title: Cell cycle-dependent nucleosome occupancy at cohesin binding sites in yeast chromosomes.
abstract: In the budding yeast, cohesin is loaded onto the chromosome during the late G1 phase, establishes sister chromatid cohesion concomitant with DNA replication, and dissociates by the telophase. Here, using oligonucleotide tiling arrays, we show that, at the anaphase, nearly all of the cohesin binding sites contain nucleosome-free regions. The majority of these sites remain nucleosome-free throughout the cell cycle, consistent with the suggestion of a DNA-binding anchoring protein present at these sites, although such a region could also serve as part of a marker for the binding of cohesin in the next cell cycle. However, a third of these sites are remodeled in the G1 phase, being reoccupied by nucleosomes by the G1/S boundary, though their subsequent removal in the S phase appears to be independent of DNA replication. Whether this difference is a result of other functions of cohesin or of the chromatin remains to be elucidated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, P.O. Box 800736, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Czajkowsky
authors.forename: Shoudan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Zhifeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shao
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002453:Cell Cycle; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000378:metabolism*; D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism*; D004261:DNA Replication; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009707:Nucleosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000097722:Cohesins
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009707:Nucleosomes; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000097722:Cohesins