UCL Discovery
UCL home » Library Services » Electronic resources » UCL Discovery

Establishment of dsDNA-dsDNA interactions by the condensin complex

Tang, Minzhe; Pobegalov, Georgii; Tanizawa, Hideki; Chen, Zhuo A; Rappsilber, Juri; Molodtsov, Maxim; Noma, Ken-ichi; (2023) Establishment of dsDNA-dsDNA interactions by the condensin complex. Molecular Cell 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.09.019. Green open access

[thumbnail of Tang_et_al_2023.pdf]
Preview
Text
Tang_et_al_2023.pdf - Other

Download (5MB) | Preview

Abstract

Condensin is a structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complex family member thought to build mitotic chromosomes by DNA loop extrusion. However, condensin variants unable to extrude loops, yet proficient in chromosome formation, were recently described. Here, we explore how condensin might alternatively build chromosomes. Using bulk biochemical and single-molecule experiments with purified fission yeast condensin, we observe that individual condensins sequentially and topologically entrap two double-stranded DNAs (dsDNAs). Condensin loading transitions through a state requiring DNA bending, as proposed for the related cohesin complex. While cohesin then favors the capture of a second single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), second dsDNA capture emerges as a defining feature of condensin. We provide complementary in vivo evidence for DNA-DNA capture in the form of condensin-dependent chromatin contacts within, as well as between, chromosomes. Our results support a “diffusion capture” model in which condensin acts in mitotic chromosome formation by sequential dsDNA-dsDNA capture.

Type: Article
Title: Establishment of dsDNA-dsDNA interactions by the condensin complex
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.09.019
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2023.09.019
Language: English
Additional information: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. 1 This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Chromosome formation, mitosis, SMC complexes, condensin, cohesin, biochemical reconstitution, single-molecule microscopy, ChIA-PET, S. pombe
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10179202
Downloads since deposit
7Downloads
Download activity - last month
Download activity - last 12 months
Downloads by country - last 12 months

Archive Staff Only

View Item View Item