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Forging Ahead through Darkness: PCNA, Still the Principal Conductor at the Replication Fork

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Choe, Katherine N., Moldovan, George-Lucian·2017·Molecular Cell

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Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) lies at the center of the faithful duplication of eukaryotic genomes. With its distinctive doughnut-shaped molecular structure, PCNA was originally studied for its role in stimulating DNA polymerases. However, we now know that PCNA does much more than promote processive DNA synthesis. Because of the complexity of the events involved, cellular DNA replication poses major threats to genomic integrity. Whatever predicament lies ahead for the replication fork, PCNA is there to orchestrate the events necessary to handle it. Through its many protein interactions and various post-translational modifications, PCNA has far-reaching impacts on a myriad of cellular functions.

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Authors
Choe, K. N., & Moldovan, G.-L.
Affiliations
Pennsylvania State University (US)
Corresponding author
Moldovan, George-Lucian
Venue
Molecular Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-02
Volume
65
Issue
3
Pages
380-392
ISSN
1097-2765 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2584634738
Cited by
325
References
157
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 47 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 20
FWCI
3.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Molecular Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • NIH (1R01ES026184)
  • Department of Defense (CA140303)
  • St. Baldrick’s Foundation
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Keywords
proliferating cell nuclear antigen, PCNA, DNA replication, replication fork, genome stability, DNA polymerase processivity, post-translational modification, protein-protein interaction
MeSH terms
Animals, DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase, DNA Replication, Humans, Models, Molecular, Protein Conformation, Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen, Genomic Instability

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