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ArticleeLife2019

Communication between distinct subunit interfaces of the cohesin complex promotes its topological entrapment of DNA.

Vincent Guacci, Fiona Chatterjee, Brett Robison, Douglas E Koshland

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Article in eLife, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Altered Cohesin Dynamics During Cellular Differentiation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vincent GuacciDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0281-713X
Fiona ChatterjeeDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
Brett RobisonDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
Douglas E KoshlandDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3742-6294
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · US

Funding

Elucidating chromosome structure and function through the lens of SMC complexes and R-loopsR35GM118189 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI KOSHLAND, DOUGLAS E · 2016 to 2025
$7.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118189NIH HHS 1R35 GM-118189-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cohesin mediates higher order chromosome structure. Its biological activities require topological entrapment of DNA within a lumen(s) formed by cohesin subunits. The reversible dissociation of cohesin's Smc3p and Mcd1p subunits is postulated to form a regulated gate that allows DNA entry and exit into the lumen. We assessed gate-independent functions of this interface in yeast using a fusion protein that joins Smc3p to Mcd1p. We show that in vivo all the regulators of cohesin promote DNA binding of cohesin by mechanisms independent of opening this gate. Furthermore, we show that this interface has a gate-independent activity essential for cohesin to bind chromosomes. We propose that this interface regulates DNA entrapment by controlling the opening and closing of one or more distal interfaces formed by cohesin subunits, likely by inducing a conformation change in cohesin. Furthermore, cohesin regulators modulate the interface to control both DNA entrapment and cohesin functions after DNA binding.

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AcetylationCell Cycle ProteinsChromatidsChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneCohesinsDNA, FungalMultiprotein ComplexesMutationProtein DomainsProtein SubunitsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneCohesinsDNA, FungalMultiprotein ComplexesProtein SubunitsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinschromosomescohesincohesionDNA bindinggene expressiongeneticsgenomicsMcd1Scc1S. cerevisiaeSmc3

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PMID31162048
PMCPMC6579514
OpenAlexW2917557071

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