title: Sfh1p, a component of a novel chromatin-remodeling complex, is required for cell cycle progression.
abstract: Several eukaryotic multiprotein complexes, including the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Snf/Swi complex, remodel chromatin for transcription. In contrast to the Snf/Swi proteins, Sfh1p, a new Snf5p paralog, is essential for viability. The evolutionarily conserved domain of Sfh1p is sufficient for normal function, and Sfh1p interacts functionally and physically with an essential Snf2p paralog in a novel nucleosome-restructuring complex called RSC (for remodels the structure of chromatin). A temperature-sensitive sfh1 allele arrests cells in the G2/M phase of the cell cycle, and the Sfh1 protein is specifically phosphorylated in the G1 phase. Together, these results demonstrate a link between chromatin remodeling and progression through the cell division cycle, providing genetic clues to possible targets for RSC function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Morse Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, State University of New York, Brooklyn 11203, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Cairns
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Kornberg
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Laurent
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism*; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004265:DNA Helicases; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009707:Nucleosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D010641:Phenotype; D010766:Phosphorylation; D000071796:SMARCB1 Protein; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002843:Chromatin; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009707:Nucleosomes; C084011:SMARCA2 protein, human; D000071796:SMARCB1 Protein; C513266:SMARCB1 protein, human; C066190:SNF5 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C106163:Sfh1 protein, S cerevisiae; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C084108:SMARCA4 protein, human; C499333:SNF2 protein, S cerevisiae; C077392:STH1 protein, S cerevisiae; D004265:DNA Helicases