The protein encoded by this gene is one of the highly conserved mini-chromosome maintenance proteins (MCM) that are involved in the initiation of eukaryotic genome replication. The hexameric protein complex formed by MCM proteins is a key component of the pre-replication complex (pre-RC) and may be involved in the formation of replication forks and in the recruitment of other DNA replication related proteins. This protein is a subunit of the protein complex that consists of MCM2-7. It has been shown to interact directly with MCM5/CDC46. This protein also interacts with, and thus is acetlyated by MCM3AP, a chromatin-associated acetyltransferase. The acetylation of this protein inhibits the initiation of DNA replication and cell cycle progression.[2]
↑ 4.04.1Fujita M, Yamada C, Goto H, Yokoyama N, Kuzushima K, Inagaki M, Tsurumi T (September 1999). "Cell cycle regulation of human CDC6 protein. Intracellular localization, interaction with the human mcm complex, and CDC2 kinase-mediated hyperphosphorylation". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (36): 25927–32. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.36.25927. PMID10464337.
↑Takei Y, Assenberg M, Tsujimoto G, Laskey R (November 2002). "The MCM3 acetylase MCM3AP inhibits initiation, but not elongation, of DNA replication via interaction with MCM3". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (45): 43121–5. doi:10.1074/jbc.C200442200. PMID12226073.
↑Kuwahara K, Yoshida M, Kondo E, Sakata A, Watanabe Y, Abe E, Kouno Y, Tomiyasu S, Fujimura S, Tokuhisa T, Kimura H, Ezaki T, Sakaguchi N (April 2000). "A novel nuclear phosphoprotein, GANP, is up-regulated in centrocytes of the germinal center and associated with MCM3, a protein essential for DNA replication". Blood. 95 (7): 2321–8. PMID10733502.
↑Takei Y, Tsujimoto G (August 1998). "Identification of a novel MCM3-associated protein that facilitates MCM3 nuclear localization". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (35): 22177–80. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.35.22177. PMID9712829.
↑Fujita M, Kiyono T, Hayashi Y, Ishibashi M (April 1997). "In vivo interaction of human MCM heterohexameric complexes with chromatin. Possible involvement of ATP". J. Biol. Chem. 272 (16): 10928–35. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.16.10928. PMID9099751.
↑Fujita M, Ishimi Y, Nakamura H, Kiyono T, Tsurumi T (March 2002). "Nuclear organization of DNA replication initiation proteins in mammalian cells". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (12): 10354–61. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111398200. PMID11779870.
Further reading
Musahl C, Schulte D, Burkhart R, Knippers R (1995). "A human homologue of the yeast replication protein Cdc21. Interactions with other Mcm proteins". Eur. J. Biochem. 230 (3): 1096–101. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.tb20660.x. PMID7601140.
Schulte D, Burkhart R, Musahl C, Hu B, Schlatterer C, Hameister H, Knippers R (1995). "Expression, phosphorylation and nuclear localization of the human P1 protein, a homologue of the yeast Mcm 3 replication protein". J. Cell Sci. 108 (4): 1381–9. PMID7615659.
Starborg M, Brundell E, Gell K, Larsson C, White I, Daneholt B, Höög C (1995). "A murine replication protein accumulates temporarily in the heterochromatic regions of nuclei prior to initiation of DNA replication". J. Cell Sci. 108 (3): 927–34. PMID7622621.
Burkhart R, Schulte D, Hu D, Musahl C, Göhring F, Knippers R (1995). "Interactions of human nuclear proteins P1Mcm3 and P1Cdc46". Eur. J. Biochem. 228 (2): 431–8. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.tb20281.x. PMID7705359.
Kubota Y, Mimura S, Nishimoto S, Takisawa H, Nojima H (1995). "Identification of the yeast MCM3-related protein as a component of Xenopus DNA replication licensing factor". Cell. 81 (4): 601–9. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(95)90081-0. PMID7758114.
Madine MA, Khoo CY, Mills AD, Laskey RA (1995). "MCM3 complex required for cell cycle regulation of DNA replication in vertebrate cells". Nature. 375 (6530): 421–4. doi:10.1038/375421a0. PMID7760938.
Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID8125298.
Schulte D, Richter A, Burkhart R, Musahl C, Knippers R (1996). "Properties of the human nuclear protein p85Mcm. Expression, nuclear localization and interaction with other Mcm proteins". Eur. J. Biochem. 235 (1–2): 144–51. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00144.x. PMID8631321.
Ishimi Y, Ichinose S, Omori A, Sato K, Kimura H (1996). "Binding of human minichromosome maintenance proteins with histone H3". J. Biol. Chem. 271 (39): 24115–22. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.39.24115. PMID8798650.
Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, Suyama A, Sugano S (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID9373149.
Takei Y, Tsujimoto G (1998). "Identification of a novel MCM3-associated protein that facilitates MCM3 nuclear localization". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (35): 22177–80. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.35.22177. PMID9712829.
Fujita M, Yamada C, Goto H, Yokoyama N, Kuzushima K, Inagaki M, Tsurumi T (1999). "Cell cycle regulation of human CDC6 protein. Intracellular localization, interaction with the human mcm complex, and CDC2 kinase-mediated hyperphosphorylation". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (36): 25927–32. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.36.25927. PMID10464337.
Kuwahara K, Yoshida M, Kondo E, Sakata A, Watanabe Y, Abe E, Kouno Y, Tomiyasu S, Fujimura S, Tokuhisa T, Kimura H, Ezaki T, Sakaguchi N (2000). "A novel nuclear phosphoprotein, GANP, is up-regulated in centrocytes of the germinal center and associated with MCM3, a protein essential for DNA replication". Blood. 95 (7): 2321–8. PMID10733502.
Hofmann Y, Becker J, Wright F, Avner ED, Mrug M, Guay-Woodford LM, Somlo S, Zerres K, Germino GG, Onuchic LF (2000). "Genomic structure of the gene for the human P1 protein (MCM3) and its exclusion as a candidate for autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease". Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 8 (3): 163–6. doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200426. PMID10780780.
Abe E, Kuwahara K, Yoshida M, Suzuki M, Terasaki H, Matsuo Y, Takahashi EI, Sakaguchi N (2000). "Structure, expression, and chromosomal localization of the human gene encoding a germinal center-associated nuclear protein (GANP) that associates with MCM3 involved in the initiation of DNA replication". Gene. 255 (2): 219–27. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00336-X. PMID11024281.