ReviewJournal of molecular cell biology2011
Okazaki fragment maturation: nucleases take centre stage.
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- FANCA-dependent FEN1 recruitment suppresses transcription-replication conflicts and PARPi sensitivity.Molecular cell · 2026Article
- CDIN1-Codanin-1 complex defective in congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia type I is an RNA nuclease.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Dissecting the role of PCNA and Pif1 in replication of individual DNA molecules by DNA polymerase δ.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- XPF mediates 3' flap processing for FEN1-independent Okazaki fragment maturation.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
- PARP1-mediated 5' flap dynamics facilitate Okazaki fragment maturation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Targeting Genome Maintenance Defects of Cancers Using Chain-Terminating Nucleoside Analogs.Cancer science · 2026Review
- Replication-associated base excision repair/single-strand break repair regulates PARG inhibitor response via the PRMT1/PRMT5/ATR axis.NAR cancer · 2025Article
- Rad27/FEN1 prevents accumulation of Okazaki fragments and ribosomal DNA copy number changes.FEBS letters · 2025Article
- Mitochondrial Gene Phylogenetic Incongruencies Are Linked to Chromosomal Position and Function.Genome biology and evolution · 2025Article
- XPF mediates 3' flap processing for FEN1-independent Okazaki fragment maturation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- JMJD1B-mediated FEN1 demethylation allows timely switching of Okazaki fragment maturation core enzymes to avoid mutagenic flap ligation by PARP1-LIG3.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- DNA2 and MSH2 cooperatively repair stabilized G4 and allow efficient telomere replication.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- Discovery and Characterization of Small Molecule Inhibitors Targeting Exonuclease 1 for Homologous Recombination-Deficient Cancer Therapy.ACS chemical biology · 2025Article
- Division of labor: OEX1 and POL1A/POL1B are partial derivatives of prokaryotic DNA polymerase required for mitochondrial genome maintenance in plants.The Plant cell · 2025Article
- R-loop control and mitochondrial genome stability require the 5'-3' exonuclease/flap endonuclease OEX1.The Plant cell · 2025Article
- DNA2 and MSH2 activity collectively mediate chemically stabilized G4 for efficient telomere replication.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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- Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1: A Multi-Purpose Player in the Development of Cancer and Metabolic Disease.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- A tale of two strands: Decoding chromatin replication through strand-specific sequencing.Molecular cell · 2025Review
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Abstract
Completion of lagging strand DNA synthesis requires processing of up to 50 million Okazaki fragments per cell cycle in mammalian cells. Even in yeast, the Okazaki fragment maturation happens approximately a million times during a single round of DNA replication. Therefore, efficient processing of Okazaki fragments is vital for DNA replication and cell proliferation. During this process, primase-synthesized RNA/DNA primers are removed, and Okazaki fragments are joined into an intact lagging strand DNA. The processing of RNA/DNA primers requires a group of structure-specific nucleases typified by flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1). Here, we summarize the distinct roles of these nucleases in different pathways for removal of RNA/DNA primers. Recent findings reveal that Okazaki fragment maturation is highly coordinated. The dynamic interactions of polymerase δ, FEN1 and DNA ligase I with proliferating cell nuclear antigen allow these enzymes to act sequentially during Okazaki fragment maturation. Such protein-protein interactions may be regulated by post-translational modifications. We also discuss studies using mutant mouse models that suggest two distinct cancer etiological mechanisms arising from defects in different steps of Okazaki fragment maturation. Mutations that affect the efficiency of RNA primer removal may result in accumulation of unligated nicks and DNA double-strand breaks. These DNA strand breaks can cause varying forms of chromosome aberrations, contributing to development of cancer that associates with aneuploidy and gross chromosomal rearrangement. On the other hand, mutations that impair editing out of polymerase α incorporation errors result in cancer displaying a strong mutator phenotype.
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