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Recombinant expression and characterization of yeast Mrc1, a DNA replication checkpoint mediator

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posted on 2019-11-22, 15:23 authored by Lanjing Li, Zhihui Zhang

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Mrc1 (homolog of human Claspin and mediator of replication checkpoint) is not only a part of the replication machine, but also participates in the replication stress response when DNA replication is blocked by hydroxyurea. Since Mrc1 is expressed in a small amount in cells and has many proteins interacting with it as a mediator, it is difficult to obtain Mrc1 with high concentration and purity. This article reports the purification of a stable truncation of Mrc1 and the full length Mrc1. High concentration and high purity of Mrc1 was obtained and the three-dimensional structure of Mrc1 was analyzed, which is a ring with a hole in the center. At the same time, we found that Mrc1 has an interaction with Rad24-RFC a clamp loader in the replication checkpoint, and can form a complex with it, implying that we can assemble large replication checkpoint complexes in vitro. These results initially reveal the ring structure of Mrc1 and its interaction with Rad24-RFC in replication checkpoints in S. cerevisiae.

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This work was supported by the China postdoctoral Science Foundation [grant number 2019M652203].

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