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Now the exposed single strands of DNA can act as templates for the synthesis of the complementary daughter strands. The replication fork is a Y-shaped active region where two strands of DNA are separated and replicated continuously. The coupling of DNA unzipping and complementary strand synthesis is a characteristic feature of a replication fork. Organisms with small circular DNA, such as E. In organisms with large genomes, the replication of DNA is not done from a single point of origin but in many distinct, localized replication forks.
The unhindered progression of the replication fork is necessary for complete DNA replication and genome stability; however, the replication fork is often stalled by internal or external factors that can slow or stop its progression, resulting in replication stress. Replication stress causes genomic instability, which is a hallmark of diseases like cancer. Genomic instability is characterized by genomic alterations and increased frequency of harmful mutations. The movement of the replication fork can stop due to several reasons.
For example, the drug hydroxyurea depletes the pool of nucleotides available for incorporation into the daughter strand, stalling the replication fork. Other problems that may hinder the progression of the replication fork include DNA lesions, a collision between a replication fork and a transcription complex, and defects in the enzymes involved in DNA replication.
The cell has a variety of repair mechanisms to reinitiate the stalled replication fork. S-phase checkpoints do not allow cells to begin mitosis until DNA repair is complete. Despite these robust mechanisms, sometimes stalled forks cannot be reinitiated, which leads to the collapse of a fork, halting DNA replication. ATP hydrolysis is required for this process. As the DNA opens up, Y-shaped structures called replication forks are formed.
Two replication forks are formed at the origin of replication and these get extended bi-directionally as replication proceeds. Single-strand binding proteins coat the single strands of DNA near the replication fork to prevent the single-stranded DNA from winding back into a double helix.
Then how does it add the first nucleotide? Because this sequence primes the DNA synthesis, it is appropriately called the primer. DNA polymerase can now extend this RNA primer, adding nucleotides one-by-one that are complementary to the template strand Figure.
Question: You isolate a cell strain in which the joining of Okazaki fragments is impaired and suspect that a mutation has occurred in an enzyme found at the replication fork. Which enzyme is most likely to be mutated? The replication fork moves at the rate of nucleotides per second. Topoisomerase prevents the over-winding of the DNA double helix ahead of the replication fork as the DNA is opening up; it does so by causing temporary nicks in the DNA helix and then resealing it.
This continuously synthesized strand is known as the leading strand. New primer segments are laid down in the direction of the replication fork, but each pointing away from it. Okazaki fragments are named after the Japanese scientist who first discovered them.
The strand with the Okazaki fragments is known as the lagging strand. The leading strand can be extended from a single primer, whereas the lagging strand needs a new primer for each of the short Okazaki fragments. A protein called the sliding clamp holds the DNA polymerase in place as it continues to add nucleotides.
The sliding clamp is a ring-shaped protein that binds to the DNA and holds the polymerase in place. Once the chromosome has been completely replicated, the two DNA copies move into two different cells during cell division. Figure summarizes the enzymes involved in prokaryotic DNA replication and the functions of each.
Review the full process of DNA replication here. Replication in prokaryotes starts from a sequence found on the chromosome called the origin of replication—the point at which the DNA opens up.
Helicase opens up the DNA double helix, resulting in the formation of the replication fork. Single-strand binding proteins bind to the single-stranded DNA near the replication fork to keep the fork open. One strand is synthesized continuously in the direction of the replication fork; this is called the leading strand.
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Figure 1: Replication fork components.
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