Abstract
Using cell-free extracts made from Xenopus eggs, we show that cdk2-cyclin E and A kinases play an important role in negatively regulating DNA replication. Specifically, we demonstrate that the cdk2 kinase concentration surrounding chromatin in extracts increases 200-fold once the chromatin is assembled into nuclei. Further, we find that if the cdk2–cyclin E or A concentration in egg cytosol is increased 16-fold before the addition of sperm chromatin, the chromatin fails to initiate DNA replication once assembled into nuclei. This demonstrates that cdk2–cyclin E or A can negatively regulate DNA replication. With respect to how this negative regulation occurs, we show that high levels of cdk2–cyclin E do not block the association of the protein complex ORC with sperm chromatin but do prevent association of MCM3, a protein essential for replication. Importantly, we find that MCM3 that is prebound to chromatin does not dissociate when cdk2– cyclin E levels are increased. Taken together our results strongly suggest that during the embryonic cell cycle, the low concentrations of cdk2–cyclin E present in the cytosol after mitosis and before nuclear formation allow proteins essential for potentiating DNA replication to bind to chromatin, and that the high concentration of cdk2–cyclin E within nuclei prevents MCM from reassociating with chromatin after replication. This situation could serve, in part, to limit DNA replication to a single round per cell cycle.
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Created | 23 years ago (July 26, 2002, 12:47 p.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years ago (July 28, 2023, 7:01 p.m.) |
Indexed | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (June 10, 2025, 2:44 p.m.) |
Issued | 28 years, 4 months ago (April 7, 1997) |
Published | 28 years, 4 months ago (April 7, 1997) |
Published Online | 28 years, 4 months ago (April 7, 1997) |
Published Print | 28 years, 4 months ago (April 7, 1997) |
@article{Hua_1997, title={A Role for Cdk2 Kinase in Negatively Regulating DNA Replication during S Phase of the Cell Cycle}, volume={137}, ISSN={1540-8140}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.137.1.183}, DOI={10.1083/jcb.137.1.183}, number={1}, journal={The Journal of Cell Biology}, publisher={Rockefeller University Press}, author={Hua, Xuequn Helen and Yan, Hong and Newport, John}, year={1997}, month=apr, pages={183–192} }