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The cohesin ring uses its hinge to organize DNA using non-topological as well as topological mechanisms

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posted on 2023-06-09, 13:23 authored by Madhusudhan Srinivasan, Johanna C Scheinost, Naomi J Petela, Thomas G Gligoris, Maria Wissler, Sugako Ogushi, James E Collier, Menelaos Voulgaris, Alexander Kurze, Kok-Lung ChanKok-Lung Chan, Bin Hu, Vincenzo Constanzo, Kim A Nasmyth
As predicted by the notion that sister chromatid cohesion is mediated by entrapment of sister DNAs inside cohesin rings, there is perfect correlation between co-entrapment of circular minichromosomes and sister chromatid cohesion. In most cells where cohesin loads without conferring cohesion, it does so by entrapment of individual DNAs. However, cohesin with a hinge domain whose positively charged lumen is neutralized loads and moves along chromatin despite failing to entrap DNAs. Thus, cohesin engages chromatin in non-topological, as well as topological, manners. Since hinge mutations, but not Smc-kleisin fusions, abolish entrapment, DNAs may enter cohesin rings through hinge opening. Mutation of three highly conserved lysine residues inside the Smc1 moiety of Smc1/3 hinges abolishes all loading without affecting cohesin’s recruitment to CEN loading sites or its ability to hydrolyze ATP. We suggest that loading and translocation are mediated by conformational changes in cohesin’s hinge driven by cycles of ATP hydrolysis.

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  • Published

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Journal

Cell

ISSN

1097-4172

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

6

Volume

173

Page range

1508-1519

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  • Sussex Centre for Genome Damage Stability Publications

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  • Genome Damage and Stability Centre Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-05-23

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-05-23

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-05-23

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