Molecular architecture of SMC proteins and the yeast cohesin complex.

Sister chromatids are held together by the multisubunit cohesin complex, which contains two SMC (Smc1 and Smc3) and two non-SMC (Scc1 and Scc3) proteins. The crystal structure of a bacterial SMC "hinge" region along with EM studies and biochemical experiments on yeast Smc1 and Smc3 proteins show that SMC protamers ...
fold up individually into rod-shaped molecules. A 45 nm long intramolecular coiled coil separates the hinge region from the ATPase-containing "head" domain. Smc1 and Smc3 bind to each other via heterotypic interactions between their hinges to form a V-shaped heterodimer. The two heads of the V-shaped dimer are connected by different ends of the cleavable Scc1 subunit. Cohesin therefore forms a large proteinaceous loop within which sister chromatids might be entrapped after DNA replication.
Mesh Terms:
Adenosine Triphosphatases, Bacterial Proteins, Cell Cycle Proteins, Chromatids, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone, DNA Replication, Dimerization, Eukaryotic Cells, Fungal Proteins, Macromolecular Substances, Models, Biological, Models, Molecular, Nuclear Proteins, Phosphoproteins, Prokaryotic Cells, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Protein Interaction Mapping, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Protein Subunits, Proteochondroitin Sulfates, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Structure-Activity Relationship, Thermotoga maritima, X-Ray Diffraction
Mol. Cell
Date: Apr. 01, 2002
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