Distinguishing between recruitment and spread of silent chromatin structures in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  1. Molly Brothers
  2. Jasper Rine  Is a corresponding author
  1. Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, United States
5 figures, 1 table and 9 additional files

Figures

Figure 1 with 3 supplements
The Sir3–M.EcoGII fusion protein strongly and specifically methylated HML and HMR.

(A) Sir3–M.EcoGII is a fusion protein that nonspecifically methylates adenines in regions that Sir3 binds. (B) RT-qPCR of HMLα2 and HMRa1 mRNA, normalized to ACT1 mRNA, in strains expressing no …

Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Sir3–M.EcoGII strongly and specifically methylated HML and HMR.

Biological replicates of DIP-seq of no EcoGII (top row, JRY09316), sir3∆::M.ECOGII (middle row, JRY12838), and SIR3-M.ECOGII (bottom row, JRY13027).

Figure 1—figure supplement 2
Sir3–M. EcoGII strongly and specifically methylated HML and HMR.

(A) Aggregate results from long-read Nanopore sequencing of sir3∆::M.ECOGII (black line, JRY12838, same as Figure 1D), SIR3-M.ECOGII (blue line, JRY13027, same as Figure 1D), and a biological …

Figure 1—figure supplement 3
Sir3–M.EcoGII preferentially methylated linker regions.

(A) Aggregate methylation signal by Nanopore sequencing (purple line) of SIR3-M.ECOGII (JRY13027) plotted against nucleosome occupancy (gray line, Chereji et al., 2018) over a 3 kb window at HML

Figure 2 with 2 supplements
Nucleosome binding was required for spread, but not recruitment, of Sir3 to regions of heterochromatin.

(A) Schematic of Sir3 protein domains. (B) Protein immunoblotting in strains expressing Sir3 (no tag, JRY11699), Sir3-3xV5 (JRY12601), and sir3-bah∆–3xV5 (JRY13621). Top row are 3xV5-tagged Sir3 …

Figure 2—figure supplement 1
DIP-seq of SIR3-M.ECOGII (top row, JRY13027), sir3∆::M.ECOGII (middle row, JRY13030), and sir3-bah∆-M.ECOGII (bottom row, JRY13438).

Input results are plotted but not visible due to the strong DIP-seq signals. (A) Shown are 10 kb regions centered at HML (left) and HMR (right). (B) Shown are 10 kb regions at two representative …

Figure 2—figure supplement 2
Methylation by Sir3–M.EcoGII and sir3-bah∆-M.EcoGII at all 32 telomeres.

Aggregate methylation results from long-read Nanopore sequencing of the same strains as Figure 2D. Shown are 15 kb windows of each telomere. Plots are as described in Figure 1D. Highlighted in …

Figure 3 with 2 supplements
Sir3 expression level was not limiting for its spread from recruitment sites.

(A) RT-qPCR of SIR3 and M.ECOGII mRNA normalized to ACT1 mRNA in SIR3-M.ECOGII strains carrying an empty multicopy 2μ vector (JRY13670, JRY13671) and strains carrying a multicopy 2μ SIR3-M.ECOGII

Figure 3—source data 1

Uncropped Protein Immunoblot of Sir3-M.EcoGII overexpression strains.

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Figure 3—figure supplement 1
Binding of Sir3–M.EcoGII measured by ChIP-seq upon overexpression of SIR3-M.ECOGII.

ChIP-seq of two biological replicates of Sir3–M.EcoGII strains carrying an empty 2μ plasmid (top two rows of each panel, JRY13670 and JRY13671) and two biological replicates of Sir3–M.EcoGII strains …

Figure 3—figure supplement 2
Methylation upon overexpression of SIR3-M.ECOGII at all 32 telomeres.

Aggregate methylation results from long-read Nanopore sequencing of the same strains as Figure 3B. Shown are 15 kb windows of each telomere. Plots are as described in Figure 1D. Highlighted in …

Figure 4 with 2 supplements
Repression of HML and HMR preceded heterochromatin maturation.

(A) Schematic of temperature-shift time course with sir3-8-M.ECOGII. (B) Protein immunoblotting in a strain expressing sir3-8-3xV5 (JRY13467) constitutively at 25°C (first lane), constitutively at …

Figure 4—figure supplement 1
DIP-seq of sir3-8-M.ECOGII (JRY13114).

Shown are 10 kb regions centered at HML (left) and HMR (right). Cells were grown constitutively at either 25 or 37°C. Input results are plotted but not visible due to the strong DIP-seq signals.

Figure 4—figure supplement 2
Nanopore sequencing over temperature switch time course (biological replicate).

Aggregate methylation results at HML (top) and HMR (bottom) from long-read Nanopore sequencing of a strain expressing sir3-8-M.ECOGII (JRY13114) grown constitutively at 25°C (dotted gray line) and …

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Tables

Key resources table
Reagent type (species) or resourceDesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional information
Strain, strain background (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)VariousThis paperNCBITaxon:4932W303 Background; see Supplementary file 1
AntibodyAnti-V5 (mouse monoclonal)Thermo Fisher ScientificCat # R960-25(5 µl for ChIP, 1:5000 for Western)
AntibodyAnti-Hexokinase (rabbit polyclonal)RocklandCat # 100-4159(1:20,000)
AntibodyAnti-m6A (rabbit polyclonal)Synaptic SystemsCat # 202-003300 ng per 1 μg IP DNA
AntibodyAnti-Pgk1 (mouse monoclonal)InvitrogenCat # 459,250(1:40,000)
AntibodyAnti-Sir3 (rabbit polyclonal)N. Dhillon &
R. Kamakaka
(10 μl for ChIP, 1:1000 for Western)
Recombinant DNA reagentSIR2-M.ECOGIIThis paperFusion of SIR2 and bacterial adenine methyltransferase M.ECOGII
Recombinant DNA reagentSIR3-M.ECOGIIThis paperFusion of SIR3 and bacterial adenine methyltransferase M.ECOGII
Recombinant DNA reagentSIR4-M.ECOGIIThis paperFusion of SIR4 and bacterial adenine methyltransferase M.ECOGII
Recombinant DNA reagentYEp24doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1119(79)90004-0Empty 2 μm overexpression plasmid; see Supplementary file 2
Recombinant DNA reagentpMB34This paperM.ECOGII inserted into pFA6a-natMX6; see Supplementary file 2
Recombinant DNA reagentpMB54This paperSIR3-M.ECOGII inserted into YEp24; see Supplementary file 2
Recombinant DNA reagentpFA6a-natMX6doi:10.1002/yea.1291natMX6 marker integration cassette; see Supplementary file 2
Sequence-based reagentVarious oligonucleotidesThis paperqPCR and cloning
primers
See Supplementary file 3
Commercial assay or kitNEBNext Ultra II Library Prep Kit for IlluminaNew England BiolabsCat # E7645
Commercial assay or kitNEBNext Multiplex Oligos for IlluminaNew England BiolabsCat # E7335/E7500
Commercial assay or kitQubit dsDNA HSInvitrogenCat # Q32854
Commercial assay or kitQiaquick PCR Purification KitQiagenCat # 28,104
Commercial assay or kitAccel-NGS 1S Plus DNA Library KitSwift BiosciencesCat # 10,024
Commercial assay or kitSwift Single Indexing Primers Set ASwift BiosciencesCat # X6024
Commercial assay or kitYeaStar Genomic DNA KitGenesee ScientificCat # 11-323
Commercial assay or kitCovaris g-TUBECovarisCat # 520,079
Commercial assay or kitNEB Oxford Nanopore CompanionNew England BiolabsCat # E7180S
Commercial assay or kitNEBNext Quick Ligation Reaction Master MixNew England BiolabsCat # B6058
Commercial assay or kitNEB Blunt/TA Ligase Master MixNew England BiolabsCat # M0367
Commercial assay or kitOxford Ligation Sequencing KitOxford Nanopore
Technologies
Cat # SQK-LSK109
Commercial assay or kitOxford Native Barcoding Expansion 1–12Oxford Nanopore
Technologies
Cat # EXP-NBD104
Commercial assay or kitQiagen RNeasy kitQiagenCat # 74,104
Commercial assay or kitSuperScript III First-Strand Synthesis SystemInvitrogenCat # 18080051
Commercial assay or kitDyNAmo HS SYBR Green kitThermo FisherCat # F410L
Commercial assay or kitRNase-free DNase setQiagenCat # 79,254
Software, algorithmSAMtoolsdoi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btp352
Software, algorithmBowtie2doi:10.1038/nmeth.1923
Software, algorithmIGVdoi:10.1093/bib/bbs017
Software, algorithmGuppy BasecallerOxford Nanopore Technologies
Software, algorithmMegalodonOxford Nanopore Technologieshttps://github.com/nanoporetech/megalodon
Software, algorithmAll-context rerio modelOxford Nanopore Technologiesres_dna_r941_
min_modbases-all-context_v001.cfg
For Megalodon
modified base-calling; https://github.com/nanoporetech/rerio
Peptide, recombinant proteinProtein A DynabeadsThermo FisherCat # 10,002D
Peptide, recombinant proteinProteinase KNew England
Biolabs
Cat # P8107S
Peptide, recombinant proteinRNase AThermo FisherCat # EN0531

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Supplementary file 1

Strains used in this study.

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Supplementary file 2

Plasmids used in this study.

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Supplementary file 3

Oligonucleotides used in this study.

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Extract nanopore read IDs corresponding to each barcode from sequencing summary file.

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