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ATR-dependent signaling in response to replication stress is impaired in DONSON-deficient cells, resulting in decreased checkpoint activity and chromosomal instability.","method":"Patient-derived cell lines with biallelic mutations, replication fork stability assays, DNA damage quantification, ATR checkpoint signaling assays, replisome fractionation","journal":"Nature genetics","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — multiple orthogonal methods (fork protection assays, checkpoint signaling, patient-derived cells), replicated across 29 patient individuals","pmids":["28191891"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2023,"finding":"DONSON scaffolds a vertebrate pre-loading complex (pre-LC) containing GINS, TOPBP1, and DNA polymerase ε, and docks this pre-LC onto MCM2-7 to deliver GINS to its binding site during CMG helicase assembly. A patient-derived DONSON mutation compromises CMG assembly and recapitulates microcephalic dwarfism in mice.","method":"AlphaFold-based protein-protein interaction screening followed by experimental validation, Co-IP, in vitro reconstitution, mouse model with patient-derived mutation","journal":"Science","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1-2 — in silico screening validated by multiple experimental methods including reconstitution, mutagenesis, and mouse model","pmids":["37590370"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2023,"finding":"DONSON forms a dimer that bridges two CMG helicases (double CMG complex) isolated from replicating Xenopus egg extracts. DONSON reconfigures MCM motors in the double CMG, and tethering elements mediating complex formation are essential for replication. DONSON dimerization is required for GINS and MCM engagement in human cells and DNA synthesis in Xenopus egg extracts. Patient mutations disrupting DONSON dimerization impair these functions.","method":"Cryo-EM of proteins isolated from replicating Xenopus egg extracts, functional validation with patient mutations, replication assays in Xenopus egg extracts and human cells","journal":"Molecular cell","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 — cryo-EM structure with functional validation in two model systems and patient mutations","pmids":["37820732"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2023,"finding":"DONSON is essential for CMG helicase assembly in vertebrates: it physically interacts with GINS and DNA polymerase ε via conserved N-terminal PGY and NPF motifs. DONSON's chromatin association during replication initiation requires the pre-replicative complex, TopBP1, and kinase activities of S-CDK and DDK. Both S-CDK and DDK require DONSON to trigger replication initiation.","method":"Xenopus cell-free replication system, depletion/rescue experiments, interaction mapping with domain mutants, kinase dependency assays","journal":"The EMBO journal","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — multiple orthogonal methods in cell-free system with domain-level mechanistic dissection, cross-validated with human DONSON rescue","pmids":["37458194"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2023,"finding":"DONSON is required for CDC45-MCM-GINS (CMG) helicase assembly during S-phase in mammalian cells. Rapid depletion of DONSON causes disappearance of the CMG helicase from S-phase cells. DONSON binds directly but transiently to CDC45-MCM-GINS during S-phase and is dispensable for MCM2-7 loading onto chromatin in G1, but essential for CMG assembly in S-phase.","method":"Rapid protein depletion (auxin-inducible degron) in mouse embryonic stem cells, chromatin fractionation, Co-IP, cell cycle analysis","journal":"EMBO reports","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — rapid depletion system with multiple readouts, direct binding shown by Co-IP, epistatic placement in cell cycle","pmids":["37781960"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2023,"finding":"DONSON is required for Cdc45 and GINS association with Mcm2-7 complexes during replication initiation in Xenopus laevis egg extracts. DONSON interacts with TopBP1 in a CDK-dependent manner to facilitate helicase activation. DONSON also forms part of the replisome during elongation.","method":"Xenopus laevis cell-free egg extract system, immunodepletion, chromatin binding assays, Co-IP with TopBP1, CDK inhibition experiments","journal":"Nucleic acids research","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — immunodepletion in cell-free system with multiple orthogonal readouts, CDK-dependency established mechanistically","pmids":["37638758"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2020,"finding":"DONSON-bound replisomes are more frequent in early S phase and associate with euchromatin regions, whereas FANCM-bound replisomes are more prominent in late S phase and favor heterochromatin. These two distinct replisome populations can be detected in both stressed and unstressed cells.","method":"ChIP-seq of DONSON and FANCM, iPOND (isolation of proteins on nascent DNA), cell fractionation across S phase, chromatin domain analysis","journal":"Nature communications","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — ChIP-seq and iPOND provide genome-wide localization with functional context, replicated across stressed and unstressed conditions","pmids":["32769987"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2017,"finding":"DONSON is expressed in progenitor cells of embryonic human brain and other proliferating tissues, is co-expressed with components of the DNA replication machinery, and Donson is essential for early embryonic development in mice, consistent with an essential conserved role in the cell cycle.","method":"RNA-seq identifying aberrant splicing in DONSON from a noncoding variant, in situ hybridization in human embryonic brain, mouse knockout lethality","journal":"Genome research","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — transcriptome sequencing plus mouse developmental lethality, but nuclear function mechanistically inferred rather than directly reconstituted","pmids":["28630177"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2019,"finding":"Biallelic DONSON missense variants disrupt the nuclear localization of DONSON protein, providing evidence that nuclear localization is required for DONSON function in DNA replication.","method":"Linked-read whole genome sequencing of Meier-Gorlin syndrome patients, functional validation of missense variants by nuclear localization assays in cells","journal":"Journal of medical genetics","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 — localization experiments in patient-derived cells with multiple variants, but without reconstitution of replication function","pmids":["31784481"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2000,"finding":"The DONSON gene is located immediately 3' of the SON gene in a compact gene cluster (GART/SON/DONSON) conserved between mouse and human genomes on chromosome 21q22.1-q22.2, and shows overlapping expression with SON and GART.","method":"Genomic sequencing, EST database analysis, expression analysis by Northern blot/RT-PCR","journal":"Genomics","confidence":"Low","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 — genomic characterization and expression analysis, no direct functional mechanistic data","pmids":["10950926"],"is_preprint":false}],"current_model":"DONSON is a metazoan-specific replication initiation and fork protection factor that scaffolds a pre-loading complex (containing GINS, TOPBP1, and DNA pol ε) and, as a dimer bridging two CMG helicases, delivers GINS to MCM2-7 to drive CDC45-MCM-GINS (CMG) helicase assembly in a CDK- and DDK-dependent manner during S-phase; loss of DONSON abolishes CMG formation, causes nucleolytic cleavage of stalled forks, impairs ATR checkpoint signaling, and produces chromosomal instability underlying microcephalic dwarfism."},"narrative":{"teleology":[{"year":2000,"claim":"Before any function was known, the DONSON gene was identified as a conserved locus immediately downstream of SON on chromosome 21, establishing it as a broadly expressed gene of unknown function.","evidence":"Genomic sequencing, EST database analysis, and Northern blot/RT-PCR in mouse and human","pmids":["10950926"],"confidence":"Low","gaps":["No functional data; expression pattern alone does not indicate mechanism","Relationship to DNA replication not yet suspected"]},{"year":2017,"claim":"DONSON was established as a replisome component and fork protection factor: its deficiency caused nucleolytic cleavage of stalled forks, impaired ATR checkpoint signaling, and produced chromosomal instability, explaining why biallelic mutations cause microcephalic dwarfism.","evidence":"Patient-derived cell lines with biallelic mutations, fork stability assays, ATR signaling analysis, replisome fractionation across 29 patients; mouse knockout lethality and embryonic brain expression confirmed essential developmental role","pmids":["28191891","28630177"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Precise molecular contacts within the replisome not defined","Whether DONSON acts at initiation versus elongation not resolved","Mechanism of ATR signaling impairment unclear"]},{"year":2019,"claim":"Patient missense variants revealed that nuclear localization is required for DONSON function, linking mislocalization to replication failure in Meier-Gorlin syndrome.","evidence":"Linked-read WGS of Meier-Gorlin syndrome patients with nuclear localization assays for missense variants","pmids":["31784481"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["No reconstitution of replication function upon restoration of nuclear localization","Structural basis for nuclear import not determined"]},{"year":2020,"claim":"Genome-wide mapping showed that DONSON-bound replisomes are enriched at euchromatin in early S-phase, distinguishing them from FANCM-bound replisomes in late S-phase heterochromatin, thus revealing temporal and spatial specialization of replisome subtypes.","evidence":"ChIP-seq and iPOND in stressed and unstressed human cells with S-phase fractionation","pmids":["32769987"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Whether DONSON itself determines early-firing origin selection or passively reflects it","Functional consequence of DONSON/FANCM partition not tested by depletion"]},{"year":2023,"claim":"A suite of structural, biochemical, and genetic studies converged to define DONSON's molecular mechanism: it scaffolds a pre-loading complex (GINS, TOPBP1, DNA pol ε) via N-terminal PGY and NPF motifs, dimerizes to bridge two CMG helicases, and delivers GINS to MCM2-7 in a CDK- and DDK-dependent manner, with cryo-EM revealing how DONSON reconfigures MCM motors in a double-CMG complex.","evidence":"Cryo-EM of double CMG from Xenopus extracts; AlphaFold-guided interaction mapping validated by Co-IP and in vitro reconstitution; auxin-inducible degron depletion in mouse ES cells; Xenopus immunodepletion with CDK/DDK inhibition; patient mutation modeling in mouse","pmids":["37590370","37820732","37458194","37781960","37638758"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Atomic-resolution structure of human DONSON in complex with the full CMG is lacking","How DONSON is removed after CMG assembly to allow elongation is unresolved","Whether DONSON has a direct role during elongation beyond its transient S-phase association remains debated"]},{"year":null,"claim":"Key open questions include how DONSON dissociates from the CMG after helicase activation, what structural features specify its enrichment at early-firing euchromatic origins, and whether its fork protection role is mechanistically separable from its initiation function.","evidence":"","pmids":[],"confidence":"High","gaps":["No reconstitution of DONSON release from active CMG","No separation-of-function mutant distinguishing initiation from fork protection roles","No high-resolution structure of full human DONSON-CMG complex"]}],"mechanism_profile":{"molecular_activity":[{"term_id":"GO:0005198","term_label":"structural molecule activity","supporting_discovery_ids":[1,2,3]},{"term_id":"GO:0060090","term_label":"molecular adaptor activity","supporting_discovery_ids":[1,3,5]}],"localization":[{"term_id":"GO:0005634","term_label":"nucleus","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,8]},{"term_id":"GO:0005694","term_label":"chromosome","supporting_discovery_ids":[3,4,5,6]}],"pathway":[{"term_id":"R-HSA-69306","term_label":"DNA Replication","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,1,2,3,4,5]},{"term_id":"R-HSA-1640170","term_label":"Cell Cycle","supporting_discovery_ids":[4,7]},{"term_id":"R-HSA-73894","term_label":"DNA Repair","supporting_discovery_ids":[0]}],"complexes":["pre-loading complex (pre-LC)","double CMG complex"],"partners":["GINS","TOPBP1","POLE","CDC45","MCM2","FANCM"],"other_free_text":[]},"mechanistic_narrative":"DONSON is a vertebrate-specific replication initiation and fork protection factor essential for CDC45-MCM-GINS (CMG) helicase assembly during S-phase. It scaffolds a pre-loading complex containing GINS, TOPBP1, and DNA polymerase ε, and as a dimer bridging two CMG helicases, delivers GINS to MCM2-7 in a CDK- and DDK-dependent manner; its chromatin association requires the pre-replicative complex, and it binds the CMG transiently during S-phase but is dispensable for MCM2-7 loading in G1 [PMID:37590370, PMID:37820732, PMID:37458194, PMID:37781960]. Loss of DONSON causes nucleolytic cleavage of stalled replication forks, impairs ATR-dependent checkpoint signaling, and produces chromosomal instability, while DONSON-bound replisomes are enriched at euchromatic regions in early S-phase [PMID:28191891, PMID:32769987]. Biallelic DONSON mutations cause microcephalic dwarfism, and patient-derived mutations that disrupt DONSON dimerization or nuclear localization compromise CMG assembly and DNA replication [PMID:28191891, PMID:37820732, PMID:31784481]."},"prefetch_data":{"uniprot":{"accession":"Q9NYP3","full_name":"Protein downstream neighbor of Son","aliases":["B17"],"length_aa":566,"mass_kda":62.7,"function":"Replisome component that maintains genome stability by protecting stalled or damaged replication forks. 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DONSON binds directly but transiently to CDC45-MCM-GINS during S-phase and is dispensable for MCM2-7 loading onto chromatin in G1, but essential for CMG assembly in S-phase.\",\n      \"method\": \"Rapid protein depletion (auxin-inducible degron) in mouse embryonic stem cells, chromatin fractionation, Co-IP, cell cycle analysis\",\n      \"journal\": \"EMBO reports\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — rapid depletion system with multiple readouts, direct binding shown by Co-IP, epistatic placement in cell cycle\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"37781960\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2023,\n      \"finding\": \"DONSON is required for Cdc45 and GINS association with Mcm2-7 complexes during replication initiation in Xenopus laevis egg extracts. DONSON interacts with TopBP1 in a CDK-dependent manner to facilitate helicase activation. DONSON also forms part of the replisome during elongation.\",\n      \"method\": \"Xenopus laevis cell-free egg extract system, immunodepletion, chromatin binding assays, Co-IP with TopBP1, CDK inhibition experiments\",\n      \"journal\": \"Nucleic acids research\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — immunodepletion in cell-free system with multiple orthogonal readouts, CDK-dependency established mechanistically\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"37638758\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2020,\n      \"finding\": \"DONSON-bound replisomes are more frequent in early S phase and associate with euchromatin regions, whereas FANCM-bound replisomes are more prominent in late S phase and favor heterochromatin. These two distinct replisome populations can be detected in both stressed and unstressed cells.\",\n      \"method\": \"ChIP-seq of DONSON and FANCM, iPOND (isolation of proteins on nascent DNA), cell fractionation across S phase, chromatin domain analysis\",\n      \"journal\": \"Nature communications\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — ChIP-seq and iPOND provide genome-wide localization with functional context, replicated across stressed and unstressed conditions\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"32769987\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2017,\n      \"finding\": \"DONSON is expressed in progenitor cells of embryonic human brain and other proliferating tissues, is co-expressed with components of the DNA replication machinery, and Donson is essential for early embryonic development in mice, consistent with an essential conserved role in the cell cycle.\",\n      \"method\": \"RNA-seq identifying aberrant splicing in DONSON from a noncoding variant, in situ hybridization in human embryonic brain, mouse knockout lethality\",\n      \"journal\": \"Genome research\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — transcriptome sequencing plus mouse developmental lethality, but nuclear function mechanistically inferred rather than directly reconstituted\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28630177\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2019,\n      \"finding\": \"Biallelic DONSON missense variants disrupt the nuclear localization of DONSON protein, providing evidence that nuclear localization is required for DONSON function in DNA replication.\",\n      \"method\": \"Linked-read whole genome sequencing of Meier-Gorlin syndrome patients, functional validation of missense variants by nuclear localization assays in cells\",\n      \"journal\": \"Journal of medical genetics\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 3 — localization experiments in patient-derived cells with multiple variants, but without reconstitution of replication function\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"31784481\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2000,\n      \"finding\": \"The DONSON gene is located immediately 3' of the SON gene in a compact gene cluster (GART/SON/DONSON) conserved between mouse and human genomes on chromosome 21q22.1-q22.2, and shows overlapping expression with SON and GART.\",\n      \"method\": \"Genomic sequencing, EST database analysis, expression analysis by Northern blot/RT-PCR\",\n      \"journal\": \"Genomics\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Low\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 3 — genomic characterization and expression analysis, no direct functional mechanistic data\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"10950926\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    }\n  ],\n  \"current_model\": \"DONSON is a metazoan-specific replication initiation and fork protection factor that scaffolds a pre-loading complex (containing GINS, TOPBP1, and DNA pol ε) and, as a dimer bridging two CMG helicases, delivers GINS to MCM2-7 to drive CDC45-MCM-GINS (CMG) helicase assembly in a CDK- and DDK-dependent manner during S-phase; loss of DONSON abolishes CMG formation, causes nucleolytic cleavage of stalled forks, impairs ATR checkpoint signaling, and produces chromosomal instability underlying microcephalic dwarfism.\"\n}\n```","stage2_raw":"```json\n{\n  \"mechanistic_narrative\": \"DONSON is a vertebrate-specific replication initiation and fork protection factor essential for CDC45-MCM-GINS (CMG) helicase assembly during S-phase. It scaffolds a pre-loading complex containing GINS, TOPBP1, and DNA polymerase ε, and as a dimer bridging two CMG helicases, delivers GINS to MCM2-7 in a CDK- and DDK-dependent manner; its chromatin association requires the pre-replicative complex, and it binds the CMG transiently during S-phase but is dispensable for MCM2-7 loading in G1 [PMID:37590370, PMID:37820732, PMID:37458194, PMID:37781960]. Loss of DONSON causes nucleolytic cleavage of stalled replication forks, impairs ATR-dependent checkpoint signaling, and produces chromosomal instability, while DONSON-bound replisomes are enriched at euchromatic regions in early S-phase [PMID:28191891, PMID:32769987]. Biallelic DONSON mutations cause microcephalic dwarfism, and patient-derived mutations that disrupt DONSON dimerization or nuclear localization compromise CMG assembly and DNA replication [PMID:28191891, PMID:37820732, PMID:31784481].\",\n  \"teleology\": [\n    {\n      \"year\": 2000,\n      \"claim\": \"Before any function was known, the DONSON gene was identified as a conserved locus immediately downstream of SON on chromosome 21, establishing it as a broadly expressed gene of unknown function.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Genomic sequencing, EST database analysis, and Northern blot/RT-PCR in mouse and human\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"10950926\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Low\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No functional data; expression pattern alone does not indicate mechanism\", \"Relationship to DNA replication not yet suspected\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2017,\n      \"claim\": \"DONSON was established as a replisome component and fork protection factor: its deficiency caused nucleolytic cleavage of stalled forks, impaired ATR checkpoint signaling, and produced chromosomal instability, explaining why biallelic mutations cause microcephalic dwarfism.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Patient-derived cell lines with biallelic mutations, fork stability assays, ATR signaling analysis, replisome fractionation across 29 patients; mouse knockout lethality and embryonic brain expression confirmed essential developmental role\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28191891\", \"28630177\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Precise molecular contacts within the replisome not defined\", \"Whether DONSON acts at initiation versus elongation not resolved\", \"Mechanism of ATR signaling impairment unclear\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2019,\n      \"claim\": \"Patient missense variants revealed that nuclear localization is required for DONSON function, linking mislocalization to replication failure in Meier-Gorlin syndrome.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Linked-read WGS of Meier-Gorlin syndrome patients with nuclear localization assays for missense variants\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"31784481\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No reconstitution of replication function upon restoration of nuclear localization\", \"Structural basis for nuclear import not determined\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2020,\n      \"claim\": \"Genome-wide mapping showed that DONSON-bound replisomes are enriched at euchromatin in early S-phase, distinguishing them from FANCM-bound replisomes in late S-phase heterochromatin, thus revealing temporal and spatial specialization of replisome subtypes.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"ChIP-seq and iPOND in stressed and unstressed human cells with S-phase fractionation\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"32769987\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Whether DONSON itself determines early-firing origin selection or passively reflects it\", \"Functional consequence of DONSON/FANCM partition not tested by depletion\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2023,\n      \"claim\": \"A suite of structural, biochemical, and genetic studies converged to define DONSON's molecular mechanism: it scaffolds a pre-loading complex (GINS, TOPBP1, DNA pol ε) via N-terminal PGY and NPF motifs, dimerizes to bridge two CMG helicases, and delivers GINS to MCM2-7 in a CDK- and DDK-dependent manner, with cryo-EM revealing how DONSON reconfigures MCM motors in a double-CMG complex.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Cryo-EM of double CMG from Xenopus extracts; AlphaFold-guided interaction mapping validated by Co-IP and in vitro reconstitution; auxin-inducible degron depletion in mouse ES cells; Xenopus immunodepletion with CDK/DDK inhibition; patient mutation modeling in mouse\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"37590370\", \"37820732\", \"37458194\", \"37781960\", \"37638758\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Atomic-resolution structure of human DONSON in complex with the full CMG is lacking\", \"How DONSON is removed after CMG assembly to allow elongation is unresolved\", \"Whether DONSON has a direct role during elongation beyond its transient S-phase association remains debated\"]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": null,\n      \"claim\": \"Key open questions include how DONSON dissociates from the CMG after helicase activation, what structural features specify its enrichment at early-firing euchromatic origins, and whether its fork protection role is mechanistically separable from its initiation function.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"\",\n      \"pmids\": [],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No reconstitution of DONSON release from active CMG\", \"No separation-of-function mutant distinguishing initiation from fork protection roles\", \"No high-resolution structure of full human DONSON-CMG complex\"]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"mechanism_profile\": {\n    \"molecular_activity\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005198\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [1, 2, 3]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0060090\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [1, 3, 5]}\n    ],\n    \"localization\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005634\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 8]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005694\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [3, 4, 5, 6]}\n    ],\n    \"pathway\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-69306\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-1640170\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [4, 7]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-73894\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0]}\n    ],\n    \"complexes\": [\n      \"pre-loading complex (pre-LC)\",\n      \"double CMG complex\"\n    ],\n    \"partners\": [\n      \"GINS\",\n      \"TOPBP1\",\n      \"POLE\",\n      \"CDC45\",\n      \"MCM2\",\n      \"FANCM\"\n    ],\n    \"other_free_text\": []\n  }\n}\n```"}