Chromatin unloading of the replicative DNA helicase during replication and repair

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• Johannes Walter
• Wednesday 08 April 2015, 16:15-17:15
• Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

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Researchers studying eukaryotic DNA replication have made extraordinary progress in understanding how the replicative DNA helicase (the ‘CMG’ complex) is recruited to origins in G1, how it is activated in S phase, how it unwinds DNA at the fork, and how its de novo loading in S phase is restricted to prevent re-replication. By comparison, we know almost nothing about what happens when replisomes from adjacent origins meet, including the mechanism of CMG unloading. I will describe a cell-free system from Xenopus eggs that supports synchronous and site-specific replication termination, and what we have learned about CMG unloading using this approach. I will compare and contrast CMG unloading during termination with its unloading during the repair of DNA interstrand cross-links. Our work suggests that the removal of CMG from chromosomes is an active and essential process that is carefully regulated to preserve genome integrity.

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