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Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 52, No. 355, pp. 193-202, February 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

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Origins and complexes: the initiation of DNA replication

John A. Bryant1, Karen Moore and Stephen J. Aves

School of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter, Washington Singer Laboratories, Perry Road, Exeter EX4 4QG, UK

Abstract

Eukaryotic DNA is organized for replication as multiple replicons. DNA synthesis in each replicon is initiated at an origin of replication. In both budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, origins contain specific sequences that are essential for initiation, although these differ significantly between the two yeasts with those of S. pombe being more complex then those of S. cerevisiae. However, it is not yet clear whether the replication origins of plants contain specific essential sequences or whether origin sites are determined by features of chromatin structure. In all eukaryotes there are several biochemical events that must take place before initiation can occur. These are the marking of the origins by the origin recognition complex (ORC), the loading onto the origins, in a series of steps, of origin activation factors including the MCM proteins, and the initial denaturation of the double helix to form a replication ‘bubble’. Only then can the enzymes that actually initiate replication, primase and DNA polymerase-{alpha}, gain access to the template. In many cells this complex series of events occurs only once per cell cycle, ensuring that DNA is not re-replicated within one cycle. However, regulated re-replication of DNA within one cell cycle (DNA endoreduplication) is relatively common in plants, indicating that the ‘once-per-cycle’ controls can be overridden.

Key words: ARS, DNA polymerase, DNA replication, initiation, MCM, ORC, origin, primase, replicon.


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