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The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor Dacapo promotes replication licensing during Drosophila endocycles.


ABSTRACT: The endocycle is a developmentally programmed variant cell cycle in which cells undergo repeated rounds of DNA replication with no intervening mitosis. In Drosophila, the endocycle is driven by the oscillations of Cyclin E/Cdk2 activity. How the periodicity of Cyclin E/Cdk2 activity is achieved during endocycles is poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that the p21(cip1)/p27(kip1)/p57(kip2)-like cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (CKI), Dacapo (Dap), promotes replication licensing during Drosophila endocycles by reinforcing low Cdk activity during the endocycle Gap-phase. In dap mutants, cells in the endocycle have reduced levels of the licensing factor Double Parked/Cdt1 (Dup/Cdt1), as well as decreased levels of chromatin-bound minichromosome maintenance (MCM2-7) complex. Moreover, mutations in dup/cdt1 dominantly enhance the dap phenotype in several polyploid cell types. Consistent with a reduced ability to complete genomic replication, dap mutants accumulate increased levels of DNA damage during the endocycle S-phase. Finally, genetic interaction studies suggest that dap functions to promote replication licensing in a subset of Drosophila mitotic cycles.

SUBMITTER: Hong A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1852775 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor Dacapo promotes replication licensing during Drosophila endocycles.

Hong Amy A   Narbonne-Reveau Karine K   Riesgo-Escovar Juan J   Fu Haiqing H   Aladjem Mirit I MI   Lilly Mary A MA  

The EMBO journal 20070322 8


The endocycle is a developmentally programmed variant cell cycle in which cells undergo repeated rounds of DNA replication with no intervening mitosis. In Drosophila, the endocycle is driven by the oscillations of Cyclin E/Cdk2 activity. How the periodicity of Cyclin E/Cdk2 activity is achieved during endocycles is poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that the p21(cip1)/p27(kip1)/p57(kip2)-like cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (CKI), Dacapo (Dap), promotes replication licensing during Drosop  ...[more]

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