Nature Communications (Jul 2016)

Claspin recruits Cdc7 kinase for initiation of DNA replication in human cells

  • Chi-Chun Yang,
  • Masahiro Suzuki,
  • Shiori Yamakawa,
  • Syuzi Uno,
  • Ai Ishii,
  • Satoshi Yamazaki,
  • Rino Fukatsu,
  • Ryo Fujisawa,
  • Kenji Sakimura,
  • Toshiki Tsurimoto,
  • Hisao Masai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12135
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Claspin mediates the transmission of a replication-stress signal from ATR to Chk1 and is necessary for efficient fork progression. Here the authors demonstrate that the C-terminal acidic patch is important for this role due to its interaction with Cdc7.