Skip to main content
. 2021 Mar 19;12:1746. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21932-8

Fig. 2. Cdt1 and C-WHDs of Mcm4 and 6 are required for half MCM recruitment.

Fig. 2

a Recruitment by the OC complex, starting with the tetramer Mcm5/3/7/4 (lane 2) up to the full heptameric MCM-Cdt1 complex (lane 6). The missing MCM-Cdt1 subunits, in lanes 2–5 and 7 and 8, are labelled with ∆ symbol and displayed as grey hexamers in the cartoon, while black hexamers indicate the subunits present in the assay. Negative controls of the MCM-Cdt1 recruitment are shown in lanes 7 (minus Mcm4) and 8 (minus Mcm3). 20% of the MCM-Cdt1 subunits used in the assay are shown in lane 1. b Two halves of MCM, Mcm5/3/7 and Mcm2/6/4, were isolated from gel filtration in separate runs and they were added separately and tested for recruitment. A constant amount of Mcm5/3/7 was used in combination with an increasing amount of Mcm2/6/4, without or with Cdt1 (lanes 2–4 and 6–8, respectively). The MCM-Cdt1 recruited in lane 8 was also tested for loading (ATP and high salt wash) (L, lane 9). c Recruitment of the MCM-Cdt1 either with Mcm4 wt (lane 1) or with increasing amounts of Mcm4 that lacks its C-WHD (M4∆C, lanes 2–4). d The same as c but with Mcm6 wt and Mcm6 lacking its C-WHD (M6∆C). e Recruitment of MCM-Cdt1 where both M6∆C and M4∆C are included. See also Supplementary Figs. 3 and 4.