RESUMO
Cohesin is a ring-shaped protein complex that is capable of embracing DNA. Most of the ring circumference is comprised of the anti-parallel intramolecular coiled coils of the Smc1 and Smc3 proteins, which connect globular head and hinge domains. Smc coiled coil arms contain multiple acetylated and ubiquitylated lysines. To investigate the role of these modifications, we substituted lysines for arginines to mimic the unmodified state and uncovered genetic interaction between the Smc arms. Using scanning force microscopy, we show that wild-type Smc arms associate with each other when the complex is not on DNA. Deacetylation of the Smc1/Smc3 dimers promotes arms' dissociation. Smc arginine mutants display loose packing of the Smc arms and, although they dimerize at the hinges, fail to connect the heads and associate with the DNA. Our findings highlight the importance of a "collapsed ring," or "rod," conformation of cohesin for its loading on the chromosomes.
Assuntos
Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/química , Proteínas Cromossômicas não Histona/química , DNA Fúngico/química , Lisina/metabolismo , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/química , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Acetilação , Substituição de Aminoácidos , Animais , Arginina/metabolismo , Baculoviridae/genética , Baculoviridae/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Cromátides/química , Cromátides/metabolismo , Cromátides/ultraestrutura , Proteínas Cromossômicas não Histona/genética , Proteínas Cromossômicas não Histona/metabolismo , Cromossomos Fúngicos/química , Cromossomos Fúngicos/metabolismo , Cromossomos Fúngicos/ultraestrutura , Clonagem Molecular , DNA Fúngico/genética , DNA Fúngico/metabolismo , Expressão Gênica , Regulação Fúngica da Expressão Gênica , Conformação Proteica em alfa-Hélice , Domínios e Motivos de Interação entre Proteínas , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Células Sf9 , Transdução de Sinais , Spodoptera , CoesinasRESUMO
The cohesin ring, which is composed of the Smc1, Smc3, and Scc1 subunits, topologically embraces two sister chromatids from S phase until anaphase to ensure their precise segregation to the daughter cells. The opening of the ring is required for its loading on the chromosomes and unloading by the action of Wpl1 protein. Both loading and unloading are dependent on ATP hydrolysis by the Smc1 and Smc3 "head" domains, which engage to form two composite ATPase sites. Based on the available structures, we modeled the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Smc1/Smc3 head heterodimer and discovered that the Smc1/Smc3 interfaces at the two ATPase sites differ in the extent of protein contacts and stability after ATP hydrolysis. We identified smc1 and smc3 mutations that disrupt one of the interfaces and block the Wpl1-mediated release of cohesin from DNA. Thus, we provide structural insights into how the cohesin heads engage with each other.