The Arp5-Ies6 module is essential for INO80-mediated nucleosome organization
ATP-dependent nucleosome remodelers of the INO80 family regulate chromatin by sliding, spacing and positioning nucleosomes. The INO80 remodeler is organized into structural modules that regulate its remodeling activity. Here, we investigate the role of the essential Arp5-Ies6 module towards nucleosome positioning and spacing in S. cerevisiae. We show that the Arp5-Ies6 module is critical for establishing genome-wide nucleosome organization. Deletion of IES6 reduces nucleosome spacing by 3 bp and disrupts regular nucleosome arrays across most genes. Surprisingly, deletion of IES6 is synthetic lethal with the deletion of ISW2, a remodeler from the ISWI family, indicating functional redundancy in nucleosome organization. Notably, INO80 binding directly predicts the role of Arp5-Ies6 in nucleosome organization, whereas changes in gene expression do not correlate with altered nucleosome spacing or array regularity. Together, our results highlight the essential role of the Arp5-Ies6 module in INO80-mediated chromatin organization. Overall design: MNase-Seq of S.cerevisae lacking INO80 subunit Ies6. MNase-Seq for WT samples are obtained from GSE141007. *************************************************************** The table below lists GEO accessions reused/reanalyzed for this study. ***************************************************************