Project description:Histone variant H2A.Z is found at promoters and regulates transcription. The ATP-dependent chromatin remodeler SRCAP complex (SRCAP-C) promotes the replacement of canonical histone H2A-H2B dimer with H2A.Z-H2B dimer. Here, we determined structures of human SRCAP-C bound to H2A-containing nucleosome at near-atomic resolution. The SRCAP subunit integrates a 6-subunit actin-related protein (ARP) module and an ATPase-containing motor module. The ATPase-associated ARP module encircles half of the nucleosome along the DNA and may restrain net DNA translocation, a unique feature of SRCAP-C. The motor module adopts distinct nucleosome-binding modes in the apo (nucleotide-free), ADP-bound, and ADP-BeFx-bound states, suggesting that ATPase-driven movement destabilizes H2A-H2B by unwrapping the entry DNA and pulls H2A-H2B out of nucleosome through the ZNHIT1 subunit. Structure-guided chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) sequencing analysis confirmed the requirement of H2A-contacting ZNHIT1 in maintaining H2A.Z occupancy on the genome. Our study provides structural insights into the mechanism of H2A-H2A.Z exchange mediated by SRCAP-C.
Project description:Genome wide gene expression profiling of RKO cells with combination treatments of non-target siRNA or SRCAP siRNA and PBS or 1uM 5-Aza-CdR treatment. The sample treated with non target siRNA and PBS serves as control sample. Total RNA obtained from isolated RKO cells.
Project description:Genome wide gene expression profiling of RKO cells with combination treatments of non-target siRNA or SRCAP siRNA and PBS or 1uM 5-Aza-CdR treatment. The sample treated with non target siRNA and PBS serves as control sample.
Project description:Genome wide DNA methylation profiling of RKO cells with combination treatments of non-target siRNA or SRCAP siRNA and PBS or 1uM 5-Aza-CdR treatment. The Illumina Infinium 27k Human DNA methylation Beadchip v1.2 was used to obtain DNA methylation profiles across 27,578 CpGs in treated RKO cells. Samples included cells under 4 different treatments. The sample treated with non target siRNA and PBS serves as control sample. Bisulphite converted DNA from the 4 samples were hybridised to the Illumina Infinium 27k Human Methylation Beadchip v1.2
Project description:Genome wide DNA methylation profiling of RKO cells with combination treatments of non-target siRNA or SRCAP siRNA and PBS or 1uM 5-Aza-CdR treatment. The Illumina Infinium 27k Human DNA methylation Beadchip v1.2 was used to obtain DNA methylation profiles across 27,578 CpGs in treated RKO cells. Samples included cells under 4 different treatments. The sample treated with non target siRNA and PBS serves as control sample.
Project description:We previously demonstrated that SRCAP regulates the self-renewal of ESCs and modulates lymphoid lineage commitment. We further validated that SRCAP was mainly distributed in liver, spleen and intestine by Northern blot. SRCAP was also highly expressed in Lgr5+ ISCs. We then sought to explore the physiological role of SRCAP in the regulation of self-renewal maintenance of ISCs.We identified that Srcap deficiency impairs the self-renewal of ISCs and intestinal epithelial regeneration. Through SRCAP ChIP-sequencing, we sough to identify the key gene regulated by SRCAP in ISC self-renewal.
Project description:The site-specific chromatin incorporation of eukaryotic histone variant H2A.Z is driven by the multi-component chromatin remodeling complex SWR1/SRCAP/ p400. The budding yeast SWR1 complex replaces the H2A-H2B dimer in the canonical nucleosome with the H2A.Z-H2B dimer, but the mechanism governing the directionality of H2A-to-H2A.Z exchange remains elusive. Here, we use single-molecule force spectroscopy to dissect the disassembly/ reassembly of H2A-nucleosome and H2A.Z-nucleosome. We find that the N-terminal 1-135 residues of yeast SWR1-complex-protein-2 (previously termed Swc2-Z) facilitate the disassembly of nucleosomes containing H2A but not H2A.Z. The Swc2-mediated nucleosome disassembly/reassembly requires the inherently unstable H2A-nucleosome, whose instability is conferred by three H2A α2-helix residues Gly47, Pro49 and Ile63 as they selectively weaken the structural rigidity of H2A-H2B dimer. It also requires Swc2-ZN (residues 1-37) that directly anchors to H2A-nucleosome and functions in the SWR1-catalyzed H2A.Z replacement in vitro and yeast H2A.Z deposition in vivo. Our findings providecrucial insights into how SWR1 complex discriminates between the H2A-nucleosome and H2A.Z-nucleosome, establishing a simple paradigm for the governace of unidirectional H2A.Z exchange.
Project description:Modular SCF (SKP1-CUL1-Fbox) ubiquitin E3 ligases orchestrate multiple cellular pathways in eukaryotes. Their variable SKP1-Fbox substrate receptor (SR) modules enable regulated substrate recruitment and subsequent proteasomal degradation. CAND proteins are essential for the efficient and timely exchange of SRs. To gain structural understanding of the underlying molecular mechanism, we reconstituted a CAND1-driven exchange reaction of substrate-bound SCF alongside its co-E3 ligase DCNL1 and visualised it by cryo-EM. We describe high-resolution structural intermediates including a ternary CAND1-SCF complex, as well as conformational and compositional intermediates representing SR- or CAND1-dissociation. We describe in molecular detail how CAND1-induced conformational changes in CUL1/RBX1 provide an optimised DCNL1 binding site and reveal an unexpected dual role for DCNL1 in CAND1-SCF dynamics. Moreover, a partially dissociated CAND1-SCF conformation accommodates cullin neddylation, leading to CAND1 displacement. Our structural findings, together with functional biochemical assays help formulate a detailed model for CAND-SCF regulation.