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ArticleNature communications2025

Selective interactions at pre-replication complexes categorize baseline and dormant origins.

Bhushan L Thakur, Christophe E Redon, Haiqing Fu, Robin Sebastian, Nana A Kusi, Sophie Z Zhuang, Lorinc S Pongor, Vilhelm A Bohr, Mirit I Aladjem

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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 11 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Bhushan L ThakurDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Maryland, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8426-3478
Christophe E RedonDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Maryland, MD, USA.
Haiqing FuDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Maryland, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4764-1422
Robin SebastianDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Maryland, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6495-2615
Nana A KusiDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Maryland, MD, USA.
Sophie Z ZhuangDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Maryland, MD, USA.
Lorinc S PongorDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Maryland, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5917-4628
Vilhelm A BohrDepartment of ICMM, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4823-6429
Mirit I AladjemDevelopmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Maryland, MD, USA. aladjemm@mail.nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1875-3110

Funding

Initiation of DNA Replication in Mammalian CellsZIABC010411 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI ALADJEM, MIRIT · 2009 to 2025
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Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010411
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA synthesis in metazoans initiates within a select group of replication origins (baseline origins), whereas other (dormant) origins do not initiate replication despite recruiting apparently indistinguishable pre-replication complexes. Dormant origins are activated as backups when DNA synthesis stalls, allowing for complete genome duplication, yet it is unclear how cells selectively differentiate between baseline and dormant origins. We report here that during unperturbed cell proliferation, dormant origins selectively bind phosphorylated RecQL4 (pRecQL4), a member of the RecQ helicase family mutated in Rothmund-Thomson, RAPADILINO and Baller-Gerold syndromes. Origin-bound pRecQL4 prevents the binding of an essential replication initiation complex, MTBP-TICRR/TRESLIN, to dormant origins, thus restricting replication initiation to baseline origins. When cells encounter replication stress, pRecQL4 is required for the dissociation of the MTBP-TICRR/TRESLIN complex from chromatin, which, in turn, facilitates the subsequent redistribution of MTBP-TICRR/TRESLIN to both baseline and dormant origins and allows recovery from replication inhibition. Thus, the interactions between the MTBP-TICRR/TRESLIN complex and pRecQL4 at replication origins are critical for replication origin choice and facilitate recovery from replication stress.

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DNA ReplicationRecQ HelicasesReplication OriginCell Cycle ProteinsCell ProliferationChromatinHeLa CellsHumansPhosphorylationProtein BindingCell Cycle ProteinsChromatinRecQ HelicasesRECQL4 protein, humanTICRR protein, human

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PMID40319014
PMCPMC12049448

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