C. elegans condensin promotes mitotic chromosome architecture, centromere organization, and sister chromatid segregation during mitosis and meiosis

Genes & Development
Kirsten A HagstromBarbara J Meyer

Abstract

Chromosome segregation and X-chromosome gene regulation in Caenorhabditis elegans share the component MIX-1, a mitotic protein that also represses X-linked genes during dosage compensation. MIX-1 achieves its dual roles through interactions with different protein partners. To repress gene expression, MIX-1 acts in an X-chromosome complex that resembles the mitotic condensin complex yet lacks chromosome segregation function. Here we show that MIX-1 interacts with a mitotic condensin subunit, SMC-4, to achieve chromosome segregation. The SMC-4/MIX-1 complex positively supercoils DNA in vitro and is required for mitotic chromosome structure and segregation in vivo. Thus, C. elegans has two condensin complexes, one conserved for mitosis and another specialized for gene regulation. SMC-4 and MIX-1 colocalize with centromere proteins on condensed mitotic chromosomes and are required for the restricted orientation of centromeres toward spindle poles. This cell cycle-dependent localization requires AIR-2/AuroraB kinase. Depletion of SMC-4/MIX-1 causes aberrant mitotic chromosome structure and segregation, but not dramatic decondensation at metaphase. Moreover, SMC-4/MIX-1 depletion disrupts sister chromatid segregation during meiosis I...Continue Reading

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