdt2 to PCNA sites for efficient Cdt1 degradation. We propose that direct binding of Cdt2 to PCNA is important for targeting the CRL4^Cdt2 E3 ligase activity to substrates to maintain genome integrity.

 

References

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