Condensin-driven loop extrusion on supercoiled DNA
Eugene Kim (Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - BN/Cees Dekker Lab)
Alejandro Martin Gonzalez (TU Delft - BN/Cees Dekker Lab, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft)
Biswajit Pradhan (Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - BN/Cees Dekker Lab)
Jaco van der Torre (Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - BN/Cees Dekker Lab)
Cees Dekker (Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - BN/Cees Dekker Lab)
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Abstract
Condensin, a structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complex, has been shown to be a molecular motor protein that organizes chromosomes by extruding loops of DNA. In cells, such loop extrusion is challenged by many potential conflicts, for example, the torsional stresses that are generated by other DNA-processing enzymes. It has so far remained unclear how DNA supercoiling affects loop extrusion. Here, we use time-lapse single-molecule imaging to study condensin-driven DNA loop extrusion on supercoiled DNA. We find that condensin binding and DNA looping are stimulated by positively supercoiled DNA, and condensin preferentially binds near the tips of supercoiled plectonemes. Upon loop extrusion, condensin collects nearby plectonemes into a single supercoiled loop that is highly stable. Atomic force microscopy imaging shows that condensin generates supercoils in the presence of ATP. Our findings provide insight into the topology-regulated loading and formation of supercoiled loops by SMC complexes and clarify the interplay of loop extrusion and supercoiling.