1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Architecture of the chromatin remodeler RSC and insights into its nucleosome engagement

  1. Avinash B Patel  Is a corresponding author
  2. Camille M Moore
  3. Basil J Greber
  4. Jie Luo
  5. Stefan A Zukin
  6. Jeff Ranish
  7. Eva Nogales  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, Berkeley, United States
  2. The Institute for Systems Biology, United States
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54449
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  1. Avinash B Patel
  2. Camille M Moore
  3. Basil J Greber
  4. Jie Luo
  5. Stefan A Zukin
  6. Jeff Ranish
  7. Eva Nogales
(2019)
Architecture of the chromatin remodeler RSC and insights into its nucleosome engagement
eLife 8:e54449.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54449
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Abstract

Eukaryotic DNA is packaged into nucleosome arrays, which are repositioned by chromatin remodeling complexes to control DNA accessibility. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae RSC (Remodeling the Structure of Chromatin) complex, a member of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler family, plays critical roles in genome maintenance, transcription, and DNA repair. Here we report cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and crosslinking mass spectrometry (CLMS) studies of yeast RSC complex and show that RSC is composed of a rigid tripartite core and two flexible lobes. The core structure is scaffolded by an asymmetric Rsc8 dimer and built with the evolutionarily conserved subunits Sfh1, Rsc6, Rsc9 and Sth1. The flexible ATPase lobe, composed of helicase subunit Sth1, Arp7, Arp9 and Rtt102, is anchored to this core by the N-terminus of Sth1. Our cryo-EM analysis of RSC bound to a nucleosome core particle shows that in addition to the expected nucleosome-Sth1 interactions, RSC engages histones and nucleosomal DNA through one arm of the core structure, composed of the Rsc8 SWIRM domains, Sfh1 and Npl6. Our findings provide structural insights into the conserved assembly process for all members of the SWI/SNF family of remodelers, and illustrate how RSC selects, engages, and remodels nucleosomes.

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The cryo-EM maps and coordinate models have been deposited in the Electron Microscopy Data Bank with the accession codes EMD-21107 (RSC core), EMD-21105 (head lobe multibody), EMD-21103 (body lobe multibody), EMD-21098 (arm lobe multibody), EMD-21106 (head lobe classified), EMD-21102 (body lobe classified), EMD-21104 (arm lobe classified), EMD-21114 (RSC-NCP locked) and EMD-21110 (RSC-NCP swiveled) and in the Protein Data Bank with the accession codes PDB-6V8O (RSC core) and PDB-6V92 (RSC-NCP).

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  1. Avinash B Patel

    Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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  2. Camille M Moore

    Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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  3. Basil J Greber

    California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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  4. Jie Luo

    The Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, United States
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  5. Stefan A Zukin

    Chemistry Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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  6. Jeff Ranish

    The Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, United States
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  7. Eva Nogales

    Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bio-Imaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
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    enogales@lbl.gov
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National Institutes of Health (U24GM129547)

  • Eva Nogales

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01-GM63072)

  • Eva Nogales

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35-GM127018)

  • Eva Nogales

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01- GM110064)

  • Jeff Ranish

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01-HL133678)

  • Jeff Ranish

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

  • Eva Nogales

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  1. Avinash B Patel
  2. Camille M Moore
  3. Basil J Greber
  4. Jie Luo
  5. Stefan A Zukin
  6. Jeff Ranish
  7. Eva Nogales
(2019)
Architecture of the chromatin remodeler RSC and insights into its nucleosome engagement
eLife 8:e54449.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54449

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