X-chromosome target specificity diverged between dosage compensation mechanisms of two closely related Caenorhabditis species

被引:4
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作者
Yang, Qiming [1 ,2 ]
Lo, Te-Wen [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Brejc, Katjusa [1 ,2 ]
Schartner, Caitlin [1 ,2 ,4 ]
Ralston, Edward J. [1 ,2 ]
Lapidus, Denise M. [1 ,2 ]
Meyer, Barbara J. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Howard Hughes Med Inst, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Mol & Cell Biol, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[3] Ithaca Coll, Dept Biol, Ithaca, CA USA
[4] Roche Diagnost, Santa Clara, CA USA
来源
ELIFE | 2023年 / 12卷
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
C; briggsae; X-chromosome dosage compensation; dna-binding motifs; molecular evolution; sex determination; condensin; elegans; Other; SEX DETERMINATION; DNA-BINDING; EYELESS GENE; DROSOPHILA; COMPLEX; PROTEIN; STERILITY; DIFFERENTIATION; SEGREGATION; REGULATORS;
D O I
10.7554/eLife.85413
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
An evolutionary perspective enhances our understanding of biological mechanisms. Comparison of sex determination and X-chromosome dosage compensation mechanisms between the closely related nematode species Caenorhabditis briggsae (Cbr) and Caenorhabditis elegans (Cel) revealed that the genetic regulatory hierarchy controlling both processes is conserved, but the X-chromosome target specificity and mode of binding for the specialized condensin dosage compensation complex (DCC) controlling X expression have diverged. We identified two motifs within Cbr DCC recruitment sites that are highly enriched on X: 13 bp MEX and 30 bp MEX II. Mutating either MEX or MEX II in an endogenous recruitment site with multiple copies of one or both motifs reduced binding, but only removing all motifs eliminated binding in vivo. Hence, DCC binding to Cbr recruitment sites appears additive. In contrast, DCC binding to Cel recruitment sites is synergistic: mutating even one motif in vivo eliminated binding. Although all X-chromosome motifs share the sequence CAGGG, they have otherwise diverged so that a motif from one species cannot function in the other. Functional divergence was demonstrated in vivo and in vitro. A single nucleotide position in Cbr MEX can determine whether Cel DCC binds. This rapid divergence of DCC target specificity could have been an important factor in establishing reproductive isolation between nematode species and contrasts dramatically with the conservation of target specificity for X-chromosome dosage compensation across Drosophila species and for transcription factors controlling developmental processes such as body-plan specification from fruit flies to mice.
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