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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
Cohesin is a multisubunit complex that mediates sister-chromatid cohesion. Its Smc1 and Smc3 subunits possess ABC-like ATPases at one end of 50 nm long coiled coils. At the other ends are pseudosymmetrical hinge domains that interact to create V-shaped Smc1/Smc3 heterodimers. N- and C-terminal domains within cohesin's kleisin subunit Scc1 bind to Smc3 and Smc1 ATPase heads respectively, thereby creating a huge tripartite ring. It has been suggested that cohesin associates with chromosomes by trapping DNA within its ring. Opening of the ring due to cleavage of Scc1 by separase destroys sister-chromatid cohesion and triggers anaphase. We show that cohesin's hinges are not merely dimerization domains. They are essential for cohesin's association with chromosomes, which is blocked by artificially holding hinge domains together but not by preventing Scc1's dissociation from SMC ATPase heads. Our results suggest that entry of DNA into cohesin's ring requires transient dissociation of Smc1 and Smc3 hinge domains.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Cycle Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fungal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Subunits, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SMC3 protein, S cerevisiae, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/cohesins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/separase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/structural maintenance of...
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
127
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
523-37
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Evidence that loading of cohesin onto chromosomes involves opening of its SMC hinge.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Molecular Pathology, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't