PubMed · 2467411
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The Structural Maintenance of Chromosome (SMC) protein family plays a central role in higher-order genome organization through ATP-dependent DNA loop extrusion by cohesin and condensin and other processes. Whether these activities fully account for the complexity of chromosome architecture remains unknown. Here, we uncover a conserved ATP-independent mechanism of chromatin condensation by SMC complexes, occurring via biomolecular condensation. Using single-molecule fluorescence imaging, we show that a variety of SMCs form dynamic DNA-bound condensates that exhibit key features of biomolecular condensates, including droplet coalescence, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, and rapid exchange with free SMC complexes. Atomic force microscopy analysis of human cohesin-DNA assemblies reveals DNA-length-dependent clustering, providing evidence for bridging-driven condensation. Analyses of in vivo super-resolution imaging and high-throughput chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C) data indicate that these condensates form chromatin-associated clusters with multi-loop structures. Together, our results establish that SMC complexes employ ATP-independent phase condensation as well as ATP-dependent activities to shape genome architecture. This work reveals a broadly conserved principle of chromosomal organization across eukaryotes.
Telomeres share the ability to silence nearby transcription with heterochromatin, but the requirement of heterochromatin proteins for most telomere functions is unknown. The fission yeast Rik1 protein is required for heterochromatin formation at centromeres and the mating-type locus, as it recruits the Clr4 histone methyltransferase, whose modification of histone H3 triggers binding by Swi6, a conserved protein involved in spreading of heterochromatin. Here, we demonstrate that Rik1 and Clr4, but not Swi6, are required along with the telomere protein Taz1 for crucial chromosome movements during meiosis. However, Rik1 is dispensable for the protective roles of telomeres in preventing chromosome end-fusion. Thus, a Swi6-independent heterochromatin function distinct from that at centromeres and the mating-type locus operates at telomeres during sexual differentiation.
The human oncoprotein SET/TAF-1beta has been crystallized by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method using ammonium sulfate as a precipitant. The crystal belongs to space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 119.6, b = 62.8, c = 61.0 A, beta = 89.7 degrees, and contains two molecules in the asymmetric unit. A complete data set was collected to 2.8 A resolution using synchrotron radiation.