title: ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling by the Cockayne syndrome B DNA repair-transcription-coupling factor.
abstract: The Cockayne syndrome B protein (CSB) is required for coupling DNA excision repair to transcription in a process known as transcription-coupled repair (TCR). Cockayne syndrome patients show UV sensitivity and severe neurodevelopmental abnormalities. CSB is a DNA-dependent ATPase of the SWI2/SNF2 family. SWI2/SNF2-like proteins are implicated in chromatin remodeling during transcription. Since chromatin structure also affects DNA repair efficiency, chromatin remodeling activities within repair are expected. Here we used purified recombinant CSB protein to investigate whether it can remodel chromatin in vitro. We show that binding of CSB to DNA results in an alteration of the DNA double-helix conformation. In addition, we find that CSB is able to remodel chromatin structure at the expense of ATP hydrolysis. Specifically, CSB can alter DNase I accessibility to reconstituted mononucleosome cores and disarrange an array of nucleosomes regularly spaced on plasmid DNA. In addition, we show that CSB interacts not only with double-stranded DNA but also directly with core histones. Finally, intact histone tails play an important role in CSB remodeling. CSB is the first repair protein found to play a direct role in modulating nucleosome structure. The relevance of this finding to the interplay between transcription and repair is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Medical Genetic Center, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Center for Biomedical Genetics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Citterio
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Van Den Boom
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schnitzler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kanaar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bonte
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Kingston
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Hoeijmakers
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vermeulen
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002457:Cell Extracts; D002843:Chromatin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003057:Cockayne Syndrome / Q000235:genetics; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004260:DNA Repair; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes; D004278:DNA, Superhelical / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I / Q000378:metabolism; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006657:Histones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009707:Nucleosomes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000075223:Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002457:Cell Extracts; D002843:Chromatin; D004278:DNA, Superhelical; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006657:Histones; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009707:Nucleosomes; D000075223:Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C499336:SMARCA1 protein, human; C084011:SMARCA2 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I; D014357:Trypsin; C084108:SMARCA4 protein, human; D004265:DNA Helicases; C078673:ERCC6 protein, human; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes