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XB-ART-58834
J Cell Biol 2022 Mar 07;2213:. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202109016.
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A loop extrusion-independent mechanism contributes to condensin I-mediated chromosome shaping.

Kinoshita K , Tsubota Y , Tane S , Aizawa Y , Sakata R , Takeuchi K , Shintomi K , Nishiyama T , Hirano T .


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Condensin I is a five-subunit protein complex that is central to mitotic chromosome assembly in eukaryotic cells. Despite recent progress, its molecular mechanisms of action remain to be fully elucidated. By using Xenopus egg extracts as a functional assay, we find that condensin I complexes harboring mutations in its kleisin subunit CAP-H produce chromosomes with confined axes in the presence of topoisomerase IIα (topo IIα) and highly compact structures (termed "beans") with condensin-positive central cores in its absence. The bean phenotype depends on the SMC ATPase cycle and can be reversed by subsequent addition of topo IIα. The HEAT repeat subunit CAP-D2, but not CAP-G, is essential for the bean formation. Notably, loop extrusion activities of the mutant complexes cannot explain the chromosomal defects they exhibit in Xenopus egg extracts, implying that a loop extrusion-independent mechanism contributes to condensin I-mediated chromosome assembly and shaping. We provide evidence that condensin-condensin interactions underlie these processes.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
GO keywords: mitotic cell cycle [+]

References [+] :
Alipour, Self-organization of domain structures by DNA-loop-extruding enzymes. 2012, Pubmed