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Royzenblat SK, Freddolino L. Spatio-temporal organization of the E. coli chromosome from base to cellular length scales. EcoSal Plus 2024:eesp00012022. [PMID: 38864557 DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.esp-0001-2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
Abstract
Escherichia coli has been a vital model organism for studying chromosomal structure, thanks, in part, to its small and circular genome (4.6 million base pairs) and well-characterized biochemical pathways. Over the last several decades, we have made considerable progress in understanding the intricacies of the structure and subsequent function of the E. coli nucleoid. At the smallest scale, DNA, with no physical constraints, takes on a shape reminiscent of a randomly twisted cable, forming mostly random coils but partly affected by its stiffness. This ball-of-spaghetti-like shape forms a structure several times too large to fit into the cell. Once the physiological constraints of the cell are added, the DNA takes on overtwisted (negatively supercoiled) structures, which are shaped by an intricate interplay of many proteins carrying out essential biological processes. At shorter length scales (up to about 1 kb), nucleoid-associated proteins organize and condense the chromosome by inducing loops, bends, and forming bridges. Zooming out further and including cellular processes, topological domains are formed, which are flanked by supercoiling barriers. At the megabase-scale both large, highly self-interacting regions (macrodomains) and strong contacts between distant but co-regulated genes have been observed. At the largest scale, the nucleoid forms a helical ellipsoid. In this review, we will explore the history and recent advances that pave the way for a better understanding of E. coli chromosome organization and structure, discussing the cellular processes that drive changes in DNA shape, and what contributes to compaction and formation of dynamic structures, and in turn how bacterial chromatin affects key processes such as transcription and replication.
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- Sonya K Royzenblat
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Roisné-Hamelin F, Liu HW, Taschner M, Li Y, Gruber S. Structural basis for plasmid restriction by SMC JET nuclease. Mol Cell 2024; 84:883-896.e7. [PMID: 38309275 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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DNA loop-extruding SMC complexes play crucial roles in chromosome folding and DNA immunity. Prokaryotic SMC Wadjet (JET) complexes limit the spread of plasmids through DNA cleavage, yet the mechanisms for plasmid recognition are unresolved. We show that artificial DNA circularization renders linear DNA susceptible to JET nuclease cleavage. Unlike free DNA, JET cleaves immobilized plasmid DNA at a specific site, the plasmid-anchoring point, showing that the anchor hinders DNA extrusion but not DNA cleavage. Structures of plasmid-bound JetABC reveal two presumably stalled SMC motor units that are drastically rearranged from the resting state, together entrapping a U-shaped DNA segment, which is further converted to kinked V-shaped cleavage substrate by JetD nuclease binding. Our findings uncover mechanical bending of residual unextruded DNA as molecular signature for plasmid recognition and non-self DNA elimination. We moreover elucidate key elements of SMC loop extrusion, including the motor direction and the structure of a DNA-holding state.
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- Florian Roisné-Hamelin
- Department of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF), Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), University of Lausanne (UNIL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF), Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), University of Lausanne (UNIL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF), Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), University of Lausanne (UNIL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF), Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), University of Lausanne (UNIL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF), Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), University of Lausanne (UNIL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Rani M, Sharma AK, Chouhan R, Sur S, Mansuri R, Singh RK. Natural flavonoid pectolinarin computationally targeted as a promising drug candidate against SARS-CoV-2. Curr Res Struct Biol 2023; 7:100120. [PMID: 38205118 PMCID: PMC10776443 DOI: 10.1016/j.crstbi.2023.100120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic, necessitating the development of new medicines. In this investigation, we identified potential natural flavonoids and compared their inhibitory activity against spike glycoprotein, which is a target of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV. The target site for the interaction of new inhibitors for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 has 82% sequence identity and the remaining 18% dissimilarities in RBD S1-subunit, S2-subunit, and 2.5% others. Molecular docking was employed to analyse the various binding processes used by each ligand in a library of 85 natural flavonoids that act as anti-viral medications and FDA authorised treatments for COVID-19. In the binding pocket of the target active site, remdesivir has less binding interaction than pectolinarin, according to the docking analysis. Pectolinarin is a natural flavonoid isolated from Cirsiumsetidensas that has anti-cancer, vasorelaxant, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, anti-diabetic, anti-microbial, and anti-oxidant properties. The S-glycoprotein RBD region (330-583) is inhibited by kaempferol, rhoifolin, and herbacetin, but the S2 subunit (686-1270) is inhibited by pectolinarin, morin, and remdesivir. MD simulation analysis of S-glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 with pectolinarin complex at 100ns based on high dock-score. Finally, ADMET analysis was used to validate the proposed compounds with the highest binding energy.
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- Mukta Rani
- National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, 244001, U.P, India
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova Cesta-39, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Research and Development Center, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, 244001, U.P, India
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Apeejay Stya University, Gurugram, Haryana, 122103, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shivalik College of Pharmacy, Nangal, District Ropar, Punjab, 140126, India
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DNA-measuring Wadjet SMC ATPases restrict smaller circular plasmids by DNA cleavage. Mol Cell 2022; 82:4727-4740.e6. [PMID: 36525956 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) complexes fold DNA by loop extrusion to support chromosome segregation and genome maintenance. Wadjet systems (JetABCD/MksBEFG/EptABCD) are derivative SMC complexes with roles in bacterial immunity against selfish DNA. Here, we show that JetABCD restricts circular plasmids with an upper size limit of about 100 kb, whereas a linear plasmid evades restriction. Purified JetABCD complexes cleave circular DNA molecules, regardless of the DNA helical topology; cleavage is DNA sequence nonspecific and depends on the SMC ATPase. A cryo-EM structure reveals a distinct JetABC dimer-of-dimers geometry, with the two SMC dimers facing in opposite direction-rather than the same as observed with MukBEF. We hypothesize that JetABCD is a DNA-shape-specific endonuclease and propose the "total extrusion model" for DNA cleavage exclusively when extrusion of an entire plasmid has been completed by a JetABCD complex. Total extrusion cannot be achieved on the larger chromosome, explaining how self-DNA may evade processing.
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Deep A, Gu Y, Gao YQ, Ego KM, Herzik MA, Zhou H, Corbett KD. The SMC-family Wadjet complex protects bacteria from plasmid transformation by recognition and cleavage of closed-circular DNA. Mol Cell 2022; 82:4145-4159.e7. [PMID: 36206765 PMCID: PMC9637719 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Self versus non-self discrimination is a key element of innate and adaptive immunity across life. In bacteria, CRISPR-Cas and restriction-modification systems recognize non-self nucleic acids through their sequence and their methylation state, respectively. Here, we show that the Wadjet defense system recognizes DNA topology to protect its host against plasmid transformation. By combining cryoelectron microscopy with cross-linking mass spectrometry, we show that Wadjet forms a complex similar to the bacterial condensin complex MukBEF, with a novel nuclease subunit similar to a type II DNA topoisomerase. Wadjet specifically cleaves closed-circular DNA in a reaction requiring ATP hydrolysis by the structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) ATPase subunit JetC, suggesting that the complex could use DNA loop extrusion to sense its substrate's topology, then specifically activate the nuclease subunit JetD to cleave plasmid DNA. Overall, our data reveal how bacteria have co-opted a DNA maintenance machine to specifically recognize and destroy foreign DNAs through topology sensing.
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- Amar Deep
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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Hallett ST, Campbell Harry I, Schellenberger P, Zhou L, Cronin N, Baxter J, Etheridge T, Murray J, Oliver A. Cryo-EM structure of the Smc5/6 holo-complex. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:9505-9520. [PMID: 35993814 PMCID: PMC9458440 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The Smc5/6 complex plays an essential role in the resolution of recombination intermediates formed during mitosis or meiosis, or as a result of the cellular response to replication stress. It also functions as a restriction factor preventing viral replication. Here, we report the cryogenic EM (cryo-EM) structure of the six-subunit budding yeast Smc5/6 holo-complex, reconstituted from recombinant proteins expressed in insect cells - providing both an architectural overview of the entire complex and an understanding of how the Nse1/3/4 subcomplex binds to the hetero-dimeric SMC protein core. In addition, we demonstrate that a region within the head domain of Smc5, equivalent to the 'W-loop' of Smc4 or 'F-loop' of Smc1, mediates an important interaction with Nse1. Notably, mutations that alter the surface-charge profile of the region of Nse1 which accepts the Smc5-loop, lead to a slow-growth phenotype and a global reduction in the chromatin-associated fraction of the Smc5/6 complex, as judged by single molecule localisation microscopy experiments in live yeast. Moreover, when taken together, our data indicates functional equivalence between the structurally unrelated KITE and HAWK accessory subunits associated with SMC complexes.
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- Stephen T Hallett
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK
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- Electron Microscopy Imaging Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK
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- London Consortium for CryoEM (LonCEM) Facility, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK
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- Correspondence may also be addressed to Thomas J. Etheridge. Tel: +44 1273 678123;
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- Correspondence may also be addressed to Johanne M. Murray. Tel: +44 1273 877191;
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +44 1273 678349;
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Qian JW, Wang XY, Deng K, Li DF, Guo L. Crystal structure of the chromosome partition protein MukE homodimer. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2021; 589:229-233. [PMID: 34929446 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The SMC (structural maintenance of chromosomes) proteins are known to be involved in chromosome pairing or aggregation and play an important role in cell cycle and division. Different from SMC-ScpAB complex maintaining chromosome structure in most bacteria, the MukB-MukE-MukF complex is responsible for chromosome condensation in E. coli and some γ-proteobacter. Though different models were proposed to illustrate the mechanism of how the MukBEF complex worked, the assembly of the MukBEF complex is a key. The MukE dimer interacted with the middle region of one MukF molecule, and was clamped by the N- and C-terminal domain of the latter, and then was involved in the interaction with the head domain of MukB. To reveal the structural basis of MukE involved in the dynamic equilibrium of potential different MukBEF assemblies, we determined the MukE structure at 2.44 Å resolution. We found that the binding cavity for the α10, β4 and β5 of MukF (residues 296-327) in the MukE dimer has been occupied by the α9 and β7 strand of MukE. We proposed that the highly dynamic C-terminal region (173-225) was important for the MukE-F assembly and then involved in the MukBEF complex formation.
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- Jia-Wei Qian
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110169, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medicine, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Bürmann F, Funke LFH, Chin JW, Löwe J. Cryo-EM structure of MukBEF reveals DNA loop entrapment at chromosomal unloading sites. Mol Cell 2021; 81:4891-4906.e8. [PMID: 34739874 PMCID: PMC8669397 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The ring-like structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complex MukBEF folds the genome of Escherichia coli and related bacteria into large loops, presumably by active DNA loop extrusion. MukBEF activity within the replication terminus macrodomain is suppressed by the sequence-specific unloader MatP. Here, we present the complete atomic structure of MukBEF in complex with MatP and DNA as determined by electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM). The complex binds two distinct DNA double helices corresponding to the arms of a plectonemic loop. MatP-bound DNA threads through the MukBEF ring, while the second DNA is clamped by the kleisin MukF, MukE, and the MukB ATPase heads. Combinatorial cysteine cross-linking confirms this topology of DNA loop entrapment in vivo. Our findings illuminate how a class of near-ubiquitous DNA organizers with important roles in genome maintenance interacts with the bacterial chromosome.
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- Frank Bürmann
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Structural Studies Division, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Structural Studies Division, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
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Prince JP, Bolla JR, Fisher GLM, Mäkelä J, Fournier M, Robinson CV, Arciszewska LK, Sherratt DJ. Acyl carrier protein promotes MukBEF action in Escherichia coli chromosome organization-segregation. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6721. [PMID: 34795302 PMCID: PMC8602292 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27107-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes (SMC) complexes act ubiquitously to compact DNA linearly, thereby facilitating chromosome organization-segregation. SMC proteins have a conserved architecture, with a dimerization hinge and an ATPase head domain separated by a long antiparallel intramolecular coiled-coil. Dimeric SMC proteins interact with essential accessory proteins, kleisins that bridge the two subunits of an SMC dimer, and HAWK/KITE proteins that interact with kleisins. The ATPase activity of the Escherichia coli SMC protein, MukB, which is essential for its in vivo function, requires its interaction with the dimeric kleisin, MukF that in turn interacts with the KITE protein, MukE. Here we demonstrate that, in addition, MukB interacts specifically with Acyl Carrier Protein (AcpP) that has essential functions in fatty acid synthesis. We characterize the AcpP interaction at the joint of the MukB coiled-coil and show that the interaction is necessary for MukB ATPase and for MukBEF function in vivo.
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- Josh P. Prince
- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU UK ,grid.14105.310000000122478951Present Address: Meiosis Group, Medical Research Council London Institute of Medical Sciences, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN UK
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- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ UK ,The Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU UK ,grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Present Address: Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU UK
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- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU UK ,grid.14105.310000000122478951Present Address: DNA Motors Group, Medical Research Council London Institute of Medical Sciences, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN UK
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- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU UK ,grid.168010.e0000000419368956Present Address: ChEM-H Institute, Stanford University, 290 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU UK
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- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ UK ,The Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU UK
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- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU UK
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- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU UK
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Organization of the Escherichia coli Chromosome by a MukBEF Axial Core. Mol Cell 2020; 78:250-260.e5. [PMID: 32097603 PMCID: PMC7163298 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Revised: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complexes organize chromosomes ubiquitously, thereby contributing to their faithful segregation. We demonstrate that under conditions of increased chromosome occupancy of the Escherichia coli SMC complex, MukBEF, the chromosome is organized as a series of loops around a thin (<130 nm) MukBEF axial core, whose length is ∼1,100 times shorter than the chromosomal DNA. The linear order of chromosomal loci is maintained in the axial cores, whose formation requires MukBEF ATP hydrolysis. Axial core structure in non-replicating chromosomes is predominantly linear (1 μm) but becomes circular (1.5 μm) in the absence of MatP because of its failure to displace MukBEF from the 800 kbp replication termination region (ter). Displacement of MukBEF from ter by MatP in wild-type cells directs MukBEF colocalization with the replication origin. We conclude that MukBEF individualizes and compacts the chromosome lengthwise, demonstrating a chromosome organization mechanism similar to condensin in mitotic chromosome formation. MukBEF forms a chromosome axial core dependent on ATP hydrolysis MukBEF compacts the chromosome lengthwise while avoiding links between replichores MatP determines the shape of the axial core by displacing MukBEF from ter The displacement by MatP directs MukBEF colocalization with the replication origin
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How genomes are organized within cells and how the 3D architecture of a genome influences cellular functions are significant questions in biology. A bacterial genomic DNA resides inside cells in a highly condensed and functionally organized form called nucleoid (nucleus-like structure without a nuclear membrane). The Escherichia coli chromosome or nucleoid is composed of the genomic DNA, RNA, and protein. The nucleoid forms by condensation and functional arrangement of a single chromosomal DNA with the help of chromosomal architectural proteins and RNA molecules as well as DNA supercoiling. Although a high-resolution structure of a bacterial nucleoid is yet to come, five decades of research has established the following salient features of the E. coli nucleoid elaborated below: 1) The chromosomal DNA is on the average a negatively supercoiled molecule that is folded as plectonemic loops, which are confined into many independent topological domains due to supercoiling diffusion barriers; 2) The loops spatially organize into megabase size regions called macrodomains, which are defined by more frequent physical interactions among DNA sites within the same macrodomain than between different macrodomains; 3) The condensed and spatially organized DNA takes the form of a helical ellipsoid radially confined in the cell; and 4) The DNA in the chromosome appears to have a condition-dependent 3-D structure that is linked to gene expression so that the nucleoid architecture and gene transcription are tightly interdependent, influencing each other reciprocally. Current advents of high-resolution microscopy, single-molecule analysis and molecular structure determination of the components are expected to reveal the total structure and function of the bacterial nucleoid.
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- Subhash C. Verma
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SCV); (SLA)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SCV); (SLA)
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Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complexes are key organizers of chromosome architecture in all kingdoms of life. Despite seemingly divergent functions, such as chromosome segregation, chromosome maintenance, sister chromatid cohesion, and mitotic chromosome compaction, it appears that these complexes function via highly conserved mechanisms and that they represent a novel class of DNA translocases.
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- Stanislau Yatskevich
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom;
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Rajasekar KV, Baker R, Fisher GLM, Bolla JR, Mäkelä J, Tang M, Zawadzka K, Koczy O, Wagner F, Robinson CV, Arciszewska LK, Sherratt DJ. Dynamic architecture of the Escherichia coli structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complex, MukBEF. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:9696-9707. [PMID: 31400115 PMCID: PMC6765140 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Ubiquitous Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes (SMC) complexes use a proteinaceous ring-shaped architecture to organize and individualize chromosomes, thereby facilitating chromosome segregation. They utilize cycles of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) binding and hydrolysis to transport themselves rapidly with respect to DNA, a process requiring protein conformational changes and multiple DNA contact sites. By analysing changes in the architecture and stoichiometry of the Escherichia coli SMC complex, MukBEF, as a function of nucleotide binding to MukB and subsequent ATP hydrolysis, we demonstrate directly the formation of dimer of MukBEF dimer complexes, dependent on dimeric MukF kleisin. Using truncated and full length MukB, in combination with MukEF, we show that engagement of the MukB ATPase heads on nucleotide binding directs the formation of dimers of heads-engaged dimer complexes. Complex formation requires functional interactions between the C- and N-terminal domains of MukF with the MukB head and neck, respectively, and MukE, which organizes the complexes by stabilizing binding of MukB heads to MukF. In the absence of head engagement, a MukF dimer bound by MukE forms complexes containing only a dimer of MukB. Finally, we demonstrate that cells expressing MukBEF complexes in which MukF is monomeric are Muk−, with the complexes failing to associate with chromosomes.
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- Karthik V Rajasekar
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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Chromosome organization in bacteria: mechanistic insights into genome structure and function. Nat Rev Genet 2019; 21:227-242. [DOI: 10.1038/s41576-019-0185-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Protein complexes built of structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) and kleisin subunits, including cohesin, condensin and the Smc5/6 complex, are master organizers of genome architecture in all kingdoms of life. How these large ring-shaped molecular machines use the energy of ATP hydrolysis to change the topology of chromatin fibers has remained a central unresolved question of chromosome biology. A currently emerging concept suggests that the common principle that underlies the essential functions of SMC protein complexes in the control of gene expression, chromosome segregation or DNA damage repair is their ability to expand DNA into large loop structures. Here, we review the current knowledge about the biochemical and structural properties of SMC protein complexes that might enable them to extrude DNA loops and compare their action to other motor proteins and nucleic acid translocases. We evaluate the currently predominant models of active loop extrusion and propose a detailed version of a 'scrunching' model, which reconciles much of the available mechanistic data and provides an elegant explanation for how SMC protein complexes fulfill an array of seemingly diverse tasks during the organization of genomes.
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Cattoglio C, Pustova I, Walther N, Ho JJ, Hantsche-Grininger M, Inouye CJ, Hossain MJ, Dailey GM, Ellenberg J, Darzacq X, Tjian R, Hansen AS. Determining cellular CTCF and cohesin abundances to constrain 3D genome models. eLife 2019; 8:e40164. [PMID: 31205001 PMCID: PMC6579579 DOI: 10.7554/elife.40164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Achieving a quantitative and predictive understanding of 3D genome architecture remains a major challenge, as it requires quantitative measurements of the key proteins involved. Here, we report the quantification of CTCF and cohesin, two causal regulators of topologically associating domains (TADs) in mammalian cells. Extending our previous imaging studies (Hansen et al., 2017), we estimate bounds on the density of putatively DNA loop-extruding cohesin complexes and CTCF binding site occupancy. Furthermore, co-immunoprecipitation studies of an endogenously tagged subunit (Rad21) suggest the presence of cohesin dimers and/or oligomers. Finally, based on our cell lines with accurately measured protein abundances, we report a method to conveniently determine the number of molecules of any Halo-tagged protein in the cell. We anticipate that our results and the established tool for measuring cellular protein abundances will advance a more quantitative understanding of 3D genome organization, and facilitate protein quantification, key to comprehend diverse biological processes.
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- Claudia Cattoglio
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, CIRM Center of ExcellenceUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, CIRM Center of ExcellenceUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteBerkeleyUnited States
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics UnitEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)HeidelbergGermany
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, CIRM Center of ExcellenceUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, CIRM Center of ExcellenceUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteBerkeleyUnited States
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics UnitEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)HeidelbergGermany
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, CIRM Center of ExcellenceUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics UnitEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)HeidelbergGermany
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, CIRM Center of ExcellenceUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, CIRM Center of ExcellenceUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, CIRM Center of ExcellenceUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteBerkeleyUnited States
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Baxter J, Oliver AW, Schalbetter SA. Are SMC Complexes Loop Extruding Factors? Linking Theory With Fact. Bioessays 2018; 41:e1800182. [PMID: 30506702 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201800182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The extreme length of chromosomal DNA requires organizing mechanisms to both promote functional genetic interactions and ensure faithful chromosome segregation when cells divide. Microscopy and genome-wide contact frequency analyses indicate that intra-chromosomal looping of DNA is a primary pathway of chromosomal organization during all stages of the cell cycle. DNA loop extrusion has emerged as a unifying model for how chromosome loops are formed in cis in different genomic contexts and cell cycle stages. The highly conserved family of SMC complexes have been found to be required for DNA cis-looping and have been suggested to be the enzymatic core of loop extruding machines. Here, the current body of evidence available for the in vivo and in vitro action of SMC complexes is discussed and compared to the predictions made by the loop extrusion model. How SMC complexes may differentially act on chromatin to generate DNA loops and how they could work to generate the dynamic and functionally appropriate organization of DNA in cells is explored.
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- Jonathan Baxter
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, Science Park Road, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, Science Park Road, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, Science Park Road, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9RQ, UK
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Zawadzka K, Zawadzki P, Baker R, Rajasekar KV, Wagner F, Sherratt DJ, Arciszewska LK. MukB ATPases are regulated independently by the N- and C-terminal domains of MukF kleisin. eLife 2018; 7:31522. [PMID: 29323635 PMCID: PMC5812716 DOI: 10.7554/elife.31522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The Escherichia coli SMC complex, MukBEF, acts in chromosome segregation. MukBEF shares the distinctive architecture of other SMC complexes, with one prominent difference; unlike other kleisins, MukF forms dimers through its N-terminal domain. We show that a 4-helix bundle adjacent to the MukF dimerisation domain interacts functionally with the MukB coiled-coiled ‘neck’ adjacent to the ATPase head. We propose that this interaction leads to an asymmetric tripartite complex, as in other SMC complexes. Since MukF dimerisation is preserved during this interaction, MukF directs the formation of dimer of dimer MukBEF complexes, observed previously in vivo. The MukF N- and C-terminal domains stimulate MukB ATPase independently and additively. We demonstrate that impairment of the MukF interaction with MukB in vivo leads to ATP hydrolysis-dependent release of MukBEF complexes from chromosomes. Most DNA in a cell is arranged in structures called chromosomes. From bacteria to humans, chromosomes have to be compacted and highly organized to allow the cells to maintain and use their genetic information. In all organisms, large ring-shaped protein complexes play a crucial role in managing chromosomes. They transport and organize DNA thanks to reactions whose precise mechanism remains unknown. In bacteria, MukB and a type of kleisin called MukF are two examples of molecules involved in chromosome management. Two MukBs join at one end to form a hinge; at the other end, each MukB protein has a neck and a head. The two heads are linked by the kleisin to form a large protein ring, which can open to capture DNA. The MukB heads can trigger a biochemical reaction that creates the energy essential to trap and release DNA during DNA transport. Here, Zawadzka et al. study how the different components of the MukB-kleisin complex interact with each other to undergo the biochemical reactions that lead to DNA transport. The experiments show that the kleisin joins two MukB heads by attaching the base of one to the neck of the other, asymmetrically closing the ring. The separate interactions of different regions of the kleisin to the head and neck of MukB independently activate the two MukB heads, thereby controlling essential steps in the reactions with DNA. Two MukB-kleisin ring complexes are joined to each other because of a tight interaction between the two kleisin molecules. This leads Zawadzka et al. to suggest that DNA is sequentially grabbed and released from these two rings during DNA transport, similar to how a climbing rope is attached and released through carabiners. Cells cannot survive or be healthy without their chromosomes being accurately managed. It is still unclear how molecules such as MukBs and kleinsins drive this process. A better picture of their structure and interactions is an essential first step to understand these mechanisms.
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- Katarzyna Zawadzka
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Matityahu A, Onn I. A new twist in the coil: functions of the coiled-coil domain of structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) proteins. Curr Genet 2017; 64:109-116. [PMID: 28835994 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-017-0735-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The higher-order organization of chromosomes ensures their stability and functionality. However, the molecular mechanism by which higher order structure is established is poorly understood. Dissecting the activity of the relevant proteins provides information essential for achieving a comprehensive understanding of chromosome structure. Proteins of the structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) family of ATPases are the core of evolutionary conserved complexes. SMC complexes are involved in regulating genome dynamics and in maintaining genome stability. The structure of all SMC proteins resembles an elongated rod that contains a central coiled-coil domain, a common protein structural motif in which two α-helices twist together. In recent years, the imperative role of the coiled-coil domain to SMC protein activity and regulation has become evident. Here, we discuss recent advances in the function of the SMC coiled coils. We describe the structure of the coiled-coil domain of SMC proteins, modifications and interactions that are mediated by it. Furthermore, we assess the role of the coiled-coil domain in conformational switches of SMC proteins, and in determining the architecture of the SMC dimer. Finally, we review the interplay between mutations in the coiled-coil domain and human disorders. We suggest that distinctive properties of coiled coils of different SMC proteins contribute to their distinct functions. The discussion clarifies the mechanisms underlying the activity of SMC proteins, and advocates future studies to elucidate the function of the SMC coiled coil domain.
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- Avi Matityahu
- Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, 8 Henrietta Szold St., P.O. Box 1589, 1311502, Safed, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, 8 Henrietta Szold St., P.O. Box 1589, 1311502, Safed, Israel.
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In vitro topological loading of bacterial condensin MukB on DNA, preferentially single-stranded DNA rather than double-stranded DNA. Sci Rep 2016; 6:29469. [PMID: 27387439 PMCID: PMC4937444 DOI: 10.1038/srep29469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Condensin is the major driving force in the segregation of daughter chromosomes in prokaryotes. Core subunits of condensin belong to the SMC protein family, whose members are characterized by a unique ATPase activity and dimers with a V-shaped structure. The V-shaped dimers might close between head domains, forming a ring structure that can encircle DNA. Indeed, cohesin, which is a subfamily of SMC proteins, encircles double-stranded DNA to hold sister chromatids in eukaryotes. However, the question of whether or not condensin encircles the chromosomal DNA remains highly controversial. Here we report that MukB binds topologically to DNA in vitro, and this binding is preferentially single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) rather than double-stranded DNA. The binding of MukB to ssDNA does not require ATP. In fact, thermal energy enhances the binding. The non-SMC subunits MukF and MukE did stimulate the topological binding of MukB, although they hindered DNA-binding of MukB. Recent reports on the distribution of condensin in genomes reveal that actively transcribed genes in yeast and humans are enriched in condensin. In consideration of all these results, we propose that the binding specificity of condensin to chromosome is provided not by the DNA sequence but by the DNA structure, which is ssDNA.
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Yokoyama Y, Zhu H, Zhang R, Noma KI. A novel role for the condensin II complex in cellular senescence. Cell Cycle 2016; 14:2160-70. [PMID: 26017022 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1049778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Although cellular senescence is accompanied by global alterations in genome architecture, how the genome is restructured during the senescent processes is not well understood. Here, we show that the hCAP-H2 subunit of the condensin II complex exists as either a full-length protein or an N-terminus truncated variant (ΔN). While the full-length hCAP-H2 associates with mitotic chromosomes, the ΔN variant exists as an insoluble nuclear structure. When overexpressed, both hCAP-H2 isoforms assemble this nuclear architecture and induce senescence-associated heterochromatic foci (SAHF). The hCAP-H2ΔN protein accumulates as cells approach senescence, and hCAP-H2 knockdown inhibits oncogene-induced senescence. This study identifies a novel mechanism whereby condensin drives senescence via nuclear/genomic reorganization.
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Key Words
- BrdU, bromodeoxyuridine
- CDK, cyclin dependent kinase
- DAPI, 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole
- NCAPH2, non-SMC chromosome-associated protein H2 gene
- RPE-1, hTERT-immortalized retinal pigment epithelial cell line
- Rb, retinoblastoma protein
- SA-β-gal, senescence-associated β-galactosidase
- SADS, senescence-associated distension of satellites
- SAHF
- SAHF, senescence-associated heterochromatic foci
- SMC, structural maintenance of chromosomes
- cellular senescence
- condensin
- genome organization
- hCAP-H2, human chromosome-associated protein H2
- hTERT, human telomerase reverse transcriptase
- human
- nuclear architecture
- oncogene-induced senescence
- shRNA, short-hairpin RNA.
- uORF, upstream open reading frame
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Iwasaki O, Noma KI. Condensin-mediated chromosome organization in fission yeast. Curr Genet 2016; 62:739-743. [PMID: 27061734 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-016-0601-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Revised: 03/30/2016] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Genome/chromosome structures are formed by a hierarchy of organizing processes ranging from gene interactions to chromosome territory formation. The SMC complex, cohesin, mediates interactions among enhancers and promoters, thereby regulating transcription. Another SMC complex, condensin, also plays critical roles in genome organization, although the detailed mechanisms remain much less well understood. Here, we discuss our recent findings on how fission yeast condensin mediates interactions among genes and how condensin-dependent interactions play dual roles in the chromosome territory arrangement during interphase and in mitotic chromosome organization, which supports the fidelity of chromosome segregation. Our studies suggest that condensin serves as a functional ligature connecting gene interactions, chromosome territory arrangement, transcriptional regulation, and chromosome segregation.
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- Osamu Iwasaki
- Gene Expression and Regulation Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Gene Expression and Regulation Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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Palecek JJ, Gruber S. Kite Proteins: a Superfamily of SMC/Kleisin Partners Conserved Across Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryotes. Structure 2015; 23:2183-2190. [DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2015.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Revised: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Iwasaki O, Tanizawa H, Kim KD, Yokoyama Y, Corcoran CJ, Tanaka A, Skordalakes E, Showe LC, Noma KI. Interaction between TBP and Condensin Drives the Organization and Faithful Segregation of Mitotic Chromosomes. Mol Cell 2015; 59:755-67. [PMID: 26257282 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Revised: 04/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Genome/chromosome organization is highly ordered and controls various nuclear events, although the molecular mechanisms underlying the functional organization remain largely unknown. Here, we show that the TATA box-binding protein (TBP) interacts with the Cnd2 kleisin subunit of condensin to mediate interphase and mitotic chromosomal organization in fission yeast. TBP recruits condensin onto RNA polymerase III-transcribed (Pol III) genes and highly transcribed Pol II genes; condensin in turn associates these genes with centromeres. Inhibition of the Cnd2-TBP interaction disrupts condensin localization across the genome and the proper assembly of mitotic chromosomes, leading to severe defects in chromosome segregation and eventually causing cellular lethality. We propose that the Cnd2-TBP interaction coordinates transcription with chromosomal architecture by linking dispersed gene loci with centromeres. This chromosome arrangement can contribute to the efficient transmission of physical force at the kinetochore to chromosomal arms, thereby supporting the fidelity of chromosome segregation.
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Kleine Borgmann LAK, Graumann PL. Structural maintenance of chromosome complex in bacteria. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 24:384-95. [PMID: 25732340 DOI: 10.1159/000368931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In all organisms, from eukaryotes to prokaryotes, the chromosome is highly compacted and organized. Chromosome condensation is essential in all cells and ranges from 1,000- to more than 10,000-fold between bacterial and eukaryotic cells. Replication and transcription occur in parallel with chromosome segregation in bacteria. Structural maintenance of chromosome proteins play a key role in chromosome compaction and segregation, their coordination with the cell cycle, and in various other chromosome dynamics, including DNA repair. In spite of their essential nature in almost all organisms, their function at a molecular level is only slowly beginning to emerge.
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- Luise A K Kleine Borgmann
- Division of Biological Sciences and Section of Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif., USA
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Rybenkov VV, Herrera V, Petrushenko ZM, Zhao H. MukBEF, a chromosomal organizer. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 24:371-83. [PMID: 25732339 DOI: 10.1159/000369099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Global folding of bacterial chromosome requires the activity of condensins. These highly conserved proteins are involved in various aspects of higher-order chromatin dynamics in a diverse range of organisms. Two distinct superfamilies of condensins have been identified in bacteria. The SMC-ScpAB proteins bear significant homology to eukaryotic condensins and cohesins and are found in most of the presently sequenced bacteria. This review focuses on the MukBEF/MksBEF superfamily, which is broadly distributed across diverse bacteria and is characterized by low sequence conservation. The prototypical member of this superfamily, the Escherichia coli condensin MukBEF, continues to provide critical insights into the mechanism of the proteins. MukBEF acts as a complex molecular machine that assists in chromosome segregation and global organization. The review focuses on the mechanistic analysis of DNA organization by MukBEF with emphasis on its involvement in the formation of chromatin scaffold and plausible other roles in chromosome segregation.
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- Valentin V Rybenkov
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., USA
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Structural organization of very small chromosomes: study on a single-celled evolutionary distant eukaryote Giardia intestinalis. Chromosoma 2014; 124:81-94. [DOI: 10.1007/s00412-014-0486-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Revised: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Kamada K, Miyata M, Hirano T. Molecular basis of SMC ATPase activation: role of internal structural changes of the regulatory subcomplex ScpAB. Structure 2013; 21:581-94. [PMID: 23541893 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2013.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Revised: 02/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In many bacteria, a homodimer of structural-maintenance-of-chromosomes proteins associates with two regulatory subunits (known as ScpA and ScpB), assembling a protein complex that plays a crucial role in chromosome organization and segregation. It remains poorly understood, however, how this complex might work at the mechanistic level. Here, we report crystal structures of the ScpAB core complex that display a highly unusual structure in which the central segment of ScpA winds around an asymmetrically oriented ScpB dimer. The two C-terminal domains of the ScpB dimer primarily interact with different regions of ScpA with different affinities. Moreover, flexible interdomain regions of ScpB contribute to a dynamic folding process of the ScpAB subcomplex. Together with other genetic and biochemical assays, we provide evidence that internal structural changes of the ScpAB subcomplex are tightly coupled with activation of the structural-maintenance-of-chromosomes ATPase.
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- Katsuhiko Kamada
- Chromosome Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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An asymmetric SMC-kleisin bridge in prokaryotic condensin. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2013; 20:371-9. [PMID: 23353789 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2012] [Accepted: 12/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Eukaryotic structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC)-kleisin complexes form large, ring-shaped assemblies that promote accurate chromosome segregation. Their asymmetric structural core comprises SMC heterodimers that associate with both ends of a kleisin subunit. However, prokaryotic condensin Smc-ScpAB is composed of symmetric Smc homodimers associated with the kleisin ScpA in a postulated symmetrical manner. Here, we demonstrate that Smc molecules have two distinct binding sites for ScpA. The N terminus of ScpA binds the Smc coiled coil, whereas the C terminus binds the Smc ATPase domain. We show that in Bacillus subtilis cells, an Smc dimer is bridged by a single ScpAB to generate asymmetric tripartite rings analogous to eukaryotic SMC complexes. We define a molecular mechanism that ensures asymmetric assembly, and we conclude that the basic architecture of SMC-kleisin rings evolved before the emergence of eukaryotes.
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She W, Mordukhova E, Zhao H, Petrushenko ZM, Rybenkov VV. Mutational analysis of MukE reveals its role in focal subcellular localization of MukBEF. Mol Microbiol 2012; 87:539-52. [PMID: 23171168 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bacterial condensin MukBEF is essential for global folding of the Escherichia coli chromosome. MukB, a SMC (structural maintenance of chromosome) protein, comprises the core of this complex and is responsible for its ATP-modulated DNA binding and reshaping activities. MukF serves as a kleisin that modulates MukB-DNA interactions and links MukBs into macromolecular assemblies. Little is known about the function of MukE. Using random mutagenesis, we generated six loss-of-function point mutations in MukE. The surface mutations clustered in two places. One of them was at or close to the interface with MukF while the other was away from the known interactions of the protein. All loss-of-function mutations affected focal localization of MukBEF in live cells. In vitro, however, only some of them interfered with the assembly of MukBEF into a complex or the ability of MukEF to disrupt MukB-DNA interactions. Moreover, some MukE mutants were able to join intracellular foci formed by endogenous MukBEF and most of the mutants were efficiently incorporated into MukBEF even in the presence of endogenous MukE. These data reveal that focal localization of MukBEF involves other activities besides DNA binding and that MukE plays a central role in them.
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- Weifeng She
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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The processes underlying the large-scale reorganisation of chromatin in mitosis that form compact mitotic chromosomes and ensure the fidelity of chromosome segregation during cell division still remain obscure. The chromosomal condensin complex is a major molecular effector of chromosome condensation and segregation in diverse organisms ranging from bacteria to humans. Condensin is a large, evolutionarily conserved, multisubunit protein assembly composed of dimers of the structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) family of ATPases, clasped into topologically closed rings by accessory subunits. Condensin binds to DNA dynamically, in a poorly understood cycle of ATP-modulated conformational changes, and exhibits the ability to positively supercoil DNA. During mitosis, condensin is phosphorylated by the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK), Polo and Aurora B kinases in a manner that correlates with changes in its localisation, dynamics and supercoiling activity. Here we review the reported architecture, biochemical activities and regulators of condensin. We compare models of bacterial and eukaryotic condensins in order to uncover conserved mechanistic principles of condensin action and to propose a model for mitotic chromosome condensation.
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- Rahul Thadani
- Chromosome Segregation Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
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Condensins are multisubunit protein complexes that play a fundamental role in the structural and functional organization of chromosomes in the three domains of life. Most eukaryotic species have two different types of condensin complexes, known as condensins I and II, that fulfill nonoverlapping functions and are subjected to differential regulation during mitosis and meiosis. Recent studies revealed that the two complexes contribute to a wide variety of interphase chromosome functions, such as gene regulation, recombination, and repair. Also emerging are their cell type- and tissue-specific functions and relevance to human disease. Biochemical and structural analyses of eukaryotic and bacterial condensins steadily uncover the mechanisms of action of this class of highly sophisticated molecular machines. Future studies on condensins will not only enhance our understanding of chromosome architecture and dynamics, but also help address a previously underappreciated yet profound set of questions in chromosome biology.
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- Tatsuya Hirano
- Chromosome Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
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Badrinarayanan A, Reyes-Lamothe R, Uphoff S, Leake MC, Sherratt DJ. In vivo architecture and action of bacterial structural maintenance of chromosome proteins. Science 2012; 338:528-31. [PMID: 23112333 PMCID: PMC3807729 DOI: 10.1126/science.1227126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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SMC (structural maintenance of chromosome) proteins act ubiquitously in chromosome processing. In Escherichia coli, the SMC complex MukBEF plays roles in chromosome segregation and organization. We used single-molecule millisecond multicolor fluorescence microscopy of live bacteria to reveal that a dimer of dimeric fluorescent MukBEF molecules acts as the minimal functional unit. On average, 8 to 10 of these complexes accumulated as "spots" in one to three discrete chromosome-associated regions of the cell, where they formed higher-order structures. Functional MukBEF within spots exchanged with freely diffusing complexes at a rate of one complex about every 50 seconds in reactions requiring adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis. Thus, by functioning in pairs, MukBEF complexes may undergo multiple cycles of ATP hydrolysis without being released from DNA, analogous to the behavior of well-characterized molecular motors.
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Topology is the study of geometric properties that are preserved during bending, twisting and stretching of objects. In the context of the genome, topology is discussed at two interconnected and overlapping levels. The first focuses the DNA double helix itself, and includes alterations such as those triggered by DNA interacting proteins, processes which require the separation of the two DNA strands and DNA knotting. The second level is centered on the higher order organization of DNA into chromosomes, as well as dynamic conformational changes that occur on a chromosomal scale. Here, we refer to the first level as "DNA topology", the second as "chromosome topology". Since their identification, evidences suggesting that the so called structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) protein complexes are central to the interplay between DNA and chromosome topology have accumulated. The SMC complexes regulate replication, segregation, repair and transcription, all processes which influence, and are influenced by, DNA and chromosome topology. This review focuses on the details of the relationship between the SMC complexes and topology. It also discusses the possibility that the SMC complexes are united by a capability to sense the geometrical chirality of DNA crossings.
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- Sidney D Carter
- Karolinska Institute, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Gloyd M, Ghirlando R, Guarné A. The role of MukE in assembling a functional MukBEF complex. J Mol Biol 2011; 412:578-90. [PMID: 21855551 PMCID: PMC3482342 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2011] [Revised: 08/03/2011] [Accepted: 08/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The MukB-MukE-MukF protein complex is essential for chromosome condensation and segregation in Escherichia coli. The central component of this complex, the MukB protein, is related functionally and structurally to the ubiquitous SMC (structural maintenance of chromosomes) proteins. In a manner similar to SMC, MukB requires the association of two accessory proteins (MukE and MukF) for its function. MukF is a constitutive dimer that bridges the interaction between MukB and MukE. While MukB can condense DNA on its own, it requires MukF and MukE to ensure proper chromosome segregation. Here, we present a novel structure of the E. coli MukE-MukF complex, in which the intricate crystal packing interactions reveal an alternative MukE dimerization interface spanning both N- and C-terminal winged-helix domains of the protein. The structure also unveils additional cross-linking interactions between adjacent MukE-MukF complexes mediated by MukE. A variant of MukE encompassing point mutations on one of these surfaces does not affect assembly of the MukB-MukE-MukF complex and yet cannot restore the temperature sensitivity of the mukE∷kan strain, suggesting that this surface may mediate critical protein-protein interactions between MukB-MukE-MukF complexes. Since the dimerization interface of MukE overlaps with the region of the protein that interacts with MukB in the MukB-MukE-MukF complex, we suggest that competing MukB-MukE and MukE-MukE interactions may regulate the formation of higher-order structures of bacterial condensin.
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- Melanie Gloyd
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 5 Center Drive, Bethesda MD 20892-0540, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada,Corresponding author: Alba Guarné, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, HSC-4N57A, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada., Phone: 1-905-5259140 (x26394), FAX: 1-905-5229033,
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Bates AD, Berger JM, Maxwell A. The ancestral role of ATP hydrolysis in type II topoisomerases: prevention of DNA double-strand breaks. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:6327-39. [PMID: 21525132 PMCID: PMC3159449 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2011] [Revised: 04/04/2011] [Accepted: 04/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Type II DNA topoisomerases (topos) catalyse changes in DNA topology by passing one double-stranded DNA segment through another. This reaction is essential to processes such as replication and transcription, but carries with it the inherent danger of permanent double-strand break (DSB) formation. All type II topos hydrolyse ATP during their reactions; however, only DNA gyrase is able to harness the free energy of hydrolysis to drive DNA supercoiling, an energetically unfavourable process. A long-standing puzzle has been to understand why the majority of type II enzymes consume ATP to support reactions that do not require a net energy input. While certain type II topos are known to 'simplify' distributions of DNA topoisomers below thermodynamic equilibrium levels, the energy required for this process is very low, suggesting that this behaviour is not the principal reason for ATP hydrolysis. Instead, we propose that the energy of ATP hydrolysis is needed to control the separation of protein-protein interfaces and prevent the accidental formation of potentially mutagenic or cytotoxic DSBs. This interpretation has parallels with the actions of a variety of molecular machines that catalyse the conformational rearrangement of biological macromolecules.
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- Andrew D Bates
- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK.
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Escherichia coli condensin MukB stimulates topoisomerase IV activity by a direct physical interaction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:18832-7. [PMID: 20921377 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1008678107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In contrast to the current state of knowledge in the field of eukaryotic chromosome segregation, relatively little is known about the mechanisms coordinating the appropriate segregation of bacterial chromosomes. In Escherichia coli, the MukB/E/F complex and topoisomerase IV (Topo IV) are both crucial players in this process. Topo IV removes DNA entanglements following the replication of the chromosome, whereas MukB, a member of the structural maintenance of chromosomes protein family, serves as a bacterial condensin. We demonstrate here a direct physical interaction between the dimerization domain of MukB and the C-terminal domain of the ParC subunit of Topo IV. In addition, we find that MukB alters the activity of Topo IV in vitro. Finally, we isolate a MukB mutant, D692A, that is deficient in its interaction with ParC and show that this mutant fails to rescue the temperature-sensitive growth phenotype of a mukB(-) strain. These results show that MukB and Topo IV are linked physically and functionally and indicate that the activities of these proteins are not limited to chromosome segregation but likely also play a key role in the control of higher-order bacterial chromosome structure.
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Physical and functional interaction between the condensin MukB and the decatenase topoisomerase IV in Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:18826-31. [PMID: 20696938 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1008140107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Proper geometric and topological organization of DNA is essential for all chromosomal processes. Two classes of proteins play major roles in organizing chromosomes: condensin complexes and type II topoisomerases. In Escherichia coli, MukB, a structural maintenance of chromosome-like component of the bacterial condensin, and topoisomerase IV (Topo IV), a type II topoisomerase that decatenates the newly replicated daughter chromosomes, are both essential for chromosome segregation in rapidly growing cells. However, little is known about the interplay between MukB and Topo IV. Here we demonstrate a physical and functional interaction between MukB and ParC, a subunit of Topo IV, in vitro. The site of MukB interaction was located on the C-terminal domain of ParC and a loss-of-interaction mutant, ParC R705E R729A, was isolated. This variant retained full activity as a topoisomerase when reconstituted with ParE to form Topo IV. We show that MukB stimulates the superhelical DNA relaxation activity of wild-type Topo IV, but not that of Topo IV reconstituted with ParC R705E R729A.
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Mechanics of DNA bridging by bacterial condensin MukBEF in vitro and in singulo. EMBO J 2010; 29:1126-35. [PMID: 20075860 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Accepted: 12/14/2009] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) proteins comprise the core of several specialized complexes that stabilize the global architecture of the chromosomes by dynamically linking distant DNA fragments. This reaction however remains poorly understood giving rise to numerous proposed mechanisms of the proteins. Using two novel assays, we investigated real-time formation of DNA bridges by bacterial condensin MukBEF. We report that MukBEF can efficiently bridge two DNAs and that this reaction involves multiple steps. The reaction begins with the formation of a stable MukB-DNA complex, which can further capture another protein-free DNA fragment. The initial tether is unstable but is quickly strengthened by additional MukBs. DNA bridging is modulated but is not strictly dependent on ATP and MukEF. The reaction revealed high preference for right-handed DNA crossings indicating that bridging involves physical association of MukB with both DNAs. Our data establish a comprehensive view of DNA bridging by MukBEF, which could explain how SMCs establish both intra- and interchromosomal links inside the cell and indicate that DNA binding and bridging could be separately regulated.
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Ku B, Lim JH, Shin HC, Shin SY, Oh BH. Crystal structure of the MukB hinge domain with coiled-coil stretches and its functional implications. Proteins 2009; 78:1483-90. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.22664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Li Y, Schoeffler AJ, Berger JM, Oakley MG. The crystal structure of the hinge domain of the Escherichia coli structural maintenance of chromosomes protein MukB. J Mol Biol 2009; 395:11-9. [PMID: 19853611 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.10.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2009] [Revised: 10/10/2009] [Accepted: 10/15/2009] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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MukB, a divergent structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) protein, is important for chromosomal segregation and condensation in gamma-proteobacteria. MukB and canonical SMC proteins share a characteristic five-domain structure. Globular N- and C-terminal domains interact to form an ATP-binding cassette-like ATPase or "head" domain, which is connected to a smaller dimerization or "hinge" domain by a long, antiparallel coiled coil. In addition to mediating dimerization, this hinge region has been implicated in both conformational flexibility and dynamic protein-DNA interactions. We report here the first crystallographic model of the MukB hinge domain. This model also contains approximately 20% of the coiled-coil domain, including an unusual coiled-coil deviation. These results will facilitate studies to clarify the roles of both the hinge and the coiled-coil domains in MukB function.
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- Yinyin Li
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Shin HC, Lim JH, Woo JS, Oh BH. Focal localization of MukBEF condensin on the chromosome requires the flexible linker region of MukF. FEBS J 2009; 276:5101-10. [PMID: 19674109 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07206.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Condensin complexes are the key mediators of chromosome condensation. The MukB-MukE-MukF complex is a bacterial condensin, in which the MukB subunit forms a V-shaped dimeric structure with two ATPase head domains. MukE and MukF together form a tight complex, which binds to the MukB head via the C-terminal winged-helix domain (C-WHD) of MukF. One of the two bound C-WHDs of MukF is forced to detach from two ATP-bound, engaged MukB heads, and this detachment reaction depends on the MukF flexible linker preceding the C-WHD. Whereas MukB is known to focally localize at particular positions in cells by an unknown mechanism, mukE- or mukF-null mutation causes MukB to become dispersed in cells. Here, we report that mutations in MukF causing a defect in the detachment reaction interfere with the focal localization of MukB, and that the dispersed distribution of MukB in cells correlates directly with defects in cell growth and division. The data strongly suggest that the MukB-MukE-MukF condensin forms huge clusters through the ATP-dependent detachment reaction, and this cluster formation is critical for chromosome condensation by this machinery. We also show that the MukF flexible linker is involved in the dimerization and ATPase activity of the MukB head.
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- Ho-Chul Shin
- Center for Biomolecular Recognition and Division of Molecular and Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Kyungbuk, Korea
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Bacteria and archaea possess several different SMC-like proteins, which perform essential functions in a variety of chromosome dynamics, such as chromosome compaction, segregation, and DNA repair. SMC-like proteins localize to distinct sites within the cells at different time points in the cell cycle, or are recruited to sites of DNA breaks and damage. The bacterial SMC (MukB) complex appears to perform a condensin-like function, while SbcC and RecN act early during DNA repair, but apparently at different sites within the cells. Thus, bacterial SMC-like proteins have dynamic functions in chromosome segregation and maintenance of genetic stability.
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Lim JH, Oh BH. Structural and functional similarities between two bacterial chromosome compacting machineries. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 386:415-9. [PMID: 19523447 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2009] [Accepted: 06/05/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Chromosomes are condensed in all forms of life. SMC-based condensins are the key mediators in this process, but their molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Two different condensin complexes have been identified in prokaryotic organisms: MukB-MukE-MukF and SMC-ScpA-ScpB. This review focuses on comparison between the two machineries based on structural, biochemical and other related information in the light of their structure and function.
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- Jae-Hong Lim
- Beamline division, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-784, Republic of Korea
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Li Y, Weitzel CS, Arnold RJ, Oakley MG. Identification of interacting regions within the coiled coil of the Escherichia coli structural maintenance of chromosomes protein MukB. J Mol Biol 2009; 391:57-73. [PMID: 19482037 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.05.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2008] [Revised: 05/19/2009] [Accepted: 05/26/2009] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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MukB, a divergent structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) protein, is important for chromosome segregation and condensation in Escherichia coli and other gamma-proteobacteria. MukB and canonical SMC proteins share a common five-domain structure in which globular N- and C-terminal regions combine to form an ABC-like ATPase domain. This ATPase domain is connected to a central, globular dimerization domain, commonly called the "hinge" domain, by a long antiparallel coiled coil. Although the ATPase and hinge domains of SMC proteins have been the subject of extensive investigation, little is known about the coiled coil, in spite of its clear importance for SMC function. This limited knowledge is primarily due to a lack of structural information. We report here the first experimental constraints on the relative alignment of the N- and C-terminal halves of the MukB coiled coil, obtained by a combination of limited proteolysis and site-directed cross-linking approaches. Using these experimental constraints, phylogenetic data, and coiled-coil prediction algorithms, we propose a pairing scheme for the discontinuous segments in the coiled coil. This structural model will not only facilitate the study of the physiological role of this unusually long and flexible antiparallel coiled coil but also help to delineate the boundaries between MukB domains.
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- Yinyin Li
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405-7102, USA
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Woo JS, Lim JH, Shin HC, Suh MK, Ku B, Lee KH, Joo K, Robinson H, Lee J, Park SY, Ha NC, Oh BH. Structural studies of a bacterial condensin complex reveal ATP-dependent disruption of intersubunit interactions. Cell 2009; 136:85-96. [PMID: 19135891 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.10.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2008] [Revised: 07/31/2008] [Accepted: 10/28/2008] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Condensins are key mediators of chromosome condensation across organisms. Like other condensins, the bacterial MukBEF condensin complex consists of an SMC family protein dimer containing two ATPase head domains, MukB, and two interacting subunits, MukE and MukF. We report complete structural views of the intersubunit interactions of this condensin along with ensuing studies that reveal a role for the ATPase activity of MukB. MukE and MukF together form an elongated dimeric frame, and MukF's C-terminal winged-helix domains (C-WHDs) bind MukB heads to constitute closed ring-like structures. Surprisingly, one of the two bound C-WHDs is forced to detach upon ATP-mediated engagement of MukB heads. This detachment reaction depends on the linker segment preceding the C-WHD, and mutations on the linker restrict cell growth. Thus ATP-dependent transient disruption of the MukB-MukF interaction, which creates openings in condensin ring structures, is likely to be a critical feature of the functional mechanism of condensins.
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- Jae-Sung Woo
- Center for Biomolecular Recognition and Division of Molecular and Life Science, Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Kyungbuk, 790-784, Korea
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SMC protein-dependent chromosome condensation during aerial hyphal development in Streptomyces. J Bacteriol 2008; 191:310-9. [PMID: 18931116 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00513-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Members of the SMC (structural maintenance of chromosomes) protein family play a central role in higher-order chromosome dynamics from bacteria to humans. So far, studies of bacterial SMC proteins have focused only on unicellular rod-shaped organisms that divide by binary fission. The conversion of multigenomic aerial hyphae of the mycelial organism Streptomyces coelicolor into chains of unigenomic spores requires the synchronous segregation of multiple chromosomes. Here we focus on the contribution of SMC proteins to sporulation-associated chromosome segregation in S. coelicolor. Deletion of the smc gene causes aberrant DNA condensation and missegregation of chromosomes (7.5% anucleate spores). In vegetative mycelium, immunostained SMC proteins were observed sporadically, while in aerial hyphae about to undergo sporulation they appeared as irregularly spaced foci which accompanied but did not colocalize with ParB complexes. Our data demonstrate that efficient chromosome segregation requires the joint action of SMC and ParB proteins. SMC proteins, similarly to ParAB and FtsZ, presumably belong to a larger group of proteins whose expression is highly induced in response to the requirement of aerial hyphal maturation.
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Kim JS, Lee S, Kang BS, Kim MH, Lee HS, Kim KJ. Crystal structure and domain characterization of ScpB from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proteins 2008; 71:1553-6. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.21981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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