期刊
BIOMOLECULES
卷 12, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom12040524
关键词
archaea; Sulfolobus; nucleoid-associated protein; DNA binding; atomic force microscopy; chromatin structure
资金
- Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) [1526418N, G021118]
In archaeal microorganisms, the compaction and organization of the chromosome into a dynamic but condensed structure is mediated by diverse chromatin-organizing proteins. The crenarchaeal model species Sulfolobus acidocaldarius appears to rely on small basic DNA-binding proteins for chromosome organization, rather than eukaryotic-type histones. This study investigated the DNA-binding properties of Sul12a, a small basic protein conserved in Sulfolobales species, and found that it interacts with DNA in a non-sequence specific manner and induces structural effects on the DNA template. These findings suggest that Sul12a is a novel chromatin-organizing protein.
In archaeal microorganisms, the compaction and organization of the chromosome into a dynamic but condensed structure is mediated by diverse chromatin-organizing proteins in a lineage-specific manner. While many archaea employ eukaryotic-type histones for nucleoid organization, this is not the case for the crenarchaeal model species Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and related species in Sulfolobales, in which the organization appears to be mostly reliant on the action of small basic DNA-binding proteins. There is still a lack of a full understanding of the involved proteins and their functioning. Here, a combination of in vitro and in vivo methodologies is used to study the DNA-binding properties of Sul12a, an uncharacterized small basic protein conserved in several Sulfolobales species displaying a winged helix-turn-helix structural motif and annotated as a transcription factor. Genome-wide chromatin immunoprecipitation and target-specific electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrate that Sul12a of S. acidocaldarius interacts with DNA in a non-sequence specific manner, while atomic force microscopy imaging of Sul12a-DNA complexes indicate that the protein induces structural effects on the DNA template. Based on these results, and a contrario to its initial annotation, it can be concluded that Sul12a is a novel chromatin-organizing protein.
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