Kite Proteins: a Superfamily of SMC/Kleisin Partners Conserved Across Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryotes
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Structure |
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| web | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969212615004128 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2015.10.004 |
| Field | Biochemistry |
| Keywords | SMC structural maintenance of chromosomes; Cohesin; Condensin; Smc5/6; MukBEF; MksBEF; MAGE; Smc/ScpAB; kleisin; chromosome segregation; cohesion; condensation; replication; winged helix domains; kite proteins |
| Description | SMC/kleisin complexes form elongated annular structures, which are critical for chromosome segregation, genome maintenance, and the regulation of gene expression. We describe marked structural similarities between bacterial and eukaryotic SMC/kleisin partner proteins (designated here as "kite'' proteins for kleisin interacting tandem winged-helix (WH) elements of SMC complexes). Kite proteins are integral parts of all prokaryotic SMC complexes and Smc5/6 but not cohesin and condensin. They are made up of tandem WH domains, form homo-or heterodimers via their amino-terminal WH domain, and they associate with the central part of a kleisin subunit. In placental mammals, the kite subunit NSE3 gave rise to several (>60) kite-related proteins, named MAGE, many of which encode tumor-and testis-specific antigens. Based on architectural rather than sequence similarity, we propose an adapted model for the evolution of the SMC protein complexes and discuss potential functional similarities between bacterial Smc/ScpAB and eukaryotic Smc5/6. |
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