Single-molecule characterization of SV40 replisome and novel factors: human FPC and Mcm10
byYujin Ouyang, Amani Al-Amodi, Muhammed Tehseen, Lubna Alhudhali, Afnan Shirbini, Masateru Takahashi, Vlad-Stefan Raducanu, Gang Yi, Ammar Usman Danazumi, Alfredo De Biasio, Samir M Hamdan
Year:2024DOI:10.1093/nar/gkae565
Abstract
The simian virus 40 (SV40) replisome only encodes for its helicase;
large T-antigen (L-Tag), while relying on the host for the remaining
proteins, making it an intriguing model system. Despite being one of the
earliest reconstituted eukaryotic systems, the interactions
coordinating its activities and the identification of new factors remain
largely unexplored. Herein, we in vitro reconstituted the SV40
replisome activities at the single-molecule level, including DNA
unwinding by L-Tag and the single-stranded DNA-binding protein
Replication Protein A (RPA), primer extension by DNA polymerase δ, and
their concerted leading-strand synthesis. We show that RPA stimulates
the processivity of L-Tag without altering its rate and that DNA
polymerase δ forms a stable complex with L-Tag during leading-strand
synthesis. Furthermore, similar to human and budding yeast
Cdc45–MCM–GINS helicase, L-Tag uses the fork protection complex (FPC)
and the mini-chromosome maintenance protein 10 (Mcm10) during synthesis.
Hereby, we demonstrate that FPC increases this rate, and both FPC and
Mcm10 increase the processivity by stabilizing stalled replisomes and
increasing their chances of restarting synthesis. The detailed kinetics
and novel factors of the SV40 replisome establish it as a closer mimic
of the host replisome and expand its application as a model replication
system.