title: CTCF Recruits Centromeric Protein CENP-E to the Pericentromeric/Centromeric Regions of Chromosomes through Unusual CTCF-Binding Sites.
abstract: The role of CTCF in stabilizing long-range interactions between chromatin sites essential for maintaining nuclear architecture is well established. Most of these interactions involve recruitment of the cohesin complex to chromatin via CTCF. We find that CTCF also interacts with the centromeric protein CENP-E both in vitro and in vivo. We identified CTCF sites in pericentric/centromeric DNA and found that, early in mitosis, CTCF binds and recruits CENP-E to these sites. Unlike most known CTCF genomic sites, the CTCF-binding sites in the pericentric/centromeric regions interact strongly with the C-terminal fingers of CTCF. Overexpression of a small CENP-E fragment, targeted to these CTCF sites, results in a delay in alignment of some chromosomes during mitosis, suggesting that the recruitment of CENP-E by CTCF is physiologically important. We conclude that CTCF helps recruit CENP-E to the centromere during mitosis and that it may do so through a structure stabilized by the CTCF/CENP-E complex.
authors: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-0540, USA.
authors: Tiaojiang
authors: T
authors: Xiao
authors: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-0540, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
authors: Patompon
authors: P
authors: Wongtrakoongate
authors: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-0540, USA.
authors: Cecelia
authors: C
authors: Trainor
authors: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-0540, USA. Electronic address: gary.felsenfeld@nih.gov.
authors: Gary
authors: G
authors: Felsenfeld
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D000076246:CCCTC-Binding Factor; D002503:Centromere / Q000378:metabolism*; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000378:metabolism*; D002877:Chromosomes, Human / Q000378:metabolism; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D020014:K562 Cells; D008938:Mitosis; D011485:Protein Binding; D054730:Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs; D055550:Protein Stability; D021381:Protein Transport; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000076246:CCCTC-Binding Factor; C000619697:CTCF protein, human; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C068688:centromere protein E