MCM8

Minichromosome maintenance complex component 8
Identifiers
Symbols MCM8 ; C20orf154; POF10; dJ967N21.5
External IDs OMIM: 608187 MGI: 1913884 HomoloGene: 12001 GeneCards: MCM8 Gene
EC number 3.6.4.12
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 84515 66634
Ensembl ENSG00000125885 ENSMUSG00000027353
UniProt Q9UJA3 Q9CWV1
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001281520 NM_001291054
RefSeq (protein) NP_001268449 NP_001277983
Location (UCSC) Chr 20:
5.95 – 6 Mb
Chr 2:
132.82 – 132.84 Mb
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DNA replication licensing factor MCM8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MCM8 gene.[1][2]

The protein encoded by this gene is one of the highly conserved mini-chromosome maintenance proteins (MCM) that are essential for the initiation of eukaryotic genome replication. The hexameric protein complex formed by the MCM proteins is a key component of the pre-replication complex (pre_RC) and may be involved in the formation of replication forks and in the recruitment of other DNA replication related proteins. This protein contains the central domain that is conserved among the MCM proteins. This protein has been shown to co-immunoprecipitate with MCM4, 6 and 7, which suggests that it may interact with other MCM proteins and play a role in DNA replication. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been described.[2]

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References

  1. Gozuacik D, Chami M, Lagorce D, Faivre J, Murakami Y, Poch O, Biermann E, Knippers R, Brechot C, Paterlini-Brechot P (Jan 2003). "Identification and functional characterization of a new member of the human Mcm protein family: hMcm8". Nucleic Acids Res 31 (2): 570–9. doi:10.1093/nar/gkg136. PMC 140502. PMID 12527764.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: MCM8 MCM8 minichromosome maintenance deficient 8 (S. cerevisiae)".

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