We examined the effects of cycloheximide on the amount of chromatin-bo
und and -unbound PCNA subpopulations in HeLa cells. The chromatin-boun
d PCNA content decreased rapidly in the presence of cycloheximide, whe
reas the reduction of the total amount of PCNA was minimal even 24 h a
fter the treatment with cycloheximide. From these data, the half-life
of PCNA was estimated to be 31.0 h for chromatin-bound PCNA and 276.8
h for the total.