SWR1-hexasome complexSWR1-hexasome complex

Structural highlights

8qyv is a 15 chain structure with sequence from Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C and Synthetic construct. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:Electron Microscopy, Resolution 3.5Å
Ligands:, , ,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

H2A1_YEAST Core component of nucleosome which plays a central role in DNA double strand break (DSB) repair. Nucleosomes wrap and compact DNA into chromatin, limiting DNA accessibility to the cellular machineries which require DNA as a template. Histones thereby play a central role in transcription regulation, DNA repair, DNA replication and chromosomal stability. DNA accessibility is regulated via a complex set of post-translational modifications of histones, also called histone code, and nucleosome remodeling.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

The yeast SWR1 complex catalyzes the exchange of histone H2A/H2B dimers in nucleosomes with Htz1/H2B dimers. We use cryoelectron microscopy to determine the structure of an enzyme-bound hexasome intermediate in the reaction pathway of histone exchange, in which an H2A/H2B dimer has been extracted from a nucleosome prior to the insertion of a dimer comprising Htz1/H2B. The structure reveals a key role for the Swc5 subunit in stabilizing the unwrapping of DNA from the histone core of the hexasome. By engineering a crosslink between an Htz1/H2B dimer and its chaperone protein Chz1, we show that this blocks histone exchange by SWR1 but allows the incoming chaperone-dimer complex to insert into the hexasome. We use this reagent to trap an SWR1/hexasome complex with an incoming Htz1/H2B dimer that shows how the reaction progresses to the next step. Taken together the structures reveal insights into the mechanism of histone exchange by SWR1 complex.

Stabilization of the hexasome intermediate during histone exchange by yeast SWR1 complex.,Jalal ASB, Girvan P, Chua EYD, Liu L, Wang S, McCormack EA, Skehan MT, Knight CL, Rueda DS, Wigley DB Mol Cell. 2024 Aug 28:S1097-2765(24)00669-5. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.08.015. PMID:39226902[5]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

References

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  2. Shroff R, Arbel-Eden A, Pilch D, Ira G, Bonner WM, Petrini JH, Haber JE, Lichten M. Distribution and dynamics of chromatin modification induced by a defined DNA double-strand break. Curr Biol. 2004 Oct 5;14(19):1703-11. PMID:15458641 doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.047
  3. Unal E, Arbel-Eden A, Sattler U, Shroff R, Lichten M, Haber JE, Koshland D. DNA damage response pathway uses histone modification to assemble a double-strand break-specific cohesin domain. Mol Cell. 2004 Dec 22;16(6):991-1002. PMID:15610741 doi:S1097276504007191
  4. Keogh MC, Kim JA, Downey M, Fillingham J, Chowdhury D, Harrison JC, Onishi M, Datta N, Galicia S, Emili A, Lieberman J, Shen X, Buratowski S, Haber JE, Durocher D, Greenblatt JF, Krogan NJ. A phosphatase complex that dephosphorylates gammaH2AX regulates DNA damage checkpoint recovery. Nature. 2006 Jan 26;439(7075):497-501. Epub 2005 Nov 20. PMID:16299494 doi:nature04384
  5. Jalal ASB, Girvan P, Chua EYD, Liu L, Wang S, McCormack EA, Skehan MT, Knight CL, Rueda DS, Wigley DB. Stabilization of the hexasome intermediate during histone exchange by yeast SWR1 complex. Mol Cell. 2024 Aug 28:S1097-2765(24)00669-5. PMID:39226902 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2024.08.015

8qyv, resolution 3.50Å

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