Reference - PMID:12840005 - Complex mechanism of site-specific DNA replication termination in fission yeast.
Reference summary
- PubMed ID
- PMID:12840005
- Title
- Complex mechanism of site-specific DNA replication termination in fission yeast.
- Authors
- Codlin S, Dalgaard JZ
- Citation
- EMBO J 2003 Jul 01;22(13):3431-40
- Publication year
- 2003
- Abstract
- A site-specific replication terminator, RTS1, is present at the Schizosaccharomyces pombe mating-type locus mat1. RTS1 regulates the direction of replication at mat1, optimizing mating-type switching that occurs as a replication-coupled recombination event. Here we show that RTS1 contains two cis-acting sequences that cooperate for efficient replication termination. First, a sequence of approximately 450 bp containing four repeated 55 bp motifs is essential for function. Secondly, a purine-rich sequence of approximately 60 bp without intrinsic activity, located proximal to the repeats, acts cooperatively to increase barrier activity 4-fold. Our data suggest that the trans-acting factors rtf1p and rtf2p act through the repeated motifs and the purine-rich element, respectively. Thus, efficient site-specific replication termination at RTS1 occurs by a complex mechanism involving several cis-acting sequences and trans-acting factors. Interestingly, RTS1 displays similarities to mammalian rDNA replication barriers.
