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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

DNA bending mediated by ORC is essential for replication licensing in budding yeast.

Wai Hei Lam, Daqi Yu, Qiongdan Zhang, Yuhan Lin, Ningning Li, Jian Li, Yue Wu, Yingyi Zhang, Ning Gao, Bik Kwoon Tye and 2 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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12 authors.

Wai Hei Lam *Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
Daqi Yu *Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8014-5802
Qiongdan Zhang *School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Yuhan LinSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Ningning LiState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100084, China.
Jian LiSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Yue WuSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Yingyi ZhangDivision of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
Ning GaoState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3067-9993
Bik Kwoon TyeDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.ORCID 0000-0001-5795-0216
Yuanliang ZhaiDivision of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
Shangyu DangDivision of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9141-1865

Funding

MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 32425014Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (ç"究資助局) C6001-21EResearch Grants Council, University Grants Committee (ç"究資助局) C6012-22GResearch Grants Council, University Grants Committee (ç"究資助局) C6036-21GFResearch Grants Council, University Grants Committee (ç"究資助局) C7035-23GFResearch Grants Council, University Grants Committee (ç"究資助局) CRS_HKU705/23Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (ç"究資助局) GRF16100233Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (ç"究資助局) GRF16102822Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (ç"究資助局) GRF16103321Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (ç"究資助局) GRF17109623Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (ç"究資助局) GRF17119022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In eukaryotes, the origin recognition complex (ORC) promotes the assembly of minichromosome maintenance 2 to 7 complexes into a head-to-head double hexamer at origin DNA in a process known as replication licensing. In this study, we present a series of cryoelectron microscopy structures of yeast ORC mutants in complex with origin DNA. We show that Orc6, the smallest subunit of ORC, utilizes its transcription factor II B-B domain to orchestrate the sequential binding of ORC to origin DNA. In addition, Orc6 plays the role of a scaffold by stabilizing the basic patch (BP) of Orc5 for ORC to capture and bend origin DNA. Importantly, disrupting DNA bending through mutating three key residues in Orc5-BP impairs ORC's ability to promote replication initiation at two points during the pre-RC assembly process. This study dissects the multifaceted role of Orc6 in orchestrating ORC's activities on DNA and underscores the vital role of DNA bending by ORC in replication licensing.

Indexed as

DNA, FungalDNA ReplicationOrigin Recognition ComplexSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsCryoelectron MicroscopyMutationNucleic Acid ConformationReplication OriginDNA, FungalOrigin Recognition ComplexSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsDNA bendingeukaryotic DNA replicationMCM double hexamerorigin recognition complexreplication initiation

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PMID40184174
PMCPMC12002289

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