Geminin

Geminin, DNA replication inhibitor, also known as GMNN, is a protein in humans encoded by the GMNN gene.[5]

GMNN
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesGMNN, Gem, MGORS6, geminin, DNA replication inhibitor, geminin DNA replication inhibitor
External IDsOMIM: 602842 MGI: 1927344 HomoloGene: 9292 GeneCards: GMNN
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 6 (human)[1]
Band6p22.3Start24,774,931 bp[1]
End24,786,099 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

51053

57441

Ensembl

ENSG00000112312

ENSMUSG00000006715

UniProt

O75496

O88513

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001251989
NM_001251990
NM_001251991
NM_015895

NM_020567

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001238918
NP_001238919
NP_001238920
NP_056979

NP_065592

Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 24.77 – 24.79 MbChr 13: 24.75 – 24.76 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Geminin is a nuclear protein that is present in most eukaryotics and highly conserved across species. Numerous functions have been elucidated for Geminin including roles in metazoan cell cycle, cellular proliferation, cell lineage commitment, and neural differentiation.[6]

History

Geminin was originally identified as an inhibitor of DNA replication and substrate of the anaphase promoting complex (APC).[7] Coincidentally, geminin was also shown to expand the neural plate in the developing Xenopus embryo.[8]

Structure

Geminin is a nuclear protein made up of about 200 amino acids, with a molecular weight of approximately 25 kDa.[7] It contains an atypical leucine-zipper coiled-coil domain. It has no known enzymatic activity nor DNA binding motifs.

Function

Cell cycle control

Geminin is absent during G1 phase and accumulates through S, G2 phase and M phases of the cell cycle. Geminin levels drop at the metaphase / anaphase transition of mitosis when it is degraded by the Anaphase Promoting Complex (APC/C).[7]

S phase

During S phase, geminin is a negative regulator of DNA replication. In many cancer cell lines, inhibition of geminin by RNAi results in re-replication of portions of the genome, which leads to aneuploidy. In these cell lines, geminin knockdown leads to markedly slowed growth and apoptosis within several days.[9] However, the same is not true for primary and immortalized human cell lines, where other mechanisms exists to prevent DNA re-replication.[9] Since geminin knockdown leads to cell death in many cancer cell lines but not primary cell lines, it has been proposed as a potential therapeutic target for cancer treatment.[9]

Mitosis

At the start of the S-phase until late mitosis, geminin inhibits the replication factor Cdt1, preventing the assembly of the pre-replicative complex. In early G1, the APC/C complex triggers its destruction through ubiquitination. Although inhibition of geminin by RNAi leads to impairment of DNA replication during the following cell cycle in many cancer cell lines, no such cell cycle defect is seen in primary and immortalized cell lines (although Cdt1 levels are still reduced in these cells).[9]

Geminin therefore is an important player in ensuring that one and only one round of replication occurs during each cell cycle.

Developmental control

Geminin promotes early neural fate commitment by hyperacetylating the chromatin.[10] This effect allows neural genes to be accessible for transcription, promoting the expression of these genes. Ultimately, geminin allows cells uncommitted to any particular lineage to acquire neural characteristics.

Geminin has also been shown to interact with the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex.[11] In neural precursor cells, high levels of geminin prevent terminal differentiation. When the interaction between geminin and SWI/SNF is eliminated, geminin's inhibition to this process is eliminated and neural precursors are allowed to differentiate.

Model organisms

Model organisms have been used in the study of Geminin function. A conditional knockout mouse line, called Gmnntm1a(KOMP)Wtsi[17][18] was generated as part of the International Knockout Mouse Consortium program, a high-throughput mutagenesis project to generate and distribute animal models of disease to interested scientists.[19][20][21]

In addition, increased genomic instability and tumorigenesis have been observed in Geminin knockout mice in both the colon and lung.[22]

Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion.[15][23] Twenty six tests were carried out and three significant abnormalities were observed. A recessive lethal study found no homozygous mutant embryos during gestation, and therefore none survived until weaning. The remaining tests were carried out on heterozygous mutant adult mice and showed that females had abnormal lens morphology and cataracts.[15]

Clinical significance

Geminin has been found to be overexpressed in several malignancies and cancer cell lines,[24] while there is data demonstrating that Geminin acts as a tumor suppressor by safeguarding genome stability.[22]

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References
  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000112312 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000006715 - Ensembl, May 2017
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  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: GMNN geminin, DNA replication inhibitor".
  6. Kroll KL (2007). "Geminin in embryonic development: coordinating transcription and the cell cycle during differentiation". Front. Biosci. 12 (4): 1395–409. doi:10.2741/2156. PMID 17127390.
  7. McGarry TJ, Kirschner MW (1998). "Geminin, an inhibitor of DNA replication, is degraded during mitosis". Cell. 93 (6): 1043–1053. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81209-X. PMID 9635433.
  8. Kroll KL, Salic AN, Evans LM, Kirschner MW (1998). "Geminin, a neuralizing molecule that demarcates the future neural plate at the onset of gastrulation". Development. 125 (16): 3247–58. PMID 9671596.
  9. Zhu W, Depamphilis ML (2009). "Selective killing of cancer cells by suppression of geminin activity". Cancer Res. 69 (11): 4870–4877. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-4559. PMC 2749580. PMID 19487297.
  10. Yellajoshyula D, Patterson ES, Elitt MS, Kroll KL (2011). "Geminin promotes neural fate acquisition of embryonic stem cells by maintaining chromatin in an accessible and hyperacetylated state". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108 (8): 3294–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.1012053108. PMC 3044367. PMID 21300881.
  11. Seo S, Herr A, Lim JW, Richardson GA, Richardson H, Kroll KL (2005). "Geminin regulates neuronal differentiation by antagonizing Brg1 activity". Genes Dev. 19 (14): 1723–34. doi:10.1101/gad.1319105. PMC 1176010. PMID 16024661.
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  13. "Salmonella infection data for Gmnn". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  14. "Citrobacter infection data for Gmnn". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  15. Gerdin AK (2010). "The Sanger Mouse Genetics Programme: High throughput characterisation of knockout mice". Acta Ophthalmologica. 88 (S248). doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.4142.x.
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  17. "International Knockout Mouse Consortium".
  18. "Mouse Genome Informatics".
  19. Skarnes WC, Rosen B, West AP, Koutsourakis M, Bushell W, Iyer V, Mujica AO, Thomas M, Harrow J, Cox T, Jackson D, Severin J, Biggs P, Fu J, Nefedov M, de Jong PJ, Stewart AF, Bradley A (2011). "A conditional knockout resource for the genome-wide study of mouse gene function". Nature. 474 (7351): 337–342. doi:10.1038/nature10163. PMC 3572410. PMID 21677750.
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  22. Champeris Tsaniras, Spyridon; Villiou, Maria; Giannou, Anastassios D; Nikou, Sofia; Petropoulos, Michalis; Pateras, Ioannis S; Tserou, Paraskevi; Karousi, Foteini; Lalioti, Maria-Eleni (2018-06-27). "Geminin ablation in vivo enhances tumorigenesis through increased genomic instability". The Journal of Pathology. 246 (2): 134–140. doi:10.1002/path.5128. ISSN 0022-3417. PMID 29952003.
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