MCM10 mediates RECQ4 association with MCM2-7 helicase complex during DNA replication

EMBO J. 2009 Oct 7;28(19):3005-14. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2009.235. Epub 2009 Aug 20.

Abstract

Mutations in RECQ4, a member of the RecQ family of DNA helicases, have been linked to the progeroid disease Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome. Attempts to understand the complex phenotypes observed in recq4-deficient cells suggest a potential involvement in DNA repair and replication, yet the molecular basis of the function of RECQ4 in these processes remains unknown. Here, we report the identification of a highly purified chromatin-bound RECQ4 complex from human cell extracts. We found that essential replisome factors MCM10, MCM2-7 helicase, CDC45 and GINS are the primary interaction partner proteins of human RECQ4. Importantly, complex formation and the association of RECQ4 with the replication origin are cell-cycle regulated. Furthermore, we show that MCM10 is essential for the integrity of the RECQ4-MCM replicative helicase complex. MCM10 interacts directly with RECQ4 and regulates its DNA unwinding activity, and that this interaction may be modulated by cyclin-dependent kinase phosphorylation. Thus, these studies show that RECQ4 is an integral component of the MCM replicative helicase complex participating in DNA replication in human cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Cycle
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / metabolism*
  • Cell Line
  • Chromatin / metabolism
  • DNA / genetics
  • DNA Replication*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 2
  • Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 7
  • Minichromosome Maintenance Proteins
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism*
  • RecQ Helicases / isolation & purification
  • RecQ Helicases / metabolism*
  • Replication Origin

Substances

  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Chromatin
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • MCM10 protein, human
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • DNA
  • RECQL4 protein, human
  • MCM2 protein, human
  • MCM7 protein, human
  • Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 2
  • Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 7
  • Minichromosome Maintenance Proteins
  • RecQ Helicases