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ATP binding facilitates target search of SWR1 chromatin remodeler by promoting one‑dimensional diffusion on DNA

  1. Claudia C Carcamo
  2. Matthew F Poyton
  3. Anand Ranjan
  4. Giho Park
  5. Robert K Louder
  6. Xinyu A Feng
  7. Jee Min Kim
  8. Thuc Dzu
  9. Carl Wu  Is a corresponding author
  10. Taekjip Ha  Is a corresponding author
  1. Johns Hopkins University, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77352
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  1. Claudia C Carcamo
  2. Matthew F Poyton
  3. Anand Ranjan
  4. Giho Park
  5. Robert K Louder
  6. Xinyu A Feng
  7. Jee Min Kim
  8. Thuc Dzu
  9. Carl Wu
  10. Taekjip Ha
(2022)
ATP binding facilitates target search of SWR1 chromatin remodeler by promoting one‑dimensional diffusion on DNA
eLife 11:e77352.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77352
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Abstract

One-dimensional (1D) target search is a well-characterized phenomenon for many DNA binding proteins but is poorly understood for chromatin remodelers. Herein, we characterize the 1D scanning properties of SWR1, a conserved yeast chromatin remodeler that performs histone exchange on +1 nucleosomes adjacent to a nucleosome-depleted region (NDR) at gene promoters. We demonstrate that SWR1 has a kinetic binding preference for DNA of NDR length as opposed to gene-body linker length DNA. Using single and dual color single-particle tracking on DNA stretched with optical tweezers, we directly observe SWR1 diffusion on DNA. We found that various factors impact SWR1 scanning, including ATP which promotes diffusion through nucleotide binding rather than ATP hydrolysis. A DNA binding subunit, Swc2, plays an important role in the overall diffusive behavior of the complex, as the subunit in isolation retains similar, although faster, scanning properties as the whole remodeler. ATP-bound SWR1 slides until it encounters a protein roadblock, of which we tested dCas9 and nucleosomes. The median diffusion coefficient, 0.024 μm2/sec, in the regime of helical sliding, would mediate rapid encounter of NDR-flanking nucleosomes at length scales found in cellular chromatin.

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Raw data has been uploaded to Dryad in the form of a Matlab structured arrays. All Matlab codes used to generate the main figures are publicly available athttps://github.com/ccarcam1/SWR1_1D_Diffusion_Publication

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  1. Claudia C Carcamo

    Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  2. Matthew F Poyton

    Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  3. Anand Ranjan

    Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  4. Giho Park

    Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  5. Robert K Louder

    Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  6. Xinyu A Feng

    Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  7. Jee Min Kim

    Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  8. Thuc Dzu

    Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  9. Carl Wu

    Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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  10. Taekjip Ha

    Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (S10 OD025221)

  • Taekjip Ha

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

  • Taekjip Ha

National Institutes of Health (R35 GM122569)

  • Taekjip Ha

National Institutes of Health (R01 GM125831)

  • Carl Wu

National Science Foundation (DGE-1746891)

  • Claudia C Carcamo

National Institutes of Health (T32 GM007445)

  • Claudia C Carcamo

National Institutes of Health (F32 GM128299)

  • Matthew F Poyton

National Institutes of Health (F32 GM133151)

  • Robert K Louder

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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© 2022, Carcamo et al.

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  1. Claudia C Carcamo
  2. Matthew F Poyton
  3. Anand Ranjan
  4. Giho Park
  5. Robert K Louder
  6. Xinyu A Feng
  7. Jee Min Kim
  8. Thuc Dzu
  9. Carl Wu
  10. Taekjip Ha
(2022)
ATP binding facilitates target search of SWR1 chromatin remodeler by promoting one‑dimensional diffusion on DNA
eLife 11:e77352.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77352

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