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Molecular and Cellular Biology, April 2003, p. 2999-3007, Vol. 23, No. 8
0270-7306/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.8.2999-3007.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Mechanical Link between Cohesion Establishment and DNA Replication: Ctf7p/Eco1p, a Cohesion Establishment Factor, Associates with Three Different Replication Factor C Complexes

Margaret A. Kenna and Robert V. Skibbens*

Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015

Received 19 November 2002/ Returned for modification 3 January 2003/ Accepted 13 January 2003

CTF7/ECO1 is an essential yeast gene required for the establishment of sister chromatid cohesion. The findings that CTF7/ECO1, POL30 (PCNA), and CHL12/CTF18 (a replication factor C [RFC] homolog) genetically interact provided the first evidence that the processes of cohesion establishment and DNA replication are intimately coupled—a link now confirmed by other studies. To date, however, it is unknown how Ctf7p/Eco1p function is coupled to DNA replication or whether Ctf7p/Eco1p physically associates with any components of the DNA replication machinery. Here, we report that Ctf7p/Eco1p associates with proteins that perform partially redundant functions in DNA replication. Chl12p/Ctf18p combines with Rfc2p to Rfc5p to form one of three independent RFC complexes. By chromatographic methods, Ctf7p/Eco1p was found to associate with Chl12/Ctf18p and with Rfc2p, Rfc3p, Rfc4p, and Rfc5p. The association between Ctf7p/Eco1p and this RFC complex is biologically relevant in that (i) Ctf7p/Eco1p cosediments with Chl12p/Ctf18p in vivo and (ii) rfc5-1 mutant cells exhibit precocious sister separation. Previous studies revealed that Rfc1p or Rad24p associates with Rfc2p to Rfc5p to form two other RFC complexes independent of Ctf18p-RFC complexes. These Rfc1p-RFC and Rad24p-RFC complexes function in DNA replication or repair and DNA damage checkpoint pathways. Importantly, Ctf7p/Eco1p also associates with Rfc1p and Rad24p, suggesting that these RFC complexes also play critical roles in cohesion establishment. The associations between Ctf7p/Eco1p and RFC subunits provide novel evidence regarding the physical linkage between cohesion establishment and DNA replication. Furthermore, the association of Ctf7p/Eco1p with each of three RFC complexes supplies new insights into the functional redundancy of RFC complexes in cohesion establishment.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, 111 Research Dr., Bethlehem, PA 18015. E-mail: rvs3{at}lehigh.edu. Phone: (610) 758-6268. Fax: (610) 758-4004.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, April 2003, p. 2999-3007, Vol. 23, No. 8
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.8.2999-3007.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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