The acetyltransferase Eco1 elicits cohesin dimerization during S phase

© 2020 Shi et al..

Cohesin is a DNA-associated protein complex that forms a tripartite ring controlling sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome segregation and organization, DNA replication, and gene expression. Sister chromatid cohesion is established by the protein acetyltransferase Eco1, which acetylates two conserved lysine residues on the cohesin subunit Smc3 and thereby ensures correct chromatid separation in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and other eukaryotes. However, the consequence of Eco1-catalyzed cohesin acetylation is unknown, and the exact nature of the cohesive state of chromatids remains controversial. Here, we show that self-interactions of the cohesin subunits Scc1/Rad21 and Scc3 occur in a DNA replication-coupled manner in both yeast and human cells. Using cross-linking MS-based and in vivo disulfide cross-linking analyses of purified cohesin, we show that a subpopulation of cohesin may exist as dimers. Importantly, upon temperature-sensitive and auxin-induced degron-mediated Eco1 depletion, the cohesin-cohesin interactions became significantly compromised, whereas deleting either the deacetylase Hos1 or the Eco1 antagonist Wpl1/Rad61 increased cohesin dimer levels by ∼20%. These results indicate that cohesin dimerizes in the S phase and monomerizes in mitosis, processes that are controlled by Eco1, Wpl1, and Hos1 in the sister chromatid cohesion-dissolution cycle. These findings suggest that cohesin dimerization is controlled by the cohesion cycle and support the notion that a double-ring cohesin model operates in sister chromatid cohesion.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:295

Enthalten in:

The Journal of biological chemistry - 295(2020), 22 vom: 29. Mai, Seite 7554-7565

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shi, Di [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Shuaijun [VerfasserIn]
Zuo, Mei-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jingjing [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Wenya [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Meng-Qiu [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Qinhong [VerfasserIn]
Lou, Huiqiang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acetylation
Acetyltransferase
Acetyltransferases
Cell Cycle Proteins
Cell cycle
Chromatid cohesion
Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
Cohesin
DNA replication
Dimerization
Double ring model
EC 1.14.11.-
EC 2.3.1.-
EC 3.5.1.98
ECO1 protein, S cerevisiae
Eco1
HOS1 protein, S cerevisiae
Histone Demethylases
IRR1 protein, S cerevisiae
Journal Article
MCD1 protein, S cerevisiae
Nuclear Proteins
Protein acetylation
RAD61 protein, S cerevisiae
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
Self-interaction

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Date Completed 24.12.2020

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1074/jbc.RA120.013102

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308972325