Ku antigen, an origin-specific binding protein that associates with replication proteins, is required for mammalian DNA replication

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• 作者：Matheos ; Diamanto ; Ruiz ; Marcia T. ; Price ; Gerald B. ; Zannis-Hadjopoulos ; Maria
• 关键词：Ku antigen ; Mammalian DNA replication ; Origin of DNA replication ; SV40 in vitro replication ; DHFR origin
• 刊名：Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/Gene Structure and Expression
• 出版年：2002
• 出版时间：October 11, 2002
• 年：2002
• 卷：1578
• 期：1-3
• 页码：59-72
• 全文大小：596 K

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Ors binding activity (OBA) represents a HeLa cell protein activity that binds in a sequence-specific manner to A3/4, a 36-bp mammalian replication origin sequence. OBA's DNA binding domain is identical to the 80-kDa subunit of Ku antigen. Ku antigen associates with mammalian origins of DNA replication in vivo, with maximum binding at the G1/S phase. Addition of an A3/4 double-stranded oligonucleotide inhibited in vitro DNA replication of p186, pors12, and pX24, plasmids containing the monkey replication origins of ors8, ors12, and the Chinese hamster DHFR oriβ, respectively. In contrast, in vitro SV40 DNA replication remained unaffected. The inhibitory effect of A3/4 oligonucleotide was fully reversed upon addition of affinity-purified Ku. Furthermore, depletion of Ku by inclusion of an antibody recognizing the Ku heterodimer, Ku70/Ku80, decreased mammalian replication to basal levels. By co-immunoprecipitation analyses, Ku was found to interact with DNA polymerases α, δ and ?, PCNA, topoisomerase II, RF-C, RP-A, DNA-PKcs, ORC-2, and Oct-1. These interactions were not inhibited by the presence of ethidium bromide in the immunoprecipitation reaction, suggesting DNA-independent protein associations. The data suggest an involvement of Ku in mammalian DNA replication as an origin-specific-binding protein with DNA helicase activity. Ku acts at the initiation step of replication and requires an A3/4-homologous sequence for origin binding. The physical association of Ku with replication proteins reveals a possible mechanism by which Ku is recruited to mammalian origins.