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Live-cell single-molecule tracking highlights requirements for stable Smc5/6 chromatin association in vivo

  1. Thomas J Etheridge  Is a corresponding author
  2. Desiree Villahermosa
  3. Eduard Campillo-Funollet
  4. Alex David Herbert
  5. Anja Irmisch
  6. Adam T Watson
  7. Hung Q Dang
  8. Mark A Osborne
  9. Antony W Oliver
  10. Antony M Carr
  11. Johanne M Murray  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Sussex, United Kingdom
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.68579
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  1. Thomas J Etheridge
  2. Desiree Villahermosa
  3. Eduard Campillo-Funollet
  4. Alex David Herbert
  5. Anja Irmisch
  6. Adam T Watson
  7. Hung Q Dang
  8. Mark A Osborne
  9. Antony W Oliver
  10. Antony M Carr
  11. Johanne M Murray
(2021)
Live-cell single-molecule tracking highlights requirements for stable Smc5/6 chromatin association in vivo
eLife 10:e68579.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.68579
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Abstract

The essential Smc5/6 complex is required in response to replication stress and is best known for ensuring the fidelity of homologous recombination. Using single-molecule tracking in live fission yeast to investigate Smc5/6 chromatin association, we show that Smc5/6 is chromatin associated in unchallenged cells and this depends on the non-SMC protein Nse6. We define a minimum of two Nse6-dependent sub-pathways, one of which requires the BRCT-domain protein Brc1. Using defined mutants in genes encoding the core Smc5/6 complex subunits we show that the Nse3 double-stranded DNA binding activity and the arginine fingers of the two Smc5/6 ATPase binding sites are critical for chromatin association. Interestingly, disrupting the ssDNA binding activity at the hinge region does not prevent chromatin association but leads to elevated levels of gross chromosomal rearrangements during replication restart. This is consistent with a downstream function for ssDNA binding in regulating homologous recombination.

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Single molecule traces exported from GDSC SMLM plugin and used for analysis in SpotOn software are available via the Open Science Framework (osf.io/myxtr).

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  1. Thomas J Etheridge

    Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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  2. Desiree Villahermosa

    Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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  3. Eduard Campillo-Funollet

    Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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  4. Alex David Herbert

    Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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  5. Anja Irmisch

    Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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  6. Adam T Watson

    Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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  7. Hung Q Dang

    Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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  8. Mark A Osborne

    Department of Chemistry, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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  9. Antony W Oliver

    Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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  10. Antony M Carr

    Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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  11. Johanne M Murray

    Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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Funding

Wellcome Trust (110047/Z/15/Z)

  • Antony M Carr

Medical Research Council (MR/P018955/1)

  • Antony W Oliver
  • Johanne M Murray

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2021, Etheridge et al.

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  1. Thomas J Etheridge
  2. Desiree Villahermosa
  3. Eduard Campillo-Funollet
  4. Alex David Herbert
  5. Anja Irmisch
  6. Adam T Watson
  7. Hung Q Dang
  8. Mark A Osborne
  9. Antony W Oliver
  10. Antony M Carr
  11. Johanne M Murray
(2021)
Live-cell single-molecule tracking highlights requirements for stable Smc5/6 chromatin association in vivo
eLife 10:e68579.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.68579

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