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SMC complexes differentially compact mitotic chromosomes according to genomic context

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Schalbetter, Stephanie Andrea; Belton, Jon-Matthew; Miles, Catrina; Yu, Miao; Dekker, Job; Baxter, Jonathan; Goloborodko, Anton; Fudenberg, Geoffrey; Mirny, Leonid A; ... Show more Show less
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Abstract
Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) protein complexes are key determinants of chromosome conformation. Using Hi-C and polymer modelling, we study how cohesin and condensin, two deeply conserved SMC complexes, organize chromosomes in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The canonical role of cohesin is to co-align sister chromatids, while condensin generally compacts mitotic chromosomes. We find strikingly different roles for the two complexes in budding yeast mitosis. First, cohesin is responsible for compacting mitotic chromosome arms, independently of sister chromatid cohesion. Polymer simulations demonstrate that this role can be fully accounted for through cis-looping of chromatin. Second, condensin is generally dispensable for compaction along chromosome arms. Instead, it plays a targeted role compacting the rDNA proximal regions and promoting resolution of peri-centromeric regions. Our results argue that the conserved mechanism of SMC complexes is to form chromatin loops and that distinct SMC-dependent looping activities are selectively deployed to appropriately compact chromosomes.
Date issued
2017-08
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114831
Department
Institute for Medical Engineering and Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Journal
Nature Cell Biology
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Citation
Schalbetter, Stephanie Andrea et al “SMC Complexes Differentially Compact Mitotic Chromosomes According to Genomic Context.” Nature Cell Biology 19, 9 (August 2017): 1071–1080 © 2017 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature
Version: Author's final manuscript
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1465-7392
1476-4679

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