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==MCM2-histone complex==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4uuz]] is a 3 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila_melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4UUZ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4UUZ FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.9&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4uuz FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4uuz OCA], [https://pdbe.org/4uuz PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4uuz RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4uuz PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=4uuz ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/MCM2_HUMAN MCM2_HUMAN] Acts as component of the MCM2-7 complex (MCM complex) which is the putative replicative helicase essential for 'once per cell cycle' DNA replication initiation and elongation in eukaryotic cells. The active ATPase sites in the MCM2-7 ring are formed through the interaction surfaces of two neighboring subunits such that a critical structure of a conserved arginine finger motif is provided in trans relative to the ATP-binding site of the Walker A box of the adjacent subunit. The six ATPase active sites, however, are likely to contribute differentially to the complex helicase activity. Required for the entry in S phase and for cell division.<ref>PMID:8175912</ref> 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
MCM2 is a subunit of the replicative helicase machinery shown to interact with histones H3 and H4 during the replication process through its N-terminal domain. During replication, this interaction has been proposed to assist disassembly and assembly of nucleosomes on DNA. However, how this interaction participates in crosstalk with histone chaperones at the replication fork remains to be elucidated. Here, we solved the crystal structure of the ternary complex between the histone-binding domain of Mcm2 and the histones H3-H4 at 2.9 A resolution. Histones H3 and H4 assemble as a tetramer in the crystal structure, but MCM2 interacts only with a single molecule of H3-H4. The latter interaction exploits binding surfaces that contact either DNA or H2B when H3-H4 dimers are incorporated in the nucleosome core particle. Upon binding of the ternary complex with the histone chaperone ASF1, the histone tetramer dissociates and both MCM2 and ASF1 interact simultaneously with the histones forming a 1:1:1:1 heteromeric complex. Thermodynamic analysis of the quaternary complex together with structural modeling support that ASF1 and MCM2 could form a chaperoning module for histones H3 and H4 protecting them from promiscuous interactions. This suggests an additional function for MCM2 outside its helicase function as a proper histone chaperone connected to the replication pathway.

Structural insight into how the human helicase subunit MCM2 may act as a histone chaperone together with ASF1 at the replication fork.,Richet N, Liu D, Legrand P, Velours C, Corpet A, Gaubert A, Bakail M, Moal-Raisin G, Guerois R, Compper C, Besle A, Guichard B, Almouzni G, Ochsenbein F Nucleic Acids Res. 2015 Jan 23. pii: gkv021. PMID:25618846<ref>PMID:25618846</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Histone 3D structures|Histone 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Drosophila melanogaster]]
[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Bakail M]]
[[Category: Besle A]]
[[Category: Compper C]]
[[Category: Guerois R]]
[[Category: Legrand P]]
[[Category: Liu D]]
[[Category: Ochsenbein F]]
[[Category: Richet N]]