1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Structural basis for recognition and remodeling of the TBP:DNA:NC2 complex by Mot1

  1. Agata Butryn
  2. Jan M Schuller
  3. Gabriele Stoehr
  4. Petra Runge-Wollmann
  5. Friedrich Förster
  6. David T Auble
  7. Karl-Peter Hopfner  Is a corresponding author
  1. Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
  2. Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany
  3. University of Virginia Health System, United States
  4. Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07432
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  1. Agata Butryn
  2. Jan M Schuller
  3. Gabriele Stoehr
  4. Petra Runge-Wollmann
  5. Friedrich Förster
  6. David T Auble
  7. Karl-Peter Hopfner
(2015)
Structural basis for recognition and remodeling of the TBP:DNA:NC2 complex by Mot1
eLife 4:e07432.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07432
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Abstract

Swi2/Snf2 ATPases remodel substrates such as nucleosomes and transcription complexes to control a wide range of DNA associated processes, but detailed structural information on the ATP-dependent remodeling reactions is largely absent. The single subunit remodeler Mot1 dissociates TATA box-binding protein (TBP):DNA complexes, offering a useful system to address the structural mechanisms of Swi2/Snf2 ATPases. Here we report the crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of Mot1 in complex with TBP, DNA, and the transcription regulator NC2. Our data show that Mot1 reduces DNA:NC2 interactions and unbends DNA as compared to the TBP:DNA:NC2 state, suggesting that Mot1 primes TBP:NC2 displacement in an ATP-independent manner. Electron microscopy and cross-linking data suggest that the Swi2/Snf2 domain of Mot1 associates with the upstream DNA and the histone fold of NC2, thereby revealing parallels to some nucleosome remodelers. This study provides a structural framework for how a Swi2/Snf2 ATPase interacts with its substrate DNA:protein complex.

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  1. Agata Butryn

    Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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  2. Jan M Schuller

    Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany
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  3. Gabriele Stoehr

    Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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  4. Petra Runge-Wollmann

    Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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  5. Friedrich Förster

    Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany
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  6. David T Auble

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, United States
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  7. Karl-Peter Hopfner

    Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany
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  1. Agata Butryn
  2. Jan M Schuller
  3. Gabriele Stoehr
  4. Petra Runge-Wollmann
  5. Friedrich Förster
  6. David T Auble
  7. Karl-Peter Hopfner
(2015)
Structural basis for recognition and remodeling of the TBP:DNA:NC2 complex by Mot1
eLife 4:e07432.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07432

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    Crystal structure of the full Swi2/Snf2 remodeler Mot1 in the resting state

    Agata Butryn, Stephan Woike ... Karl-Peter Hopfner
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    Swi2/Snf2 ATPases remodel protein:DNA complexes in all of the fundamental chromosome-associated processes. The single-subunit remodeler Mot1 dissociates TATA box-binding protein (TBP):DNA complexes and provides a simple model for obtaining structural insights into the action of Swi2/Snf2 ATPases. Previously we reported how the N-terminal domain of Mot1 binds TBP, NC2 and DNA, but the location of the C-terminal ATPase domain remained unclear (Butryn et al., 2015). Here, we report the crystal structure of the near full-length Mot1 from Chaetomium thermophilum. Our data show that Mot1 adopts a ring like structure with a catalytically inactive resting state of the ATPase. Biochemical analysis suggests that TBP binding switches Mot1 into an ATP hydrolysis-competent conformation. Combined with our previous results, these data significantly improve the structural model for the complete Mot1:TBP:DNA complex and suggest a general mechanism for Mot1 action.