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ArticleNature communications2026

A role for condensin-mediator interaction in mitotic chromosome organization.

Osamu Iwasaki, Sanki Tashiro, Claire Yik-Lok Chung, Tomomi Hayashi, Hideki Tanizawa, Xuebing Wang, Shinya Ohta, Yuko Fujioka, Joseph Han, Gabrielle Tabor and 4 more

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Osamu IwasakiInstitute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1205-6963
Sanki TashiroInstitute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-8321-2864
Claire Yik-Lok ChungInstitute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9947-7591
Tomomi HayashiInstitute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-1256-8257
Hideki TanizawaInstitute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2573-2473
Xuebing WangInstitute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID 0009-0008-4490-1587
Shinya OhtaInstitute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2424-1741
Yuko FujiokaInstitute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6905-0669
Joseph HanDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Gabrielle TaborInstitute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-1108-867X
Mikihiro KawagoeInstitute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Ronen MarmorsteinDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4373-4752
Nobuo N NodaInstitute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6940-8069
Ken-Ichi NomaInstitute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA. noma@uoregon.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5187-6788

Funding

Condensin connects 3D genome organization, chromosomal segregation, andgene regulation via its interactions with transcription-related factors.R01GM124195 · NIGMS · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI NOMA, KENICHI · 2017 to 2020
$1.8M
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP25K02249Takeda Science FoundationU.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R01GM124195U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institute on Aging) P01AG AG031862
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Abstract

Condensin organizes eukaryotic genomes into three-dimensional (3D) chromosome architectures that support accurate chromosome segregation during mitosis. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this organization remain unclear. Here, we identify a previously unrecognized interaction between the condensin subunit Cnd1 and the mediator subunit Pmc4 in fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe. We characterize a condensin mutation, cnd1-K658E, which disrupts this interaction and observe that it impairs the formation of condensin-mediated chromatin domains during mitosis, resulting in chromosome segregation defects. This condensin-mediator interaction facilitates condensin recruitment to highly transcribed genes and mitotically activated genes, the latter of which demarcate condensin-mediated domains. Moreover, 1,6-hexanediol treatment and Pmc4 mediator depletion impair expression of mitotically activated genes, diminish condensin enrichment at those boundary genes, and disrupt domain boundaries, suggesting that mediator contributes to mitotic gene expression and chromosome architecture via phase separation. Together, these results reveal a mechanism by which mitotic gene expression patterns shape condensin-mediated chromosome architecture to ensure faithful chromosome segregation.

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Adenosine TriphosphatasesChromosomes, FungalDNA-Binding ProteinsMitosisMultiprotein ComplexesSchizosaccharomycesSchizosaccharomyces pombe ProteinsChromatinChromosome SegregationMutationAdenosine TriphosphatasesChromatincondensin complexesDNA-Binding ProteinsMultiprotein ComplexesSchizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins

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