Structural basis for Scc3-dependent cohesin recruitment to chromatin

  1. Yan Li
  2. Kyle Muir  Is a corresponding author
  3. Matthew W Bowler
  4. Jutta Metz
  5. Christian H Haering
  6. Daniel Panne  Is a corresponding author
  1. European Molecular Biology Laboratory, France
  2. European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany

Abstract

The cohesin ring complex is required for numerous chromosomal transactions, including sister chromatid cohesion, DNA damage repair and transcriptional regulation. How cohesin engages its chromatin substrate has remained an unresolved question. We show here, by determining a crystal structure of the budding yeast cohesin HEAT-repeat subunit Scc3 bound to a fragment of the Scc1 kleisin subunit and DNA, that Scc3 and Scc1 together form a composite DNA interaction module. The Scc3-Scc1 subcomplex engages double-strand DNA through a conserved, positively charged surface. We demonstrate that this conserved domain is required for DNA binding by Scc3-Scc1 in vitro, as well as for the enrichment of cohesin on chromosomes and for cell viability. These findings suggest that the Scc3-Scc1 DNA-binding interface plays a central role in the recruitment of cohesin complexes to chromosomes and therefore for cohesin to faithfully execute its functions during cell division.

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  1. Yan Li

    European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble, France
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  2. Kyle Muir

    European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble, France
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  3. Matthew W Bowler

    European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble, France
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  4. Jutta Metz

    Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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  5. Christian H Haering

    Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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  6. Daniel Panne

    European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble, France
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European Molecular Biology Labratory

  • Yan Li
  • Kyle Muir
  • Matthew W Bowler
  • Jutta Metz
  • Christian H Haering
  • Daniel Panne

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© 2018, Li et al.

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  1. Yan Li
  2. Kyle Muir
  3. Matthew W Bowler
  4. Jutta Metz
  5. Christian H Haering
  6. Daniel Panne
(2018)
Structural basis for Scc3-dependent cohesin recruitment to chromatin
eLife 7:e38356.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.38356

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