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Cryo-EM structure of human hexameric MCM2-7 complex.

Naining Xu, Qingpeng Lin, Honglei Tian, Changdong Liu, Peiyi Wang, Ching Monica Suen, Hongyu Yang, Ye Xiang, Guang Zhu

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Article in iScience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Naining XuDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Center, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen 518036, China.
Qingpeng LinBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Honglei TianDivision of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 00000, China.
Changdong LiuDivision of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 00000, China.
Peiyi WangCryo-EM Center of SUSTech, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Ching Monica SuenDivision of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 00000, China.
Hongyu YangDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Center, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen 518036, China.
Ye XiangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Guang ZhuDivision of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 00000, China.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · HKBeijing Advanced Sciences and Innovation Center · CNPeking University Shenzhen Hospital · CNSouthern University of Science and Technology · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The central step in the initiation of eukaryotic DNA replication is the loading of the minichromosome maintenance 2-7 (MCM2-7) complex, the core of the replicative DNA helicase, onto chromatin at replication origin. Here, we reported the cryo-EM structure of endogenous human single hexameric MCM2-7 complex with a resolution at 4.4 Å, typically an open-ring hexamer with a gap between Mcm2 and Mcm5. Strikingly, further analysis revealed that human MCM2-7 can self-associate to form a loose double hexamer which potentially implies a novel mechanism underlying the MCM2-7 loading in eukaryote. The high-resolution cryo-EM structure of human MCM2-7 is critical for understanding the molecular mechanisms governing human DNA replication, especially the MCM2-7 chromatin loading and pre-replicative complex assembly.

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