Open AccessSmchd1 Targeting to the Inactive X Is Dependent on the Xist-HnrnpK-PRC1 Pathway
Author(s) -
Natasha Jansz,
Tatyana B. Nesterova,
Andrew Keniry,
Megan Iminitoff,
Peter F. Hickey,
Greta Pintacuda,
Osamu Masui,
Simon Kobelke,
Niall D. Geoghegan,
Kelsey Breslin,
Tracy A. Willson,
Kelly L. Rogers,
Graham F. Kay,
Archa H. Fox,
Haruhiko Koseki,
Neil Brockdorff,
James M. Murphy,
Marnie E. Blewitt
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cell reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.264
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 2639-1856
pISSN - 2211-1247
DOI - 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.10.044
Subject(s) - xist , x inactivation , biology , gene silencing , genetics , caenorhabditis elegans , rna , chromatin , x chromosome , gene , microbiology and biotechnology
We and others have recently reported that the SMC protein Smchd1 is a regulator of chromosome conformation. Smchd1 is critical for the structure of the inactive X chromosome and at autosomal targets such as the Hox genes. However, it is unknown how Smchd1 is recruited to these sites. Here, we report that Smchd1 localizes to the inactive X via the Xist-HnrnpK-PRC1 (polycomb repressive complex 1) pathway. Contrary to previous reports, Smchd1 does not bind Xist or other RNA molecules with any specificity. Rather, the localization of Smchd1 to the inactive X is H2AK119ub dependent. Following perturbation of this interaction, Smchd1 is destabilized, which has consequences for gene silencing genome-wide. Our work adds Smchd1 to the PRC1 silencing pathway for X chromosome inactivation.
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