The ZMM protein Zip4 directly couples meiotic crossover formation to synaptonemal complex assembly
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Project description:Meiotic crossover recombination is triggered by the formation of programmed double strand breaks (DSBs) catalyzed by the conserved Spo11 protein. Only a subset of these DSBs are repaired as crossovers, promoted by a group of eight evolutionarily conserved proteins, named ZMM. The synaptonemal complex (SC) that assembles between homologous chromosomes is composed of two axial elements, from which chromatin loops emanate, held together by a central region, composed of the central element and a transverse filament protein. In budding yeast, crossover formation is functionally linked to the formation of the SC, but the underlying mechanism is unknown. Here we found that the SC central element protein, Ecm11, mainly localizes on both DSB sites and sites that attach chromatin loops to the chromosome axis, in a way that strictly requires the ZMM protein Zip4. We further show that Zip4 directly interacts with Ecm11 and that point mutants that specifically abolish the Zip4-Ecm11 interaction loose Ecm11 binding to chromosomes and exhibit defective SC assembly. Interestingly, SC assembly can be partially rescued by artificially tethering interaction-defective Ecm11 to Zip4. This direct connection that ensures SC assembly from CO sites could be a way for the meiotic cell to shut down further DSB formation once enough recombination sites have been selected for crossovers, thereby preventing excess crossovers. Finally, we found that the mammalian ortholog of Zip4, TEX11, interacts with the SC central element TEX12, raising the possibility that this may be a general mechanism.
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Project description:Meiotic recombination is triggered by programmed double-strand breaks (DSBs), a subset of these being repaired as crossovers, promoted by eight evolutionarily conserved proteins, named ZMM. Crossover formation is functionally linked to synaptonemal complex (SC) assembly between homologous chromosomes, but the underlying mechanism is unknown. Here we show that Ecm11, a SC central element protein, localizes on both DSB sites and sites that attach chromatin loops to the chromosome axis, which are the starting points of SC formation, in a way that strictly requires the ZMM protein Zip4. Furthermore, Zip4 directly interacts with Ecm11, and point mutants that specifically abolish this interaction lose Ecm11 binding to chromosomes and exhibit defective SC assembly. This can be partially rescued by artificially tethering interaction-defective Ecm11 to Zip4. Mechanistically, this direct connection ensuring SC assembly from CO sites could be a way for the meiotic cell to shut down further DSB formation once enough recombination sites have been selected for crossovers, thereby preventing excess crossovers. Finally, the mammalian ortholog of Zip4, TEX11, also interacts with the SC central element TEX12, suggesting a general mechanism.
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Project description:Several protein ensembles facilitate meiotic crossover recombination and the associated process of synaptonemal complex (SC) assembly during meiosis. We have employed proximity labeling as a phenotyping tool to investigate functional requirements for spatial relationships between meiotic recombination and SC proteins in S. cerevisiae, and to gain deeper insight into the molecular deficits of crossover-deficient meiotic mutants. We find that recombination initiation and synaptonemal complex structures are dispensable for proximity labeling of the Zip3 E3 ligase by components of the ZZS ensemble (Zip2, Zip4 and Spo16) but enzymes associated with early steps in recombination are required for Zip3 proximity labeling by MutSg, consistent with the possibility that MutSg joins Zip3 only after a specific recombination intermediate has been generated. Proximity labeling furthermore suggests that a key defect of crossover-defective, SC-proficient zip1 separation-of-function mutants is a failure to assemble an early recombination ensemble where MutSg can properly engage Zip3. We also find that the SC structural protein Ecm11 is proximity labeled by ZZS proteins in a Zip4-dependent and Zip1-independent manner, but by Zip3 and Msh4 at least in part via a distinct pathway that relies on Zip1. Finally, streptavidin pulldown followed by mass spectrometry on eleven proximity labeling strains uncovered shared proximity targets of SC and crossover-associated proteins, some of which have not yet been implicated in meiotic recombination or SC formation highlighting the potential of proximity labeling as a discovery tool.
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