CDT1, a licensing factor that limits rereplication

Gergely Rona; Michele Pagano

doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2022.11.019

CDT1, a licensing factor that limits rereplication

Mol Cell. 2023 Jan 5;83(1):1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.11.019.

Authors

Gergely Rona¹, Michele Pagano²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York, NY 10016, USA; Laura and Isaac Perlmutter NYU Cancer Center, New York, NY 10016, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
² Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York, NY 10016, USA; Laura and Isaac Perlmutter NYU Cancer Center, New York, NY 10016, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

Cells must avoid licensing of neosynthesized DNA to prevent rereplication. In this issue of Molecular Cell, Ratnayeke et al. (2022)¹ reveal how the licensing factor CDT1, prior to its degradation, inhibits DNA elongation by suppressing CMG helicase progression at replication forks.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Comment

MeSH terms

Cell Cycle Proteins* / genetics
Cell Cycle Proteins* / metabolism
DNA
DNA Helicases / genetics
DNA Replication*
DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics

Substances

Cell Cycle Proteins
DNA-Binding Proteins
DNA
DNA Helicases

Grants and funding

R35 GM136250/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States