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Bokor E, Ámon J, Keisham K, Karácsony Z, Vágvölgyi C, Hamari Z. HMGB proteins are required for sexual development in Aspergillus nidulans. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0216094. [PMID: 31022275 PMCID: PMC6483251 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Aspergillus nidulans has three high mobility group box (HMGB) proteins, HmbA, HmbB and HmbC that are chromatin-associated architectural proteins involved in DNA-related functions. By creating and studying deletion strains in both veA+ and veA1 background, we have characterized the role of HmbA, HmbB and HmbC in sexual development. Expression of the mating-type MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 coding genes were found to be extremely down-regulated in all three mutants on day 4 of sexual development, which results in deficient ascospore production and/or ascospore viability in the mutants. In addition, we found that HmbA and HmbB play also a role in sensing of and response to environmental signals, while HmbC functionally interacts with VeA, a key regulator of the coordination of asexual and sexual development, as well as of secondary metabolism.
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- Eszter Bokor
- University of Szeged, Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Microbiology, Szeged, Hungary
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- University of Szeged, Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Microbiology, Szeged, Hungary
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- University of Szeged, Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Microbiology, Szeged, Hungary
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- University of Szeged, Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Microbiology, Szeged, Hungary
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- University of Szeged, Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Microbiology, Szeged, Hungary
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- University of Szeged, Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Microbiology, Szeged, Hungary
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Phenotypic analysis of newly isolated short-lifespan Neurospora crassa mutant deficient in a high mobility group box protein. Fungal Genet Biol 2017; 105:28-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2017.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Revised: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Eukaryotic genomes are packaged in chromatin. The higher-order organization of nucleosome core particles is controlled by the association of the intervening linker DNA with either the linker histone H1 or high mobility group box (HMGB) proteins. While H1 is thought to stabilize the nucleosome by preventing DNA unwrapping, the DNA bending imposed by HMGB may propagate to the nucleosome to destabilize chromatin. For metazoan H1, chromatin compaction requires its lysine-rich C-terminal domain, a domain that is buried between globular domains in the previously characterized yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae linker histone Hho1p. Here, we discuss the functions of S. cerevisiae HMO1, an HMGB family protein unique in containing a terminal lysine-rich domain and in stabilizing genomic DNA. On ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and genes encoding ribosomal proteins, HMO1 appears to exert its role primarily by stabilizing nucleosome-free regions or "fragile" nucleosomes. During replication, HMO1 likewise appears to ensure low nucleosome density at DNA junctions associated with the DNA damage response or the need for topoisomerases to resolve catenanes. Notably, HMO1 shares with the mammalian linker histone H1 the ability to stabilize chromatin, as evidenced by the absence of HMO1 creating a more dynamic chromatin environment that is more sensitive to nuclease digestion and in which chromatin-remodeling events associated with DNA double-strand break repair occur faster; such chromatin stabilization requires the lysine-rich extension of HMO1. Thus, HMO1 appears to have evolved a unique linker histone-like function involving the ability to stabilize both conventional nucleosome arrays as well as DNA regions characterized by low nucleosome density or the presence of noncanonical nucleosomes.
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Silva APG, Ryan DP, Galanty Y, Low JKK, Vandevenne M, Jackson SP, Mackay JP. The N-terminal Region of Chromodomain Helicase DNA-binding Protein 4 (CHD4) Is Essential for Activity and Contains a High Mobility Group (HMG) Box-like-domain That Can Bind Poly(ADP-ribose). J Biol Chem 2016; 291:924-38. [PMID: 26565020 PMCID: PMC4705410 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.683227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Revised: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Chromodomain Helicase DNA-binding protein 4 (CHD4) is a chromatin-remodeling enzyme that has been reported to regulate DNA-damage responses through its N-terminal region in a poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-dependent manner. We have identified and determined the structure of a stable domain (CHD4-N) in this N-terminal region. The-fold consists of a four-α-helix bundle with structural similarity to the high mobility group box, a domain that is well known as a DNA binding module. We show that the CHD4-N domain binds with higher affinity to poly(ADP-ribose) than to DNA. We also show that the N-terminal region of CHD4, although not CHD4-N alone, is essential for full nucleosome remodeling activity and is important for localizing CHD4 to sites of DNA damage. Overall, these data build on our understanding of how CHD4-NuRD acts to regulate gene expression and participates in the DNA-damage response.
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- Ana P G Silva
- From the School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia,
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- Department of Genome Sciences, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, and
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- The Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QN, United Kingdom
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- From the School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- From the School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- The Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QN, United Kingdom
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- From the School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia,
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Panday A, Xiao L, Grove A. Yeast high mobility group protein HMO1 stabilizes chromatin and is evicted during repair of DNA double strand breaks. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:5759-70. [PMID: 25979266 PMCID: PMC4499126 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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DNA is packaged into condensed chromatin fibers by association with histones and architectural proteins such as high mobility group (HMGB) proteins. However, this DNA packaging reduces accessibility of enzymes that act on DNA, such as proteins that process DNA after double strand breaks (DSBs). Chromatin remodeling overcomes this barrier. We show here that the Saccharomyces cerevisiae HMGB protein HMO1 stabilizes chromatin as evidenced by faster chromatin remodeling in its absence. HMO1 was evicted along with core histones during repair of DSBs, and chromatin remodeling events such as histone H2A phosphorylation and H3 eviction were faster in absence of HMO1. The facilitated chromatin remodeling in turn correlated with more efficient DNA resection and recruitment of repair proteins; for example, inward translocation of the DNA-end-binding protein Ku was faster in absence of HMO1. This chromatin stabilization requires the lysine-rich C-terminal extension of HMO1 as truncation of the HMO1 C-terminal tail phenocopies hmo1 deletion. Since this is reminiscent of the need for the basic C-terminal domain of mammalian histone H1 in chromatin compaction, we speculate that HMO1 promotes chromatin stability by DNA bending and compaction imposed by its lysine-rich domain and that it must be evicted along with core histones for efficient DSB repair.
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- Arvind Panday
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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Higashino A, Shiwa Y, Yoshikawa H, Kokubo T, Kasahara K. Both HMG boxes in Hmo1 are essential for DNA binding in vitro and in vivo. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 79:384-93. [PMID: 25410521 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2014.978258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Hmo1, a member of the high mobility group B family proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, associates with the promoters of ribosomal protein genes (RPGs) to direct accurate transcriptional initiation. Here, to identify factors involved in the binding of Hmo1 to its targets and the mechanism of Hmo1-dependent transcriptional initiation, we developed a novel reporter system using the promoter of the RPG RPS5. A genetic screen did not identify any factors that influence Hmo1 binding, but did identify a number of mutations in Hmo1 that impair its DNA binding activity in vivo and in vitro. These results suggest that Hmo1 binds to its target promoters autonomously without any aid of additional factors. Furthermore, characterization of Hmo1 mutants showed that the box A domain plays a pivotal role in DNA binding and may be required for the recognition of structural properties of target promoters that occur in native chromatin.
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- Ayako Higashino
- a Department of Bioscience , Tokyo University of Agriculture , Tokyo , Japan
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Karácsony Z, Gácser A, Vágvölgyi C, Scazzocchio C, Hamari Z. A dually located multi-HMG-box protein of Aspergillus nidulans has a crucial role in conidial and ascospore germination. Mol Microbiol 2014; 94:383-402. [PMID: 25156107 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Seven HMG-box proteins of Aspergillus nidulans have been identified in the genomic databases. Three of these have the characteristics of non-specific DNA-binding proteins. One of these, AN1267 (HmbB), comprises one canonical HMG-box in its C-terminus and upstream of the canonical box two structurally related boxes, to be called Shadow-HMG-boxes. This protein defines, together with the Podospora anserina mtHMG1, a clade of proteins present in the Pezizomycotina, with orthologues in some of the Taphrinomycotina. HmbB localizes primarily to the mitochondria but occasionally in nuclei. The deletion of the cognate gene results in a number of pleiotropic effects, including those on hyphal morphology, sensitivity to oxidative stress, absence of sterigmatocystin production and changes in the profile of conidial metabolites. The most striking phenotype of deletion strains is a dramatic decrease in conidial and ascospore viability. We show that this is most likely due to the protein being essential to maintain mitochondrial DNA in spores.
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- Zoltán Karácsony
- University of Szeged Faculty of Sciences and Informatics, Department of Microbiology, H-6726, Szeged, Közép fasor 52, Hungary
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Guo Z, Zhang S, Zhang H, Jin L, Zhao S, Yang W, Tang J, Wang D. Cloning, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of HMO2 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2014; 70:57-9. [PMID: 24419618 PMCID: PMC3943102 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x13031580] [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: 04/23/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The high-mobility group protein (HMO2) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a component of the chromatin-remodelling complex INO80, which is involved in double-strand break (DSB) repair. HMO2 can also bind DNA to protect it from exonucleolytic cleavage. Nevertheless, little structural information is available regarding these functions of HMO2. Since determination of three-dimensional structure is a powerful means to facilitate functional characterization, X-ray crystallography has been used to accomplish this task. Here, the expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of HMO2 from S. cerevisiae are reported. The crystal belonged to space group P222, with unit-cell parameters a = 39.35, b = 75.69, c = 108.03 Å, and diffracted to a resolution of 3.0 Å. The crystals are most likely to contain one molecule in the asymmetric unit, with a VM value of 3.19 Å(3) Da(-1).
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- Zhen Guo
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, 1 Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, People’s Republic of China
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Tosi A, Haas C, Herzog F, Gilmozzi A, Berninghausen O, Ungewickell C, Gerhold CB, Lakomek K, Aebersold R, Beckmann R, Hopfner KP. Structure and subunit topology of the INO80 chromatin remodeler and its nucleosome complex. Cell 2013; 154:1207-19. [PMID: 24034245 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Revised: 06/05/2013] [Accepted: 08/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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INO80/SWR1 family chromatin remodelers are complexes composed of >15 subunits and molecular masses exceeding 1 MDa. Their important role in transcription and genome maintenance is exchanging the histone variants H2A and H2A.Z. We report the architecture of S. cerevisiae INO80 using an integrative approach of electron microscopy, crosslinking and mass spectrometry. INO80 has an embryo-shaped head-neck-body-foot architecture and shows dynamic open and closed conformations. We can assign an Rvb1/Rvb2 heterododecamer to the head in close contact with the Ino80 Snf2 domain, Ies2, and the Arp5 module at the neck. The high-affinity nucleosome-binding Nhp10 module localizes to the body, whereas the module that contains actin, Arp4, and Arp8 maps to the foot. Structural and biochemical analyses indicate that the nucleosome is bound at the concave surface near the neck, flanked by the Rvb1/2 and Arp8 modules. Our analysis establishes a structural and functional framework for this family of large remodelers.
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- Alessandro Tosi
- Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, 81377 Munich, Germany; Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilian University, 81377 Munich, Germany
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Ait Benkhali J, Coppin E, Brun S, Peraza-Reyes L, Martin T, Dixelius C, Lazar N, van Tilbeurgh H, Debuchy R. A network of HMG-box transcription factors regulates sexual cycle in the fungus Podospora anserina. PLoS Genet 2013; 9:e1003642. [PMID: 23935511 PMCID: PMC3730723 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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High-mobility group (HMG) B proteins are eukaryotic DNA-binding proteins characterized by the HMG-box functional motif. These transcription factors play a pivotal role in global genomic functions and in the control of genes involved in specific developmental or metabolic pathways. The filamentous ascomycete Podospora anserina contains 12 HMG-box genes. Of these, four have been previously characterized; three are mating-type genes that control fertilization and development of the fruit-body, whereas the last one encodes a factor involved in mitochondrial DNA stability. Systematic deletion analysis of the eight remaining uncharacterized HMG-box genes indicated that none were essential for viability, but that seven were involved in the sexual cycle. Two HMG-box genes display striking features. PaHMG5, an ortholog of SpSte11 from Schizosaccharomyces pombe, is a pivotal activator of mating-type genes in P. anserina, whereas PaHMG9 is a repressor of several phenomena specific to the stationary phase, most notably hyphal anastomoses. Transcriptional analyses of HMG-box genes in HMG-box deletion strains indicated that PaHMG5 is at the hub of a network of several HMG-box factors that regulate mating-type genes and mating-type target genes. Genetic analyses revealed that this network also controls fertility genes that are not regulated by mating-type transcription factors. This study points to the critical role of HMG-box members in sexual reproduction in fungi, as 11 out of 12 members were involved in the sexual cycle in P. anserina. PaHMG5 and SpSte11 are conserved transcriptional regulators of mating-type genes, although P. anserina and S. pombe diverged 550 million years ago. Two HMG-box genes, SOX9 and its upstream regulator SRY, also play an important role in sex determination in mammals. The P. anserina and S. pombe mating-type genes and their upstream regulatory factor form a module of HMG-box genes analogous to the SRY/SOX9 module, revealing a commonality of sex regulation in animals and fungi. Podospora anserina, a coprophilous fungus, is used extensively as a model organism to address questions of sexual development and mating-type functions. Its mating-type locus contains three HMGB genes that encode transcription factors involved in fertilization and fruit-body development. We present the functional characterization of the remaining HMGB genes, which revealed that 11 of 12 HMGB genes were involved in sexual development. An analysis of the relationships between these genes uncovered a regulatory network governing the expression of mating-type genes. PaHMG5 is a key transcription factor that operates upstream of mating-type genes in this network. A homolog of PaHMG5 performs a similar function in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, which diverged from P. anserina 550 million years ago. The conservation of a regulatory circuit over such a prolonged timeframe is a striking exception to the general observation that sex developmental pathways are highly variable, even across closely related lineages. A module consisting of two HMGB transcription factors (Sry and Sox9) is a key regulator of sex determination in mammals. We propose that the module containing PaHMG5 and mating-type HMGB genes is the fungal counterpart of the mammalian module, revealing a commonality of sex regulation in animals and fungi.
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- Jinane Ait Benkhali
- Université Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, Orsay, France
- CNRS, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, Orsay, France
- CNRS, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, Orsay, France
- CNRS, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, Orsay, France
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain (IED), Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, Orsay, France
- CNRS, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, Orsay, France
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- Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Université Paris-Sud, Institut de Biochimie et de Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR8619, Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Sud, Institut de Biochimie et de Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR8619, Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, Orsay, France
- CNRS, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621, Orsay, France
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C-terminal low-complexity sequence repeats of Mycobacterium smegmatis Ku modulate DNA binding. Biosci Rep 2013; 33:175-84. [PMID: 23167261 PMCID: PMC3553676 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20120105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Ku protein is an integral component of the NHEJ (non-homologous end-joining) pathway of DSB (double-strand break) repair. Both eukaryotic and prokaryotic Ku homologues have been characterized and shown to bind DNA ends. A unique feature of Mycobacterium smegmatis Ku is its basic C-terminal tail that contains several lysine-rich low-complexity PAKKA repeats that are absent from homologues encoded by obligate parasitic mycobacteria. Such PAKKA repeats are also characteristic of mycobacterial Hlp (histone-like protein) for which they have been shown to confer the ability to appose DNA ends. Unexpectedly, removal of the lysine-rich extension enhances DNA-binding affinity, but an interaction between DNA and the PAKKA repeats is indicated by the observation that only full-length Ku forms multiple complexes with a short stem-loop-containing DNA previously designed to accommodate only one Ku dimer. The C-terminal extension promotes DNA end-joining by T4 DNA ligase, suggesting that the PAKKA repeats also contribute to efficient end-joining. We suggest that low-complexity lysine-rich sequences have evolved repeatedly to modulate the function of unrelated DNA-binding proteins.
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Ray S, Grove A. Interaction of Saccharomyces cerevisiae HMO2 Domains with Distorted DNA. Biochemistry 2012; 51:1825-35. [DOI: 10.1021/bi201700h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sreerupa Ray
- Department of Biological
Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Biological
Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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Xiao L, Williams AM, Grove A. The C-terminal domain of yeast high mobility group protein HMO1 mediates lateral protein accretion and in-phase DNA bending. Biochemistry 2010; 49:4051-9. [PMID: 20402481 DOI: 10.1021/bi1003603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae high mobility group protein HMO1 has two DNA binding domains, box A and box B, and a lysine-rich C-terminal extension. Among other functions, HMO1 has been implicated as a component of the RNA polymerase I transcription machinery. We report here that HMO1 promotes DNA apposition as evidenced by its stimulation of end-joining in the presence of T4 DNA ligase. Analysis of truncated HMO1 variants shows that enhanced DNA end-joining requires the C-terminal domain but that box A is dispensable. The efficiency of joining DNA ends with different nucleotide content parallels that of DNA ligase, and optimal ligation efficiency is attained when DNA is effectively saturated with protein, implying that HMO1 binds internal sites in preference to DNA ends. Removal of the C-terminal tail does not attenuate the self-association characteristic of HMO1 but alters the stoichiometry of binding and prevents intramolecular DNA cyclization. This suggests that the C-terminal domain mediates an accretion of HMO1 on DNA that causes in-phase DNA bending and that binding of HMO1 lacking the C-terminal domain results in out-of-phase bending. Taken together, our results show that HMO1 shares with mammalian HMGB proteins the ability to promote DNA association. Notably, the C-terminal domain mediates both DNA end-joining and an accretion of multiple HMO1 protomers on duplex DNA that produces in-phase DNA bending. This mode of binding is reminiscent of that proposed for the mammalian RNA polymerase I transcription factor UBF.
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- Lijuan Xiao
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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Current awareness on yeast. Yeast 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/yea.1716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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