PMID- 10523317 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19991206 LR - 20161124 IS - 0261-4189 (Print) IS - 0261-4189 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 20 DP - 1999 Oct 15 TI - The replication factory targeting sequence/PCNA-binding site is required in G(1) to control the phosphorylation status of DNA ligase I. PG - 5745-54 AB - The recruitment of DNA ligase I to replication foci in S phase depends on a replication factory targeting sequence that also mediates the interaction with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in vitro. By exploiting a monoclonal antibody directed at a phospho-epitope, we demonstrate that Ser66 of DNA ligase I, which is part of a strong CKII consensus site, is phosphorylated in a cell cycle-dependent manner. After dephosphorylation in early G(1), the level of Ser66 phosphorylation is minimal in G(1), increases progressively in S and peaks in G(2)/M phase. The analysis of epitope-tagged DNA ligase I mutants demonstrates that dephosphorylation of Ser66 requires both the nuclear localization and the PCNA-binding site of the enzyme. Finally, we show that DNA ligase I and PCNA interact in vivo in G(1) and S phase but not in G(2)/M. We propose that dephosphorylation of Ser66 is part of a novel control mechanism to establish the pre-replicative form of DNA ligase I. FAU - Rossi, R AU - Rossi R AD - Istituto di Genetica Biochimica ed Evoluzionistica, CNR, Via Abbiategrasso 207, 27100 Pavia, Italy. FAU - Villa, A AU - Villa A FAU - Negri, C AU - Negri C FAU - Scovassi, I AU - Scovassi I FAU - Ciarrocchi, G AU - Ciarrocchi G FAU - Biamonti, G AU - Biamonti G FAU - Montecucco, A AU - Montecucco A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - EMBO J JT - The EMBO journal JID - 8208664 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 0 (LIG1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - EC 6.5.1.- (DNA Ligases) RN - EC 6.5.1.1 (DNA Ligase ATP) SB - IM MH - 3T3 Cells MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal MH - Binding Sites MH - COS Cells MH - Cell Line MH - DNA Ligase ATP MH - DNA Ligases/chemistry/immunology/*metabolism MH - DNA Replication/*physiology MH - Epitopes/chemistry MH - G1 Phase/*physiology MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Phosphorylation MH - Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen/*metabolism MH - S Phase/physiology MH - Serine/chemistry PMC - PMC1171641 EDAT- 1999/10/16 00:00 MHDA- 1999/10/16 00:01 CRDT- 1999/10/16 00:00 PHST- 1999/10/16 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/10/16 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/10/16 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1093/emboj/18.20.5745 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EMBO J. 1999 Oct 15;18(20):5745-54. doi: 10.1093/emboj/18.20.5745.