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Download fileA role for chromatin remodeling in cohesin loading onto chromosomes
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posted on 2019-12-17, 16:40 authored by Sofía Muñoz, Masashi Minamino, Corella S Casas-Delucchi, Harshil Patel, Frank UhlmannCohesin is a conserved, ring-shaped protein complex that topologically embraces DNA. Its central role in genome organization includes functions in sister chromatid cohesion, DNA repair, and transcriptional regulation. Cohesin loading onto chromosomes requires the Scc2-Scc4 cohesin loader, whose presence on chromatin in budding yeast depends on the RSC chromatin remodeling complex. Here we reveal a dual role of RSC in cohesin loading. RSC acts as a chromatin receptor that recruits Scc2-Scc4 by a direct protein interaction independent of chromatin remodeling. In addition, chromatin remodeling is required to generate a nucleosome-free region that is the substrate for cohesin loading. An engineered cohesin loading module can be created by fusing the Scc2 C terminus to RSC or to other chromatin remodelers, but not to unrelated DNA binding proteins. These observations demonstrate the importance of nucleosome-free DNA for cohesin loading and provide insight into how cohesin accesses DNA during its varied chromosomal activities.
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RSCSaccharomyces cerevisiaeScc2-Scc4chromatin remodelingcohesincohesin loadersister chromatid cohesionCell Cycle ProteinsChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneChromosome SegregationChromosomesDNA RepairDNA-Binding ProteinsNucleosomesSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSister Chromatid ExchangeTranscription, GeneticUhlmann FC001198Diffley FC001066CBFERM-ackHTS-ack06 Biological Sciences11 Medical and Health SciencesDevelopmental Biology