User:Nkuldell/SAGA swap
Idea
Justification
The genetic and epigenetic requirements for gene expression will need to be considered if logic circuits and genetic programs are to be reliably written for eukaryotic cells. Since chromatin dynamics are an integral part of eukaryotic gene regulation, a better understanding of chromatin modifying complexes will be necessary if DNA sequences are to preform, i.e. express, in a predictable way. Ideally a common chromatin remodelling complex could be described that would perform seemlessly in any (or less ambitiously, several) hosts/operating system. Is there a generic complex that could plug into multiple eukaryotic hosts and properly regulate histone acetylation/deacetylation as well as nucleosome positioning over transcribed regions? As a first step in designing such a common chromatin remodeller, the SAGA subunits of S. cerevisiae can be replaced with the S. pombe homologs. Shoot, if Apple can find a way to run a MS operating system, smart yeast should make this SAGA swap possible.
Proposal Details
Standard yeast techniques can be used to replace the S. cerevisiae subunits with the homologs from S. pombe and effects on gene expression can be assessed. Specifically it should be possible to integrate a URA3 marker at a gene encoding a SAGA-subunit and then replace that marker wtih the S. pombe gene by transformation and seletion on FOA. The pombe genes would be amplified from a cDNA library, the source of which is still to be determined. Expression of each replaced subunit can be followed by Western if Abs are available or with epitope tags (less desirable), SAGA integrity can be functionally and biochemically assessed, cell-wide effects on gene expression can be followed by array, mutant phenotypes (Spt, drug sens etc...) Single gene replacements of multisubunit are often unsuccessful but activity can be restored with multiple replacements of interacting subunits (check Stan Fields STE12 and MCM1?)
Four distinct classes of genes make up the multisubunit SAGA complex in S. cerevisiae
1. The Ada proteins
- Ada1, Ada2, Ada3, Gcn5, Ada5
2. The Spt proteins
- Spt3, Spt7, Spt8, Spt20
3. The TAF proteins
- TAF5, TAF6, TAF9, TAF10, TAF12
4. The Tra1 protein
- essential gene
- target of gene specific activators
Can generic versions of these subcomplexes be described and then used to intelligently specify the chromatin packaging needed to execute a genetic program? Success would provide an existance proof for a re-usable genetic module capable of appropriately remodelling chromatin in N>1 host.
Fact tables
S. cerevisiae SAGA chemistry
summarized from TiBS 05 review File:Macintosh HD-Users-nkuldell-Desktop-SAGA swap-SAGAunveiled TiBS05.pdf
- GCN5 has HAT activity
- Ada2, Ada3 regulate GCN5
- Ada5 is = Spt20
- SAGA structural integrity depends on Ada1, Spt7, Spt20, and TAF12
- interaction with TBP requires Spt8 and Ada3
- gene specific transcriptional activators Gcn4, VP16 and Gal4 target Tra1
- histone fold pairs: TAF6 and TAF9, TAF10 and Spt7, TAF12 and Ada1
- SAGA variants such as SALSA, SLIK without Spt8 and truncation of Spt7/ of questionable functional significance
S. cerevisiae vs S. pombe SAGA subunits
Ada subunits | cerevisiae | gene size,chromosome,null p-type | pombe | gene size,chromosome,null p-type | BLAST comparison info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ada1 (aka HFI1, SUP110, SRM12, GAN1) [[1]] | 1.467 kb, Chr. XVI, viable | Nucleotide comparison identifies clone spc05247 Protein comparison identifies SPBC887.18c [[2]] |
Nucleotide comparison 0.167 kb, late log phase mRNA Protein comparison 339 aa, Chr. II, hyptothetical protein NM_001022412.1 |
Nucleotide comparison Identities = 74/114 (64%), E= 0.94 [[3]] Protein comparison Identities = 72/271 (26%), Positives = 123/271 (45%), Gaps = 26/271 (9%), E = 6.3e-15 [[4]] | |
Ada2 (aka SWI8) [[5]] | 1.305 kb, Chr. IV, viable | SPCC24B10.08c [[6]] | 1.314 kb, Chr. III, hypothetical protein NP_588011.1 | Identities = 384/645 (59%), E=1e-24 [[7]] | |
Ada3 (aka NGG1, SWI7) [[8]] | 2.109 kb, Chr. IV, viable | Nucleotide comparison identifies cosmid c16H5 [[9]] Protein comparison identifies SPBC28F2.10c [[10]] |
Nucleotide comparison Chr. II Protein comparison 551 aa, Chr. II, Spt-Ada-Gcn5-Acetyltransferase NP_595671 |
Nucleotide comparison Identities = 342/619 (55%), E= 0.001 [[11]] Protein comparison Identities = 53/153 (34%), Positives = 84/153 (54%), Gaps = 20/153 (13%), E=1.6e-28[[12]] | |
Gcn5 (aka ADA4, SWI9) [[13]] | 1.32 kb, Chr. VII, viable | SPAC1952.05 [[14]] | 1.365 kb,Chr. I, hypothetical protein NM_001020236 | Identities = 718/1103 (65%)E= 4.7e-79 [[15]] | |
Ada5 (aka SPT20) [[16]] | 1.815 kb, Chr. XV, viable | SPBC21D10.09c [[17]] | 4.833 kb, Chr. II, hypothetical protein NP_596004.1 | Identities = 270/488 (55%), E = 0.99 [[18]] |
Spt subunits | cerevisiae | gene size, chromosome, null p-type | pombe | gene size, chromosome, null p-type | BLAST comparison info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spt3 [[19]] | 1.014 kb, Chr. IV, viable | SPCC61.02 [[20]] | 0.924 kb, Chr. III, hypothetical protein NP_588193.1 | Identities = 194/297 (65%) E=1.6e-36 [[21]] | |
Spt7 (aka GIT2) [[22]] | 3.999 kb, Chr. II, viable | SPBC25H2.11c [[23]] | 2.940 kb, Chr. II , hypothetical protein NP_596356.1 | Identities = 570/979 (58%) E =4.3e-28 [[24]] | |
Spt8 [[25]] | 1.809 kb, Chr. XII, viable | SPBC14C8.17c [[26]] | 1.581 kb, Chr. II, hypothetical protein NP_595920.1 | Identities = 135/230 (58%) E= 0.053 [[27]] | |
Spt20 (aka Ada5) [[28]] | same as Ada5 | SPBC21D10.09c [[29]] | 4.833 kb, Chr. II, hypothetical protein NP_596004.1 | Identities = 270/488 (55%), E = 0.99 [[30]] |
TAF subunits | cerevisiae | gene size, chromosome, null p-type | pombe | gene size, chromosome, null p-type | BLAST comparison info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TAF5 (aka TAF90) [[31]] | 2.397 kb, Chr. II, inviable | spTAF72 | |||
TAF6 (aka TAF60) [[32]] | 1.551 kb, Chr. VII, inviable | spTAF50 (akaSPCC16C.18c) | inviable | 39% identical File:Macintosh HD-Users-nkuldell-Desktop-ScSpTAFs NAR02.pdf | |
TAF9 (aka TAF17) [[33]] | 0.474 kb, Chr. XIII, inviable | ||||
TAF10 (aka TAF23, TAF25) [[34]] | 0.621 kb, Chr. IV, inviable | ||||
TAF12 (aka TAF61, TAF68) [[35]] | 1.620 kb, Chr. IV, inviable | Nucleotide comparison identifies cosmid clone 1465-1759 [[36]] Protein comparison identifies SPAC15A10.02 |
Nucleotide comparison Chr. III Protein comparison 450 aa, Chr. I, hypothetical protein NM_001019712.1 |
Nucleotide comparison Identities = 187/313 (59%) E = 1 [[37]] Protein comparison Identities = 76/209 (36%), Positives = 117/209 (56%), Gaps = 11/209 (5%), E= 2.2e-37 [[38]] |
Tra1 subunit | cerevisiae | gene size, chromosome, null p-type | pombe | gene size, chromosome, null p-type | BLAST comparison info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tra1 [[39]] | 11.235 kb, Chr. VIII, inviable | hypotheical protein SPBP16F5.03c [[40]] | Chr. II | GeneDB [[41]] |
S. cerevisiae vs human SAGA subunits
1. structures
- EM of human TFTC in File:Macintosh HD-Users-nkuldell-Desktop-TFTCvsSAGA Sci99.pdf
- EM of ySAGA in File:Macintosh HD-Users-nkuldell-Desktop-SAGA swap-SAGAstruct MolCell05.pdf
2. common subunits
subunit | cerevisiae | gene size, chromosome, null p-type | human | gene size, chromosome, null p-type | BLAST comparison info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spt7 | [[42]] | 3.999 kb, Chr. II, viable | |||
TAF6 (aka TAF60) | [[43]] | 1.551 kb, Chr. VII, inviable | hTAF80 |
3. human specific
TFTC-subunits(from Wu in Mol Cell 04)
- PAF65-beta
- Taf2
- Taf4
TBP Comparisons
subunit | cerevisiae | pombe | human | other |
---|---|---|---|---|
TBP | aka SPT15,BTFI [[44]] |