The cohesin ring uses its hinge to organize DNA using non-topological as well as topological mechanisms

Autor: Thomas G. Gligoris, Vincenzo Costanzo, Bin Hu, Maria Wissler, Sugako Ogushi, James E Collier, Kim Nasmyth, Johanna C. Scheinost, Alexander Kurze, Menelaos Voulgaris, Madhusudhan Srinivasan, Kok-Lung Chan, Naomi J Petela
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Cell
ISSN: 1097-4172
0092-8674
DOI: 10.1101/197848
Popis: Summary As predicted by the notion that sister chromatid cohesion is mediated by entrapment of sister DNAs inside cohesin rings, there is perfect correlation between co-entrapment of circular minichromosomes and sister chromatid cohesion. In most cells where cohesin loads without conferring cohesion, it does so by entrapment of individual DNAs. However, cohesin with a hinge domain whose positively charged lumen is neutralized loads and moves along chromatin despite failing to entrap DNAs. Thus, cohesin engages chromatin in non-topological, as well as topological, manners. Since hinge mutations, but not Smc-kleisin fusions, abolish entrapment, DNAs may enter cohesin rings through hinge opening. Mutation of three highly conserved lysine residues inside the Smc1 moiety of Smc1/3 hinges abolishes all loading without affecting cohesin’s recruitment to CEN loading sites or its ability to hydrolyze ATP. We suggest that loading and translocation are mediated by conformational changes in cohesin’s hinge driven by cycles of ATP hydrolysis.
Graphical Abstract
Highlights • Chromatid cohesion is mediated by co-entrapment of sister DNAs inside cohesin rings • Cohesin engages chromatin in non-topological as well as topological manners • Cohesin loads onto chromatin despite closure of any of the three ring interfaces. • Cohesin’s hinge domain is critical for non-topological and topological DNA association.
Cohesin can selectively engage DNA without entrapping it, suggesting a new dimension to cohesin function.
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