The dynamic nature of the human Origin Recognition Complex revealed through five cryoEM structures
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory/HHMI, United States
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
Abstract
Genome replication is initiated from specific origin sites established by dynamic events. The Origin Recognition Complex (ORC) is necessary for orchestrating the initiation process by binding to origin DNA, recruiting CDC6, and assembling the MCM replicative helicase on DNA. Here we report five cryoEM structures of the human ORC (HsORC) that illustrate the native flexibility of the complex. The absence of ORC1 revealed a compact, stable complex of ORC2-5. Introduction of ORC1 opens the complex into several dynamic conformations. Two structures revealed dynamic movements of the ORC1 AAA+ and ORC2 winged-helix domains that likely impact DNA incorporation into the ORC core. Additional twist and pinch motions were observed in an open ORC conformation revealing a hinge at the ORC5·3 interface that may facilitate ORC binding to DNA. Finally, a structure of ORC was determined with endogenous DNA bound in the core revealing important differences between human and yeast origin recognition.
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All coordinates and cryoEM maps have deposited in the PDB and EMDB:ORC-O1AAA:PDB code: 7JPOEMDB code: EMD-22417ORC-O2WH:PDB code: 7JPPEMDB code: EMD-22418ORC-O2-5:PDB code: 7JPQEMDB code: EMD-22419ORC-OPEN:PDB code: 7JPREMDB code: EMD-22420ORC-DNA:PDB code: 7JPSEMDB code: EMD-22421
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute (N/A)
- Leemor Joshua-Tor
National Institutes of Health (F32GM129923)
- Matt J Jaremko
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (GM45436)
- Bruce Stillman
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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© 2020, Jaremko et al.
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The dynamic nature of the human Origin Recognition Complex revealed through five cryoEM structures
eLife 9:e58622.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58622
