A role for condensin-mediator interaction in mitotic chromosomal organization [Hi-C]
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ABSTRACT: Eukaryotic genomes are organized into layers of chromatin domains, such as topologically associating domains (TADs) and A/B compartments. TADs (i.e., cohesin-mediated chromatin domains) are restricted by CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) and convergent genes in higher eukaryotes and fission yeast, respectively. However, molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of condensin-mediated chromatin domains remain largely unclear. Here, we investigate the role of newly identified interaction between the Cnd1 condensin and Pmc4 mediator subunits. We develop a condensin mutation, cnd1-K658E, that impairs the condensin-mediator interaction and find that this mutation diminishes condensin-mediated domains and causes defects in chromosomal segregation. The condensin-mediator interaction is involved in recruiting condensin to highly transcribed genes and mitotically activated genes, the latter of which demarcate condensin-mediated domains. Our study also predicted that the condensin-mediator interaction and its function in chromosomal segregation are potentially conserved in human cells. This study provides a novel insight into how genome-wide gene expression is connected to the mitotic chromosomal architecture via the condensin-mediator interaction.
ORGANISM(S): Schizosaccharomyces pombe
PROVIDER: GSE270576 | GEO | 2026/01/27
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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