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Mura A, Moriel-Carretero M. Lack of evidence for condensin or cohesin sequestration on lipid droplets with packing defects. MICROPUBLICATION BIOLOGY 2021; 2021. [PMID: 34746685 PMCID: PMC8569452 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Revised: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Lipid droplets (LD) are organelles born from the endoplasmic reticulum that store fats and sterols in an apolar manner both as an energy reservoir and for protective purposes. The LD is delimited by a phospholipid monolayer covered by a rich proteome that dynamically evolves depending on the nutritional, genetic, pharmacological and environmental cues. Some of these contexts lead to discontinuities in the phospholipid monolayer, termed "packing defects", that expose LD hydrophobic contents to the surrounding water environment. This triggers the unscheduled binding of proteins with affinity for hydrophobic surfaces, a thermodynamically favorable reaction. We have raised in the past the concern that this titration includes proteins with important roles in the nucleus, which entails a risk of genome instability. Analysis of previously published LD proteomes isolated from cells lacking the transcription factor Ino2p, a prototype of LD bearing packing defects, made us concentrate on two subunits of the cohesin (Smc1p and Smc3p) and one of the condensin (Smc2p) complexes, both essential to promote genome integrity by structuring chromosomes. We report that, in disagreement with the proteomic data, we find no evidence of titration of condensin or cohesin subunits onto LD in ino2∆ cells. Importantly, during our analysis to label LD, we discovered that the addition of the widely used vital dye AUTODOTTM, which emits in the blue range of the spectrum, leads, specifically in ino2∆, to the artefactual emission of signals in the green channel. We therefore take the opportunity to warn the community of this undesirable aspect when using this dye.
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- Anaïs Mura
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 34293 Montpellier CEDEX 05, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie cellulaire de Montpellier (CRBM), Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 34293 Montpellier CEDEX 05, France
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Okuda EK, Gonzales-Zubiate FA, Gadal O, Oliveira CC. Nucleolar localization of the yeast RNA exosome subunit Rrp44 hints at early pre-rRNA processing as its main function. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:11195-11213. [PMID: 32554806 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.013589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The RNA exosome is a multisubunit protein complex involved in RNA surveillance of all classes of RNA, and is essential for pre-rRNA processing. The exosome is conserved throughout evolution, present in archaea and eukaryotes from yeast to humans, where it localizes to the nucleus and cytoplasm. The catalytically active subunit Rrp44/Dis3 of the exosome in budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is considered a protein present in these two subcellular compartments, and here we report that it not only localizes mainly to the nucleus, but is concentrated in the nucleolus, where the early pre-rRNA processing reactions take place. Moreover, we show by confocal microscopy analysis that the core exosome subunits Rrp41 and Rrp43 also localize largely to the nucleus and strongly accumulate in the nucleolus. These results shown here shed additional light on the localization of the yeast exosome and have implications regarding the main function of this RNase complex, which seems to be primarily in early pre-rRNA processing and surveillance.
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- Ellen K Okuda
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Pandey R, Abel S, Boucher M, Wall RJ, Zeeshan M, Rea E, Freville A, Lu XM, Brady D, Daniel E, Stanway RR, Wheatley S, Batugedara G, Hollin T, Bottrill AR, Gupta D, Holder AA, Le Roch KG, Tewari R. Plasmodium Condensin Core Subunits SMC2/SMC4 Mediate Atypical Mitosis and Are Essential for Parasite Proliferation and Transmission. Cell Rep 2020; 30:1883-1897.e6. [PMID: 32049018 PMCID: PMC7016506 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Condensin is a multi-subunit protein complex regulating chromosome condensation and segregation during cell division. In Plasmodium spp., the causative agent of malaria, cell division is atypical and the role of condensin is unclear. Here we examine the role of SMC2 and SMC4, the core subunits of condensin, during endomitosis in schizogony and endoreduplication in male gametogenesis. During early schizogony, SMC2/SMC4 localize to a distinct focus, identified as the centromeres by NDC80 fluorescence and chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) analyses, but do not form condensin I or II complexes. In mature schizonts and during male gametogenesis, there is a diffuse SMC2/SMC4 distribution on chromosomes and in the nucleus, and both condensin I and condensin II complexes form at these stages. Knockdown of smc2 and smc4 gene expression reveals essential roles in parasite proliferation and transmission. The condensin core subunits (SMC2/SMC4) form different complexes and may have distinct functions at various stages of the parasite life cycle.
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- Rajan Pandey
- School of Life Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- School of Life Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Gibbet Hill Campus, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Translational Bioinformatics Group, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Malaria Parasitology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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- School of Life Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
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Lawrimore J, Friedman B, Doshi A, Bloom K. RotoStep: A Chromosome Dynamics Simulator Reveals Mechanisms of Loop Extrusion. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2017; 82:101-109. [PMID: 29167283 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2017.82.033696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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ChromoShake is a three-dimensional simulator designed to explore the range of configurational states a chromosome can adopt based on thermodynamic fluctuations of the polymer chain. Here, we refine ChromoShake to generate dynamic simulations of a DNA-based motor protein such as condensin walking along the chromatin substrate. We model walking as a rotation of DNA-binding heat-repeat proteins around one another. The simulation is applied to several configurations of DNA to reveal the consequences of mechanical stepping on taut chromatin under tension versus loop extrusion on single-tethered, floppy chromatin substrates. These simulations provide testable hypotheses for condensin and other DNA-based motors functioning along interphase chromosomes. Our model reveals a novel mechanism for condensin enrichment in the pericentromeric region of mitotic chromosomes. Increased condensin dwell time at centromeres results in a high density of pericentric loops that in turn provide substrate for additional condensin.
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- Josh Lawrimore
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280
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Mitosis is the stage of the cell cycle during which replicated chromosomes must be precisely divided to allow the formation of two daughter cells possessing equal genetic material. Much of the careful spatial and temporal organization of mitosis is maintained through post-translational modifications, such as phosphorylation and ubiquitination, of key cellular proteins. Here, we will review evidence that sumoylation, conjugation to the SUMO family of small ubiquitin-like modifiers, also serves essential regulatory roles during mitosis. We will discuss the basic biology of sumoylation, how the SUMO pathway has been implicated in particular mitotic functions, including chromosome condensation, centromere/kinetochore organization and cytokinesis, and what cellular proteins may be the targets underlying these phenomena.
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- Debaditya Mukhopadhyay
- Section on Cell Cycle Regulation, Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health, 18 Library Drive, Room 106, Building 18T, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Cell Cycle Regulation, Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health, 18 Library Drive, Room 106, Building 18T, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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The primary goal of mitosis is to partition duplicated chromosomes into daughter cells. Eukaryotic chromosomes are equipped with two distinct classes of intrinsic machineries, cohesin and condensins, that ensure their faithful segregation during mitosis. Cohesin holds sister chromatids together immediately after their synthesis during S phase until the establishment of bipolar attachments to the mitotic spindle in metaphase. Condensins, on the other hand, attempt to "resolve" sister chromatids by counteracting cohesin. The products of the balancing acts of cohesin and condensins are metaphase chromosomes, in which two rod-shaped chromatids are connected primarily at the centromere. In anaphase, this connection is released by the action of separase that proteolytically cleaves the remaining population of cohesin. Recent studies uncover how this series of events might be mechanistically coupled with each other and intricately regulated by a number of regulatory factors.
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- Tatsuya Hirano
- Chromosome Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Smith SJ, Osman K, Franklin FCH. The condensin complexes play distinct roles to ensure normal chromosome morphogenesis during meiotic division in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 80:255-68. [PMID: 25065716 PMCID: PMC4552968 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Revised: 07/11/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Meiosis is a specialized cell division essential for sexual reproduction. During meiosis the chromosomes are highly organized, and correct chromosome architecture is required for faithful segregation of chromosomes at anaphase I and II. Condensin is involved in chromosome organization during meiotic and mitotic cell divisions. Three condensin subunits, AtSMC4 and the condensin I and II specific subunits AtCAP-D2 and AtCAP-D3, respectively, have been studied for their role in meiosis. This has revealed that both the condensin I and condensin II complexes are required to maintain normal structural integrity of the meiotic chromosomes during the two nuclear divisions. Their roles appear functionally distinct in that condensin I is required to maintain normal compaction of the centromeric repeats and 45S rDNA, whereas loss of condensin II was associated with extensive interchromosome connections at metaphase I. Depletion of condensin is also associated with a slight reduction in crossover formation, suggesting a role during meiotic prophase I.
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- Sarah J Smith
- School of Biosciences, University of BirminghamEdgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham UniversitySouth Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of BirminghamEdgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of BirminghamEdgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- *For correspondence (e-mail )
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Centromeres are specialized domains of heterochromatin that provide the foundation for the kinetochore. Centromeric heterochromatin is characterized by specific histone modifications, a centromere-specific histone H3 variant (CENP-A), and the enrichment of cohesin, condensin, and topoisomerase II. Centromere DNA varies orders of magnitude in size from 125 bp (budding yeast) to several megabases (human). In metaphase, sister kinetochores on the surface of replicated chromosomes face away from each other, where they establish microtubule attachment and bi-orientation. Despite the disparity in centromere size, the distance between separated sister kinetochores is remarkably conserved (approximately 1 μm) throughout phylogeny. The centromere functions as a molecular spring that resists microtubule-based extensional forces in mitosis. This review explores the physical properties of DNA in order to understand how the molecular spring is built and how it contributes to the fidelity of chromosome segregation.
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- Kerry S Bloom
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280;
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Li P, Jin H, Yu HG. Condensin suppresses recombination and regulates double-strand break processing at the repetitive ribosomal DNA array to ensure proper chromosome segregation during meiosis in budding yeast. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 25:2934-47. [PMID: 25103240 PMCID: PMC4230583 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-05-0957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Condensin undergoes a sequestration, release, and reloading cycle at the rDNA array in budding yeast meiosis. It regulates rDNA stability by suppressing double-strand break (DSB) formation and promoting DSB processing. During meiosis, homologues are linked by crossover, which is required for bipolar chromosome orientation before chromosome segregation at anaphase I. The repetitive ribosomal DNA (rDNA) array, however, undergoes little or no meiotic recombination. Hyperrecombination can cause chromosome missegregation and rDNA copy number instability. We report here that condensin, a conserved protein complex required for chromosome organization, regulates double-strand break (DSB) formation and repair at the rDNA gene cluster during meiosis in budding yeast. Condensin is highly enriched at the rDNA region during prophase I, released at the prophase I/metaphase I transition, and reassociates with rDNA before anaphase I onset. We show that condensin plays a dual role in maintaining rDNA stability: it suppresses the formation of Spo11-mediated rDNA breaks, and it promotes DSB processing to ensure proper chromosome segregation. Condensin is unnecessary for the export of rDNA breaks outside the nucleolus but required for timely repair of meiotic DSBs. Our work reveals that condensin coordinates meiotic recombination with chromosome segregation at the repetitive rDNA sequence, thereby maintaining genome integrity.
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- Ping Li
- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4370
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4370
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4370
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Mitotic chromosome condensation is a prerequisite for the accurate segregation of chromosomes during cell division, and the conserved condensin complex a central player of this process. However, how condensin binds chromatin and shapes mitotic chromosomes remain poorly understood. Recent genome-wide binding studies showing that in most species condensin is enriched near highly expressed genes suggest a conserved link between condensin occupancy and high transcription rates. To gain insight into the mechanisms of condensin binding and mitotic chromosome condensation, we searched for factors that collaborate with condensin through a synthetic lethal genetic screen in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. We isolated novel mutations affecting condensin, as well as mutations in four genes not previously implicated in mitotic chromosome condensation in fission yeast. These mutations cause chromosome segregation defects similar to those provoked by defects in condensation. We also identified a suppressor of the cut3-477 condensin mutation, which largely rescued chromosome segregation during anaphase. Remarkably, of the five genes identified in this study, four encode transcription co-factors. Our results therefore provide strong additional evidence for a functional connection between chromosome condensation and transcription.
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Verzijlbergen KF, Nerusheva OO, Kelly D, Kerr A, Clift D, de Lima Alves F, Rappsilber J, Marston AL. Shugoshin biases chromosomes for biorientation through condensin recruitment to the pericentromere. eLife 2014; 3:e01374. [PMID: 24497542 PMCID: PMC3910079 DOI: 10.7554/elife.01374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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To protect against aneuploidy, chromosomes must attach to microtubules from opposite poles (‘biorientation’) prior to their segregation during mitosis. Biorientation relies on the correction of erroneous attachments by the aurora B kinase, which destabilizes kinetochore-microtubule attachments that lack tension. Incorrect attachments are also avoided because sister kinetochores are intrinsically biased towards capture by microtubules from opposite poles. Here, we show that shugoshin acts as a pericentromeric adaptor that plays dual roles in biorientation in budding yeast. Shugoshin maintains the aurora B kinase at kinetochores that lack tension, thereby engaging the error correction machinery. Shugoshin also recruits the chromosome-organizing complex, condensin, to the pericentromere. Pericentromeric condensin biases sister kinetochores towards capture by microtubules from opposite poles. Our findings uncover the molecular basis of the bias to sister kinetochore capture and expose shugoshin as a pericentromeric hub controlling chromosome biorientation. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01374.001 When a cell divides to create two new daughter cells, it must produce a copy of each of its chromosomes. It is important that each daughter cell gets just one copy of each chromosome. If an error occurs and one cell gets two copies of a single chromosome, it can lead to cancer or birth defects. Fortunately, there are multiple checks to ensure that this does not happen. During cell division the chromosomes line up in a way that increases the likelihood that each daughter cell will have one copy of each chromosome. After this process—which is called biorientation—is completed, microtubules pull the chromosomes to opposite ends of the cell, which then divides. Proteins called shugoshin proteins are known to be involved in biorientation in many organisms. These proteins are found in a region called the pericentromere, which surrounds the area on the chromosomes that the microtubules attach to, but the details of their involvement in biorientation are not fully understood. Now Verzijlbergen et al. have exploited sophisticated genetic techniques in yeast to explore how shugoshin proteins work. These experiments showed that the shugoshin protein helps to recruit condensin—a protein that keeps the DNA organized within the chromosome—to the pericentromere to assist with biorientation. It also keeps aurora B kinase—one of the enzymes that helps to correct errors during cell division—in the pericentromere when a microtubule attaches to the wrong chromosome. These results help us understand how a ‘hub’ in the pericentromere ensures biorientation. The next challenge will be to understand how this hub is disassembled after biorientation to allow error-free cell division to proceed. As shugoshins have been found to be damaged in some cancers, understanding the workings of this hub could also shed new light on how they contribute to disease. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01374.002
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- Kitty F Verzijlbergen
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Marston AL. Chromosome segregation in budding yeast: sister chromatid cohesion and related mechanisms. Genetics 2014; 196:31-63. [PMID: 24395824 PMCID: PMC3872193 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.145144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Studies on budding yeast have exposed the highly conserved mechanisms by which duplicated chromosomes are evenly distributed to daughter cells at the metaphase-anaphase transition. The establishment of proteinaceous bridges between sister chromatids, a function provided by a ring-shaped complex known as cohesin, is central to accurate segregation. It is the destruction of this cohesin that triggers the segregation of chromosomes following their proper attachment to microtubules. Since it is irreversible, this process must be tightly controlled and driven to completion. Furthermore, during meiosis, modifications must be put in place to allow the segregation of maternal and paternal chromosomes in the first division for gamete formation. Here, I review the pioneering work from budding yeast that has led to a molecular understanding of the establishment and destruction of cohesion.
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- Adele L Marston
- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, United Kingdom
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Stephens AD, Quammen CW, Chang B, Haase J, Taylor RM, Bloom K. The spatial segregation of pericentric cohesin and condensin in the mitotic spindle. Mol Biol Cell 2013; 24:3909-19. [PMID: 24152737 PMCID: PMC3861086 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-06-0325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2013] [Revised: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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In mitosis, the pericentromere is organized into a spring composed of cohesin, condensin, and a rosette of intramolecular chromatin loops. Cohesin and condensin are enriched in the pericentromere, with spatially distinct patterns of localization. Using model convolution of computer simulations, we deduce the mechanistic consequences of their spatial segregation. Condensin lies proximal to the spindle axis, whereas cohesin is radially displaced from condensin and the interpolar microtubules. The histone deacetylase Sir2 is responsible for the axial position of condensin, while the radial displacement of chromatin loops dictates the position of cohesin. The heterogeneity in distribution of condensin is most accurately modeled by clusters along the spindle axis. In contrast, cohesin is evenly distributed (barrel of 500-nm width × 550-nm length). Models of cohesin gradients that decay from the centromere or sister cohesin axis, as previously suggested, do not match experimental images. The fine structures of cohesin and condensin deduced with subpixel localization accuracy reveal critical features of how these complexes mold pericentric chromatin into a functional spring.
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- Andrew D. Stephens
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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Burrack LS, Applen Clancey SE, Chacón JM, Gardner MK, Berman J. Monopolin recruits condensin to organize centromere DNA and repetitive DNA sequences. Mol Biol Cell 2013; 24:2807-19. [PMID: 23885115 PMCID: PMC3771944 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-05-0229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Higher-order structure of chromatin is essential for chromosome segregation and repetitive DNA stability. Monopolin recruits condensin to organize centromere DNA irrespective of the number of kinetochore–microtubule attachments. In addition, the role of monopolin in stabilizing repeat tracts observed in budding yeast is conserved in Candida albicans. The establishment and maintenance of higher-order structure at centromeres is essential for accurate chromosome segregation. The monopolin complex is thought to cross-link multiple kinetochore complexes to prevent merotelic attachments that result in chromosome missegregation. This model is based on structural analysis and the requirement that monopolin execute mitotic and meiotic chromosome segregation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, which has more than one kinetochore–microtubule attachment/centromere, and co-orient sister chromatids in meiosis I in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Recent data from S. pombe suggest an alternative possibility: that the recruitment of condensin is the primary function of monopolin. Here we test these models using the yeast Candida albicans. C. albicans cells lacking monopolin exhibit defects in chromosome segregation, increased distance between centromeres, and decreased stability of several types of repeat DNA. Of note, changing kinetochore–microtubule copy number from one to more than one kinetochore–microtubule/centromere does not alter the requirement for monopolin. Furthermore, monopolin recruits condensin to C. albicans centromeres, and overexpression of condensin suppresses chromosome segregation defects in strains lacking monopolin. We propose that the key function of monopolin is to recruit condensin in order to promote the assembly of higher-order structure at centromere and repetitive DNA.
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- Laura S Burrack
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel
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Nagarajavel V, Iben JR, Howard BH, Maraia RJ, Clark DJ. Global 'bootprinting' reveals the elastic architecture of the yeast TFIIIB-TFIIIC transcription complex in vivo. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:8135-43. [PMID: 23856458 PMCID: PMC3783186 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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TFIIIB and TFIIIC are multi-subunit factors required for transcription by RNA polymerase III. We present a genome-wide high-resolution footprint map of TFIIIB–TFIIIC complexes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, obtained by paired-end sequencing of micrococcal nuclease-resistant DNA. On tRNA genes, TFIIIB and TFIIIC form stable complexes with the same distinctive occupancy pattern but in mirror image, termed ‘bootprints’. Global analysis reveals that the TFIIIB–TFIIIC transcription complex exhibits remarkable structural elasticity: tRNA genes vary significantly in length but remain protected by TFIIIC. Introns, when present, are markedly less protected. The RNA polymerase III transcription terminator is flexibly accommodated within the transcription complex and, unexpectedly, plays a major structural role by delimiting its 3′-boundary. The ETC sites, where TFIIIC binds without TFIIIB, exhibit different bootprints, suggesting that TFIIIC forms complexes involving other factors. We confirm six ETC sites and report a new site (ETC10). Surprisingly, TFIIIC, but not TFIIIB, interacts with some centromeric nucleosomes, suggesting that interactions between TFIIIC and the centromere may be important in the 3D organization of the nucleus.
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- V Nagarajavel
- Program in Genomics of Differentiation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Piazza I, Haering CH, Rutkowska A. Condensin: crafting the chromosome landscape. Chromosoma 2013; 122:175-90. [DOI: 10.1007/s00412-013-0405-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2013] [Revised: 03/03/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitotic spindle in budding yeast is exemplified by its simplicity and elegance. Microtubules are nucleated from a crystalline array of proteins organized in the nuclear envelope, known as the spindle pole body in yeast (analogous to the centrosome in larger eukaryotes). The spindle has two classes of nuclear microtubules: kinetochore microtubules and interpolar microtubules. One kinetochore microtubule attaches to a single centromere on each chromosome, while approximately four interpolar microtubules emanate from each pole and interdigitate with interpolar microtubules from the opposite spindle to provide stability to the bipolar spindle. On the cytoplasmic face, two to three microtubules extend from the spindle pole toward the cell cortex. Processes requiring microtubule function are limited to spindles in mitosis and to spindle orientation and nuclear positioning in the cytoplasm. Microtubule function is regulated in large part via products of the 6 kinesin gene family and the 1 cytoplasmic dynein gene. A single bipolar kinesin (Cin8, class Kin-5), together with a depolymerase (Kip3, class Kin-8) or minus-end-directed kinesin (Kar3, class Kin-14), can support spindle function and cell viability. The remarkable feature of yeast cells is that they can survive with microtubules and genes for just two motor proteins, thus providing an unparalleled system to dissect microtubule and motor function within the spindle machine.
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Stephens AD, Haase J, Vicci L, Taylor RM, Bloom K. Cohesin, condensin, and the intramolecular centromere loop together generate the mitotic chromatin spring. J Cell Biol 2011; 193:1167-80. [PMID: 21708976 PMCID: PMC3216333 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201103138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2011] [Accepted: 05/25/2011] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Sister chromatid cohesion provides the mechanistic basis, together with spindle microtubules, for generating tension between bioriented chromosomes in metaphase. Pericentric chromatin forms an intramolecular loop that protrudes bidirectionally from the sister chromatid axis. The centromere lies on the surface of the chromosome at the apex of each loop. The cohesin and condensin structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) protein complexes are concentrated within the pericentric chromatin, but whether they contribute to tension-generating mechanisms is not known. To understand how pericentric chromatin is packaged and resists tension, we map the position of cohesin (SMC3), condensin (SMC4), and pericentric LacO arrays within the spindle. Condensin lies proximal to the spindle axis and is responsible for axial compaction of pericentric chromatin. Cohesin is radially displaced from the spindle axis and confines pericentric chromatin. Pericentric cohesin and condensin contribute to spindle length regulation and dynamics in metaphase. Together with the intramolecular centromere loop, these SMC complexes constitute a molecular spring that balances spindle microtubule force in metaphase.
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- Andrew D. Stephens
- Department of Biology and Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Biology and Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Biology and Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Biology and Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Biology and Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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Li Z, Vizeacoumar FJ, Bahr S, Li J, Warringer J, Vizeacoumar FS, Min R, Vandersluis B, Bellay J, Devit M, Fleming JA, Stephens A, Haase J, Lin ZY, Baryshnikova A, Lu H, Yan Z, Jin K, Barker S, Datti A, Giaever G, Nislow C, Bulawa C, Myers CL, Costanzo M, Gingras AC, Zhang Z, Blomberg A, Bloom K, Andrews B, Boone C. Systematic exploration of essential yeast gene function with temperature-sensitive mutants. Nat Biotechnol 2011; 29:361-7. [PMID: 21441928 DOI: 10.1038/nbt.1832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2011] [Accepted: 03/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Conditional temperature-sensitive (ts) mutations are valuable reagents for studying essential genes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We constructed 787 ts strains, covering 497 (∼45%) of the 1,101 essential yeast genes, with ∼30% of the genes represented by multiple alleles. All of the alleles are integrated into their native genomic locus in the S288C common reference strain and are linked to a kanMX selectable marker, allowing further genetic manipulation by synthetic genetic array (SGA)-based, high-throughput methods. We show two such manipulations: barcoding of 440 strains, which enables chemical-genetic suppression analysis, and the construction of arrays of strains carrying different fluorescent markers of subcellular structure, which enables quantitative analysis of phenotypes using high-content screening. Quantitative analysis of a GFP-tubulin marker identified roles for cohesin and condensin genes in spindle disassembly. This mutant collection should facilitate a wide range of systematic studies aimed at understanding the functions of essential genes.
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- Zhijian Li
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Przewloka MR, Glover DM. The Kinetochore and the Centromere: A Working Long Distance Relationship. Annu Rev Genet 2009; 43:439-65. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-102108-134310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Marcin R. Przewloka
- University of Cambridge, Department of Genetics, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, United Kingdom; ,
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- University of Cambridge, Department of Genetics, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, United Kingdom; ,
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Kim JH, Baek SH. Emerging roles of desumoylating enzymes. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2009; 1792:155-62. [PMID: 19162180 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2008.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2008] [Revised: 12/18/2008] [Accepted: 12/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Posttranslational modification by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) controls diverse cellular processes including transcriptional regulation, nuclear transport, cell-cycle progression, DNA repair, and signal transduction pathway. Sumoylation is a highly dynamic process that is reversed by a family of Sentrin/SUMO-specific proteases (SENPs). Thus, desumoylation process must be important for regulation of the fate and function of SUMO-conjugated proteins as well as SUMOylation process. SENPs catalyze the removal of SUMO from SUMO-conjugated target proteins as well as the cleavage of SUMO from its precursor proteins. Since the first report of yeast desumoylating enzymes, many studies have revealed the structural and cellular biological properties of SENP family. This review focuses on the specificity of the SENPs' catalytic activities with regard to SUMO isoforms and their emerging roles as cellular regulators.
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- Jung Hwa Kim
- Department of Medical Sciences, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea.
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Current awareness on yeast. Yeast 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/yea.1559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Warsi TH, Navarro MS, Bachant J. DNA topoisomerase II is a determinant of the tensile properties of yeast centromeric chromatin and the tension checkpoint. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:4421-33. [PMID: 18701701 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-05-0547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Centromeric (CEN) chromatin is placed under mechanical tension and stretches as kinetochores biorient on the mitotic spindle. This deformation could conceivably provide a readout of biorientation to error correction mechanisms that monitor kinetochore-spindle interactions, but whether CEN chromatin acts in a tensiometer capacity is unresolved. Here, we report observations linking yeast Topoisomerase II (Top2) to both CEN mechanics and assessment of interkinetochore tension. First, in top2-4 and sumoylation-resistant top2-SNM mutants CEN chromatin stretches extensively during biorientation, resulting in increased sister kinetochore separation and preanaphase spindle extension. Our data indicate increased CEN stretching corresponds with alterations to CEN topology induced in response to tension. Second, Top2 potentiates aspects of the tension checkpoint. Mutations affecting the Mtw1 kinetochore protein activate Ipl1 kinase to detach kinetochores and induce spindle checkpoint arrest. In mtw1top2-4 and mtw1top2-SNM mutants, however, kinetochores are resistant to detachment and checkpoint arrest is attenuated. For top2-SNM cells, CEN stretching and checkpoint attenuation occur even in the absence of catenation linking sister chromatids. In sum, Top2 seems to play a novel role in CEN compaction that is distinct from decatenation. Perturbations to this function may allow weakened kinetochores to stretch CENs in a manner that mimics tension or evades Ipl1 surveillance.
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- Tariq H Warsi
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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