title: Condensin and Hmo1 Mediate a Starvation-Induced Transcriptional Position Effect within the Ribosomal DNA Array.
abstract: Repetitive DNA arrays are important structural features of eukaryotic genomes that are often heterochromatinized to suppress repeat instability. It is unclear, however, whether all repeats within an array are equally subject to heterochromatin formation and gene silencing. Here, we show that in starving Saccharomyces cerevisiae, silencing of reporter genes within the ribosomal DNA (rDNA) array is less pronounced in outer repeats compared with inner repeats. This position effect is linked to the starvation-induced contraction of the nucleolus. We show that the chromatin regulators condensin and Hmo1 redistribute within the rDNA upon starvation; that Hmo1, like condensin, is required for nucleolar contraction; and that the position effect partially depends on both proteins. Starvation-induced nucleolar contraction and differential desilencing of the outer rDNA repeats may provide a mechanism to activate rDNA-encoded RNAPII transcription units without causing general rDNA instability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Danni
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Andres
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mansisidor
authors.affiliation: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
authors.forename: Gayathri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA. Electronic address: andi@nyu.edu.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hochwagen
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002466:Cell Nucleolus / Q000378:metabolism; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D006609:High Mobility Group Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C103154:HMO1 protein, S cerevisiae; D006609:High Mobility Group Proteins; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C108312:condensin complexes; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases
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