Cell Cycle Specific Plasmid DNA Replication in the Nuclear Extract ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae:  Modulation by Replication Protein A and Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen†

Biochemistry ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 41 (16) ◽  
pp. 5255-5265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atanaska V. Mitkova ◽  
Esther E. Biswas ◽  
Subhasis B. Biswas
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Plasmid Dna ◽  
Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Replication Protein A ◽  
Nuclear Extract ◽  
Replication Protein ◽  
Nuclear Antigen ◽  
Proliferating Cell

scholarly journals Effect of 8-oxoguanine and abasic site DNA lesions on in vitro elongation by human DNA polymerase ϵ in the presence of replication protein A and proliferating-cell nuclear antigen

2010 ◽  
Vol 429 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giada A. Locatelli ◽  
Helmut Pospiech ◽  
Nicolas Tanguy Le Gac ◽  
Barbara van Loon ◽  
Ulrich Hubscher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Replication Protein A ◽  
Dna Lesions ◽  
Replication Protein ◽  
Nuclear Antigen ◽  
Abasic Site ◽  
Human Dna ◽  
Proliferating Cell

DNA pol (polymerase) ϵ is thought to be the leading strand replicase in eukaryotes. In the present paper, we show that human DNA pol ϵ can efficiently bypass an 8-oxo-G (7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine) lesion on the template strand by inserting either dCMP or dAMP opposite to it, but it cannot bypass an abasic site. During replication, DNA pols associate with accessory proteins that may alter their bypass ability. We investigated the role of the human DNA sliding clamp PCNA (proliferating-cell nuclear antigen) and of the human single-stranded DNA-binding protein RPA (replication protein A) in the modulation of the DNA synthesis and translesion capacity of DNA pol ϵ. RPA inhibited the elongation by human DNA pol ϵ on templates annealed to short primers. PCNA did not influence the elongation by DNA pol ϵ and had no effect on inhibition of elongation caused by RPA. RPA inhibition was considerably reduced when the length of the primers was increased. On templates bearing the 8-oxo-G lesion, this inhibitory effect was more pronounced on DNA replication beyond the lesion, suggesting that RPA may prevent extension by DNA pol ϵ after incorporation opposite an 8-oxo-G. Neither PCNA nor RPA had any effect on the inability of DNA pol ϵ to replicate past the AP site, independent of the primer length.

scholarly journals The distribution pattern of proliferating cell nuclear antigen in the nuclei of Leishmania donovani

Microbiology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 155 (11) ◽  
pp. 3748-3757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devanand Kumar ◽  
Neha Minocha ◽  
Kalpana Rajanala ◽  
Swati Saha
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen ◽  
Cell Cycle Progression ◽  
Leishmania Donovani ◽  
Systemic Disease ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Nuclear Antigen ◽  
M Phase ◽  
Proliferating Cell

DNA replication in eukaryotes is a highly conserved process marked by the licensing of multiple origins, with pre-replication complex assembly in G1 phase, followed by the onset of replication at these origins in S phase. The two strands replicate by different mechanisms, and DNA synthesis is brought about by the activity of the replicative DNA polymerases Pol δ and Pol ϵ. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) augments the processivity of these polymerases by serving as a DNA sliding clamp protein. This study reports the cloning of PCNA from the protozoan Leishmania donovani, which is the causative agent of the systemic disease visceral leishmaniasis. PCNA was demonstrated to be robustly expressed in actively proliferating L. donovani promastigotes. We found that the protein was present primarily in the nucleus throughout the cell cycle, and it was found in both proliferating procyclic and metacyclic promastigotes. However, levels of expression of PCNA varied through cell cycle progression, with maximum expression evident in G1 and S phases. The subnuclear pattern of expression of PCNA differed in different stages of the cell cycle; it formed distinct subnuclear foci in S phase, while it was distributed in a more diffuse pattern in G2/M phase and post-mitotic phase cells. These subnuclear foci are the sites of active DNA replication, suggesting that replication factories exist in Leishmania, as they do in higher eukaryotes, thus opening avenues for investigating other Leishmania proteins that are involved in DNA replication as part of these replication factories.

The cell-cycle regulated proliferating cell nuclear antigen is required for SV40 DNA replication in vitro

Nature ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 326 (6112) ◽  
pp. 471-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Prelich ◽  
Matthew Kostura ◽  
Daniel R. Marshak ◽  
Michael B. Mathews ◽  
Bruce Stillman
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen ◽  
Nuclear Antigen ◽  
Sv40 Dna ◽  
Proliferating Cell
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