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Tonsager AJ, Zukowski A, Radebaugh CA, Weirich A, Stargell LA, Ramachandran S. The Histone Chaperone Spn1 Preserves Chromatin Protections at Promoters and Nucleosome Positioning in Open Reading Frames. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.03.14.585010. [PMID: 38559248 PMCID: PMC10979989 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.14.585010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
Abstract
Spn1 is a multifunctional histone chaperone that associates with RNA polymerase II during elongation and is essential for life in eukaryotes. While previous work has elucidated regions of the protein important for its many interactions, it is unknown how these domains contribute to the maintenance of chromatin structure. Here, we employ digestion by micrococcal nuclease followed by single-stranded library preparation and sequencing (MNase-SSP) to characterize chromatin structure in Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing wild-type or mutants of Spn1. We mapped protections of all sizes genome-wide, and surprisingly, we observed a widespread loss of short fragments over nucleosome-depleted regions (NDRs) at promoters in the Spn1-K192N-containing strain, indicating critical functions of Spn1 in maintaining normal chromatin architecture outside open reading frames. Additionally, there are shifts in DNA protections in the Spn1 mutant expressing strains over open reading frames, which indicate changes in nucleosome and subnucleosome positioning. This was observed in markedly different mutant Spn1 strains, demonstrating that multiple functions of Spn1 are required to maintain proper chromatin structure in open reading frames. Taken together, our results reveal a previously unknown role of Spn1 in the maintenance of NDR architecture and deepen our understanding of Spn1-dependent chromatin maintenance over transcribed regions.
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Aoi Y, Shilatifard A. Transcriptional elongation control in developmental gene expression, aging, and disease. Mol Cell 2023; 83:3972-3999. [PMID: 37922911 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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The elongation stage of transcription by RNA polymerase II (RNA Pol II) is central to the regulation of gene expression in response to developmental and environmental cues in metazoan. Dysregulated transcriptional elongation has been associated with developmental defects as well as disease and aging processes. Decades of genetic and biochemical studies have painstakingly identified and characterized an ensemble of factors that regulate RNA Pol II elongation. This review summarizes recent findings taking advantage of genetic engineering techniques that probe functions of elongation factors in vivo. We propose a revised model of elongation control in this accelerating field by reconciling contradictory results from the earlier biochemical evidence and the recent in vivo studies. We discuss how elongation factors regulate promoter-proximal RNA Pol II pause release, transcriptional elongation rate and processivity, RNA Pol II stability and RNA processing, and how perturbation of these processes is associated with developmental disorders, neurodegenerative disease, cancer, and aging.
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- Yuki Aoi
- Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Robert F, Jeronimo C. Transcription-coupled nucleosome assembly. Trends Biochem Sci 2023; 48:978-992. [PMID: 37657993 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2023.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
Abstract
Eukaryotic transcription occurs on chromatin, where RNA polymerase II encounters nucleosomes during elongation. These nucleosomes must unravel for the DNA to enter the active site. However, in most transcribed genes, nucleosomes remain intact due to transcription-coupled chromatin assembly mechanisms. These mechanisms primarily involve the local reassembly of displaced nucleosomes to prevent (epi)genomic instability and the emergence of cryptic transcription. As a fail-safe mechanism, cells can assemble nucleosomes de novo, particularly in highly transcribed genes, but this may result in the loss of epigenetic information. This review examines transcription-coupled chromatin assembly, with an emphasis on studies in yeast and recent structural studies. These studies shed light on how elongation factors and histone chaperones coordinate to enable nucleosome recycling during transcription.
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- François Robert
- Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, 110 Avenue des Pins Ouest, Montréal, QC H2W 1R7, Canada; Département de Médecine, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, 2900 Boul. Édouard-Montpetit, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada; Faculty of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada.
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- Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, 110 Avenue des Pins Ouest, Montréal, QC H2W 1R7, Canada
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Miller CLW, Warner JL, Winston F. Insights into Spt6: a histone chaperone that functions in transcription, DNA replication, and genome stability. Trends Genet 2023; 39:858-872. [PMID: 37481442 PMCID: PMC10592469 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2023.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2023]
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Transcription elongation requires elaborate coordination between the transcriptional machinery and chromatin regulatory factors to successfully produce RNA while preserving the epigenetic landscape. Recent structural and genomic studies have highlighted that suppressor of Ty 6 (Spt6), a conserved histone chaperone and transcription elongation factor, sits at the crux of the transcription elongation process. Other recent studies have revealed that Spt6 also promotes DNA replication and genome integrity. Here, we review recent studies of Spt6 that have provided new insights into the mechanisms by which Spt6 controls transcription and have revealed the breadth of Spt6 functions in eukaryotic cells.
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- Catherine L W Miller
- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Laboratory of Genome Maintenance, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Goguen EC, Brow DA. Domains and residues of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae hnRNP protein Hrp1 important for transcriptional autoregulation and noncoding RNA termination. Genetics 2023; 225:iyad134. [PMID: 37467478 PMCID: PMC10471224 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyad134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023] Open
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Proteins that bind the nascent transcript exiting RNA polymerase II can regulate transcription elongation. The essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae hnRNP protein Hrp1 is one such protein and participates in both cleavage and polyadenylation-coupled and Nrd1-Nab3-Sen1-dependent RNA polymerase II termination. Prior evidence that Hrp1 is a positive RNA polymerase II elongation factor suggests that its release from the elongation complex promotes termination. Here we report the effects of deletions and substitutions in Hrp1 on its autoregulation via an Nrd1-Nab3-Sen1-dependent transcription attenuator in the 5'-UTR of its mRNA and on the function of an Hrp1-dependent Nrd1-Nab3-Sen1 terminator in the SNR82 snoRNA gene. Deletion of either of two central RNA recognition motifs or either of the flanking low-sequence complexity domains is lethal. Smaller, viable deletions in the amino-terminal low-sequence complexity domain cause readthrough of both the HRP1 attenuator and SNR82 terminator. Substitutions that cause readthrough localized mostly to the RNA recognition motifs, although not always to the RNA-binding face. We found that autoregulation of Hrp1 mRNA synthesis is surprisingly robust, overcoming the expected lethal effects of the start codon and frameshift mutations via overexpression of the mRNA up to 40-fold. Our results suggest a model in which binding of attenuator or terminator elements in the nascent transcript by RNA recognition motifs 1 and 2 disrupts interactions between RNA recognition motif 2 and the RNA polymerase II elongation complex, increasing its susceptibility to termination.
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- Emma C Goguen
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Ellison MA, Namjilsuren S, Shirra M, Blacksmith M, Schusteff R, Kerr E, Fang F, Xiang Y, Shi Y, Arndt K. Spt6 directly interacts with Cdc73 and is required for Paf1 complex occupancy at active genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:4814-4830. [PMID: 36928138 PMCID: PMC10250246 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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The Paf1 complex (Paf1C) is a conserved transcription elongation factor that regulates transcription elongation efficiency, facilitates co-transcriptional histone modifications, and impacts molecular processes linked to RNA synthesis, such as polyA site selection. Coupling of the activities of Paf1C to transcription elongation requires its association with RNA polymerase II (Pol II). Mutational studies in yeast identified Paf1C subunits Cdc73 and Rtf1 as important mediators of Paf1C association with Pol II on active genes. While the interaction between Rtf1 and the general elongation factor Spt5 is relatively well-understood, the interactions involving Cdc73 have not been fully elucidated. Using a site-specific protein cross-linking strategy in yeast cells, we identified direct interactions between Cdc73 and two components of the Pol II elongation complex, the elongation factor Spt6 and the largest subunit of Pol II. Both of these interactions require the tandem SH2 domain of Spt6. We also show that Cdc73 and Spt6 can interact in vitro and that rapid depletion of Spt6 dissociates Paf1 from chromatin, altering patterns of Paf1C-dependent histone modifications genome-wide. These results reveal interactions between Cdc73 and the Pol II elongation complex and identify Spt6 as a key factor contributing to the occupancy of Paf1C at active genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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- Mitchell A Ellison
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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The TFIIS N-terminal domain (TND): a transcription assembly module at the interface of order and disorder. Biochem Soc Trans 2023; 51:125-135. [PMID: 36651856 PMCID: PMC9987994 DOI: 10.1042/bst20220342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
Interaction scaffolds that selectively recognize disordered protein strongly shape protein interactomes. An important scaffold of this type that contributes to transcription is the TFIIS N-terminal domain (TND). The TND is a five-helical bundle that has no known enzymatic activity, but instead selectively reads intrinsically disordered sequences of other proteins. Here, we review the structural and functional properties of TNDs and their cognate disordered ligands known as TND-interacting motifs (TIMs). TNDs or TIMs are found in prominent members of the transcription machinery, including TFIIS, super elongation complex, SWI/SNF, Mediator, IWS1, SPT6, PP1-PNUTS phosphatase, elongin, H3K36me3 readers, the transcription factor MYC, and others. We also review how the TND interactome contributes to the regulation of transcription. Because the TND is the most significantly enriched fold among transcription elongation regulators, TND- and TIM-driven interactions have widespread roles in the regulation of many transcriptional processes.
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López-Rivera F, Chuang J, Spatt D, Gopalakrishnan R, Winston F. Suppressor mutations that make the essential transcription factor Spn1/Iws1 dispensable in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2022; 222:iyac125. [PMID: 35977387 PMCID: PMC9526074 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyac125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Spn1/Iws1 is an essential eukaryotic transcription elongation factor that is conserved from yeast to humans as an integral member of the RNA polymerase II elongation complex. Several studies have shown that Spn1 functions as a histone chaperone to control transcription, RNA splicing, genome stability, and histone modifications. However, the precise role of Spn1 is not understood, and there is little understanding of why it is essential for viability. To address these issues, we have isolated 8 suppressor mutations that bypass the essential requirement for Spn1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Unexpectedly, the suppressors identify several functionally distinct complexes and activities, including the histone chaperone FACT, the histone methyltransferase Set2, the Rpd3S histone deacetylase complex, the histone acetyltransferase Rtt109, the nucleosome remodeler Chd1, and a member of the SAGA coactivator complex, Sgf73. The identification of these distinct groups suggests that there are multiple ways in which Spn1 bypass can occur, including changes in histone acetylation and alterations in other histone chaperones. Thus, Spn1 may function to overcome repressive chromatin by multiple mechanisms during transcription. Our results suggest that bypassing a subset of these functions allows viability in the absence of Spn1.
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Ehara H, Kujirai T, Shirouzu M, Kurumizaka H, Sekine SI. Structural basis of nucleosome disassembly and reassembly by RNAPII elongation complex with FACT. Science 2022; 377:eabp9466. [PMID: 35981082 DOI: 10.1126/science.abp9466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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During gene transcription, RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) traverses nucleosomes in chromatin, but its mechanism has remained elusive. Using cryo-electron microscopy, we obtained structures of the RNAPII elongation complex (EC) passing through a nucleosome, in the presence of transcription elongation factors Spt6, Spn1, Elf1, Spt4/5, and Paf1C and the histone chaperone FACT. The structures show snapshots of EC progression on DNA, mediating downstream nucleosome disassembly followed by its reassembly upstream of the EC, facilitated by FACT. FACT dynamically adapts to successively occurring subnucleosome intermediates, forming an interface with the EC. Spt6, Spt4/5, and Paf1C form a "cradle" at the EC DNA-exit site, and support the upstream nucleosome reassembly. These structures explain the mechanism by which the EC traverses nucleosomes while maintaining the chromatin structure and epigenetic information.
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- Haruhiko Ehara
- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.,Laboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.,Laboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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Molenaar TM, van Leeuwen F. SETD2: from chromatin modifier to multipronged regulator of the genome and beyond. Cell Mol Life Sci 2022; 79:346. [PMID: 35661267 PMCID: PMC9167812 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04352-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 04/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Histone modifying enzymes play critical roles in many key cellular processes and are appealing proteins for targeting by small molecules in disease. However, while the functions of histone modifying enzymes are often linked to epigenetic regulation of the genome, an emerging theme is that these enzymes often also act by non-catalytic and/or non-epigenetic mechanisms. SETD2 (Set2 in yeast) is best known for associating with the transcription machinery and methylating histone H3 on lysine 36 (H3K36) during transcription. This well-characterized molecular function of SETD2 plays a role in fine-tuning transcription, maintaining chromatin integrity, and mRNA processing. Here we give an overview of the various molecular functions and mechanisms of regulation of H3K36 methylation by Set2/SETD2. These fundamental insights are important to understand SETD2’s role in disease, most notably in cancer in which SETD2 is frequently inactivated. SETD2 also methylates non-histone substrates such as α-tubulin which may promote genome stability and contribute to the tumor-suppressor function of SETD2. Thus, to understand its role in disease, it is important to understand and dissect the multiple roles of SETD2 within the cell. In this review we discuss how histone methylation by Set2/SETD2 has led the way in connecting histone modifications in active regions of the genome to chromatin functions and how SETD2 is leading the way to showing that we also have to look beyond histones to truly understand the physiological role of an ‘epigenetic’ writer enzyme in normal cells and in disease.
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Kasiliauskaite A, Kubicek K, Klumpler T, Zanova M, Zapletal D, Koutna E, Novacek J, Stefl R. Cooperation between intrinsically disordered and ordered regions of Spt6 regulates nucleosome and Pol II CTD binding, and nucleosome assembly. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:5961-5973. [PMID: 35640611 PMCID: PMC9177984 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Transcription elongation factor Spt6 associates with RNA polymerase II (Pol II) and acts as a histone chaperone, which promotes the reassembly of nucleosomes following the passage of Pol II. The precise mechanism of nucleosome reassembly mediated by Spt6 remains unclear. In this study, we used a hybrid approach combining cryo-electron microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering to visualize the architecture of Spt6 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The reconstructed overall architecture of Spt6 reveals not only the core of Spt6, but also its flexible N- and C-termini, which are critical for Spt6's function. We found that the acidic N-terminal region of Spt6 prevents the binding of Spt6 not only to the Pol II CTD and Pol II CTD-linker, but also to pre-formed intact nucleosomes and nucleosomal DNA. The N-terminal region of Spt6 self-associates with the tSH2 domain and the core of Spt6 and thus controls binding to Pol II and nucleosomes. Furthermore, we found that Spt6 promotes the assembly of nucleosomes in vitro. These data indicate that the cooperation between the intrinsically disordered and structured regions of Spt6 regulates nucleosome and Pol II CTD binding, and also nucleosome assembly.
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- Aiste Kasiliauskaite
- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno CZ-62500, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno CZ-62500, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno CZ-62500, Czech Republic.,Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno CZ-61137, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno CZ-62500, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno CZ-62500, Czech Republic.,Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno CZ-61137, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno CZ-62500, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno CZ-62500, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno CZ-62500, Czech Republic
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- CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno CZ-62500, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno CZ-62500, Czech Republic
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Li S, Edwards G, Radebaugh CA, Luger K, A Stargell L. Spn1 and its dynamic interactions with Spt6, histones and nucleosomes. J Mol Biol 2022; 434:167630. [PMID: 35595162 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Histone chaperones facilitate the assembly and disassembly of nucleosomes and regulate DNA accessibility for critical cellular processes. Spn1 is an essential, highly conserved histone chaperone that functions in transcription initiation and elongation in a chromatin context. Here we demonstrate that Spn1 binds H3-H4 with low nanomolar affinity, residues 85-99 within the acidic N-terminal region of Spn1 are required for H3-H4 binding, and Spn1 binding to H3-H4 dimers does not impede (H3-H4)2 tetramer formation. Previous work has shown the central region of Spn1 (residues 141-305) is important for interaction with Spt6, another conserved and essential histone chaperone. We show that the C-terminal region of Spn1 also contributes to Spt6 binding and is critical for Spn1 binding to nucleosomes. We also show Spt6 preferentially binds H3-H4 tetramers and Spt6 competes with nucleosomes for Spn1 binding. Combined with previous results, this indicates the Spn1-Spt6 complex does not bind nucleosomes. In contrast to nucleosome binding, we found that the Spn1-Spt6 complex can bind H3-H4 dimers and tetramers and H2A-H2B to form ternary complexes. These important results provide new information about the functions of Spn1, Spt6, and the Spn1-Spt6 complex, two essential and highly conserved histone chaperones.
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- Sha Li
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1870, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1870, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1870, USA
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Jeronimo C, Robert F. The histone chaperone FACT: a guardian of chromatin structure integrity. Transcription 2022; 13:16-38. [PMID: 35485711 PMCID: PMC9467567 DOI: 10.1080/21541264.2022.2069995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The identification of FACT as a histone chaperone enabling transcription through chromatin in vitro has strongly shaped how its roles are envisioned. However, FACT has been implicated in essentially all aspects of chromatin biology, from transcription to DNA replication, DNA repair, and chromosome segregation. In this review, we focus on recent literature describing the role and mechanisms of FACT during transcription. We highlight the prime importance of FACT in preserving chromatin integrity during transcription and challenge its role as an elongation factor. We also review evidence for FACT's role as a cell-type/gene-specificregulator of gene expression and briefly summarize current efforts at using FACT inhibition as an anti-cancerstrategy.
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- Célia Jeronimo
- Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.,Département de Médecine, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Connell Z, Parnell TJ, McCullough LL, Hill CP, Formosa T. The interaction between the Spt6-tSH2 domain and Rpb1 affects multiple functions of RNA Polymerase II. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 50:784-802. [PMID: 34967414 PMCID: PMC8789061 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab1262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The conserved transcription elongation factor Spt6 makes several contacts with the RNA Polymerase II (RNAPII) complex, including a high-affinity interaction between the Spt6 tandem SH2 domain (Spt6-tSH2) and phosphorylated residues of the Rpb1 subunit in the linker between the catalytic core and the C-terminal domain (CTD) heptad repeats. This interaction contributes to generic localization of Spt6, but we show here that it also has gene-specific roles. Disrupting the interface affected transcription start site selection at a subset of genes whose expression is regulated by this choice, and this was accompanied by changes in a distinct pattern of Spt6 accumulation at these sites. Splicing efficiency was also diminished, as was apparent progression through introns that encode snoRNAs. Chromatin-mediated repression was impaired, and a distinct role in maintaining +1 nucleosomes was identified, especially at ribosomal protein genes. The Spt6-tSH2:Rpb1 interface therefore has both genome-wide functions and local roles at subsets of genes where dynamic decisions regarding initiation, transcript processing, or termination are made. We propose that the interaction modulates the availability or activity of the core elongation and histone chaperone functions of Spt6, contributing to coordination between RNAPII and its accessory factors as varying local conditions call for dynamic responses.
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- Zaily Connell
- Dept of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine 15 N Medical Drive, Rm 4100, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, 2000 Circle of Hope, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Dept of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine 15 N Medical Drive, Rm 4100, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Dept of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine 15 N Medical Drive, Rm 4100, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Dept of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine 15 N Medical Drive, Rm 4100, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Cermakova K, Demeulemeester J, Lux V, Nedomova M, Goldman SR, Smith EA, Srb P, Hexnerova R, Fabry M, Madlikova M, Horejsi M, De Rijck J, Debyser Z, Adelman K, Hodges HC, Veverka V. A ubiquitous disordered protein interaction module orchestrates transcription elongation. Science 2021; 374:1113-1121. [PMID: 34822292 DOI: 10.1126/science.abe2913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Katerina Cermakova
- Center for Precision Environmental Health, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.,Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Precision Environmental Health, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Molecular Virology and Gene Therapy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium
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- Molecular Virology and Gene Therapy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Precision Environmental Health, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.,Center for Cancer Epigenetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Gopalakrishnan R, Winston F. The histone chaperone Spt6 is required for normal recruitment of the capping enzyme Abd1 to transcribed regions. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101205. [PMID: 34543624 PMCID: PMC8511950 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101205] [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: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 10/29/2022] Open
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The histone chaperone Spt6 is involved in promoting elongation of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII), maintaining chromatin structure, regulating cotranscriptional histone modifications, and controlling mRNA processing. These diverse functions of Spt6 are partly mediated through its interactions with RNAPII and other factors in the transcription elongation complex. In this study, we used mass spectrometry to characterize the differences in RNAPII-interacting factors between wildtype cells and those depleted for Spt6, leading to the identification of proteins that depend on Spt6 for their interaction with RNAPII. The altered association of some of these factors could be attributed to changes in steady-state protein levels. However, Abd1, the mRNA cap methyltransferase, had decreased association with RNAPII after Spt6 depletion despite unchanged Abd1 protein levels, showing a requirement for Spt6 in mediating the Abd1-RNAPII interaction. Genome-wide studies showed that Spt6 is required for maintaining the level of Abd1 over transcribed regions, as well as the level of Spt5, another protein known to recruit Abd1 to chromatin. Abd1 levels were particularly decreased at the 5' ends of genes after Spt6 depletion, suggesting a greater need for Spt6 in Abd1 recruitment over these regions. Together, our results show that Spt6 is important in regulating the composition of the transcription elongation complex and reveal a previously unknown function for Spt6 in the recruitment of Abd1.
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Viktorovskaya O, Chuang J, Jain D, Reim NI, López-Rivera F, Murawska M, Spatt D, Churchman LS, Park PJ, Winston F. Essential histone chaperones collaborate to regulate transcription and chromatin integrity. Genes Dev 2021; 35:698-712. [PMID: 33888559 PMCID: PMC8091981 DOI: 10.1101/gad.348431.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Histone chaperones are critical for controlling chromatin integrity during transcription, DNA replication, and DNA repair. Three conserved and essential chaperones, Spt6, Spn1/Iws1, and FACT, associate with elongating RNA polymerase II and interact with each other physically and/or functionally; however, there is little understanding of their individual functions or their relationships with each other. In this study, we selected for suppressors of a temperature-sensitive spt6 mutation that disrupts the Spt6-Spn1 physical interaction and that also causes both transcription and chromatin defects. This selection identified novel mutations in FACT. Surprisingly, suppression by FACT did not restore the Spt6-Spn1 interaction, based on coimmunoprecipitation, ChIP, and mass spectrometry experiments. Furthermore, suppression by FACT bypassed the complete loss of Spn1. Interestingly, the FACT suppressor mutations cluster along the FACT-nucleosome interface, suggesting that they alter FACT-nucleosome interactions. In agreement with this observation, we showed that the spt6 mutation that disrupts the Spt6-Spn1 interaction caused an elevated level of FACT association with chromatin, while the FACT suppressors reduced the level of FACT-chromatin association, thereby restoring a normal Spt6-FACT balance on chromatin. Taken together, these studies reveal previously unknown regulation between histone chaperones that is critical for their essential in vivo functions.
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- Olga Viktorovskaya
- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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