Dbf4-dependent kinase finetunes Ino80 function at chromosome replication origins

The highly conserved Dbf4-Dependent Kinase (DDK) plays a pivotal role during S phase. It phosphorylates the replicative helicase (minichromosome maintenance, MCM complex), which leads to the initiation of replication. However, few other targets, besides the MCM complex, are known, leaving DDK an und...

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Autores: Bansal, Priyanka, Lahiri, Shibojyoti, Kumar, Chadni Natalia, Furtmeier, Jessica, Spechtenhauser, Lorenz, Galanti, Lorenzo, Ortíz-Bazán, María Ángeles, Aguilera López, Andrés, Gómez González, Belén, Kurat, Christoph F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:idus________::a9aaf576602dfc9cbe6ff641c9fa8291
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/186439
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70698-4
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:The highly conserved Dbf4-Dependent Kinase (DDK) plays a pivotal role during S phase. It phosphorylates the replicative helicase (minichromosome maintenance, MCM complex), which leads to the initiation of replication. However, few other targets, besides the MCM complex, are known, leaving DDK an understudied kinase. Here, we determine the nuclear DDK-dependent phosphoproteome by a two-pronged mass spectrometry approach. Among ~ 400 DDK-dependent phosphorylation targets, we find the Arp8 subunit of the INO80 chromatin remodeling complex. Arp8 phosphorylation stabilises INO80’s complex integrity, finetunes its nucleosome spacing at replication origins, stimulates replication and improves the replication stress response. Taken together, we report the regulation of a chromatin remodeler with nucleosome-spacing activity by the cell-cycle machinery. DDK not only regulates the core replication machinery but also regulates a factor that generates replication-conducive chromatin architecture at replication origins.