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ArticleNature communications2025

Reconstitution of human DNA licensing and the structural and functional analysis of key intermediates.

Jennifer N Wells, Lucy V Edwardes, Vera Leber, Shenaz Allyjaun, Matthew Peach, Joshua Tomkins, Antonia Kefala-Stavridi, Sarah V Faull, Ricardo Aramayo, Carolina M Pestana and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. A Meier-Gorlin syndrome mutation impairs the loading of the MCM2-7 complex during DNA replication initiation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  5. An Orc6 tether mediates ORC binding-site switching during replication origin licensing.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  7. Compact Origins and Where to Find Them: ORC's Guide to Genome-Wide Licensing.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025
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  9. DNA bending mediated by ORC is essential for replication licensing in budding yeast.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Jennifer N Wells *DNA Replication Group, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Lucy V Edwardes *DNA Replication Group, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Vera LeberDNA Replication Group, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Shenaz AllyjaunDNA Replication Group, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Matthew PeachDNA Replication Group, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9024-2289
Joshua TomkinsDNA Replication Group, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Antonia Kefala-StavridiDNA Replication Group, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Sarah V FaullDNA Replication Group, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3496-8488
Ricardo AramayoDNA Replication Group, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Carolina M PestanaDNA Replication Group, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Lepakshi RanjhaDNA Replication Group, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Christian SpeckDNA Replication Group, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK. chris.speck@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6646-1692

Funding

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) DRCNPG-May21\100006Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 107903/Z/15/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 206175/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human DNA licensing initiates replication fork assembly and DNA replication. This reaction promotes the loading of the hMCM2-7 complex on DNA, which represents the core of the replicative helicase that unwinds DNA during S-phase. Here, we report the reconstitution of human DNA licensing using purified proteins. We showed that the in vitro reaction is specific and results in the assembly of high-salt resistant hMCM2-7 double-hexamers. With ATPγS, an hORC1-5-hCDC6-hCDT1-hMCM2-7 (hOCCM) assembles independent of hORC6, but hORC6 enhances double-hexamer formation. We determined the hOCCM structure, which showed that hORC-hCDC6 recruits hMCM2-7 via five hMCM winged-helix domains. The structure highlights how hORC1 activates the hCDC6 ATPase and uncovered an unexpected role for hCDC6 ATPase in complex disassembly. We identified that hCDC6 binding to hORC1-5 stabilises hORC2-DNA interactions and supports hMCM3-dependent recruitment of hMCM2-7. Finally, the structure allowed us to locate cancer-associated mutations at the hCDC6-hMCM3 interface, which showed specific helicase loading defects.

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Cell Cycle ProteinsDNADNA ReplicationMinichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 2Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 7Nuclear ProteinsOrigin Recognition ComplexCryoelectron MicroscopyDNA HelicasesProtein BindingProtein DomainsProtein MultimerizationCDC6 protein, humanCDT1 protein, humanCell Cycle ProteinsDNADNA HelicasesMCM2 protein, humanMCM7 protein, humanMinichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 2Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 7Nuclear ProteinsORC1 protein, humanORC5 protein, humanOrigin Recognition Complex

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PMID39779677
PMCPMC11711466

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