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Author(s):  
Simone Mazzaferro ◽  
Sara T. Whiteman ◽  
Constanza Alcaino ◽  
Arthur Beyder ◽  
Steven M. Sine


Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4763 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-562
Author(s):  
SEBASTIAN SALATA ◽  
ARSALAN KHALILI-MOGHADAM ◽  
LECH BOROWIEC

Here we define the Camponotus samius complex, a distinct subunit within the compressus-sylvaticus group, and revise the species known from the Turano-Balkan region (the Balkans, Middle East, Anatolia, Caucasus, Iran and W Turkestan). We confirm the presence of six species of the complex from the Turano-Balkan region, and we provide diagnoses and a key. Additionally, based on new material from the Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province of Iran, we describe Camponotus bakhtiariensis sp. nov.—a new member of the samius complex. 



eLife ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Mühleip ◽  
Sarah E McComas ◽  
Alexey Amunts

The mitochondrial ATP synthase fuels eukaryotic cells with chemical energy. Here we report the cryo-EM structure of a divergent ATP synthase dimer from mitochondria of Euglena gracilis, a member of the phylum Euglenozoa that also includes human parasites. It features 29 different subunits, 8 of which are newly identified. The membrane region was determined to 2.8 Å resolution, enabling the identification of 37 associated lipids, including 25 cardiolipins, which provides insight into protein-lipid interactions and their functional roles. The rotor-stator interface comprises four membrane-embedded horizontal helices, including a distinct subunit a. The dimer interface is formed entirely by phylum-specific components, and a peripherally associated subcomplex contributes to the membrane curvature. The central and peripheral stalks directly interact with each other. Last, the ATPase inhibitory factor 1 (IF1) binds in a mode that is different from human, but conserved in Trypanosomatids.



eLife ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Guacci ◽  
Fiona Chatterjee ◽  
Brett Robison ◽  
Douglas E Koshland

Cohesin mediates higher order chromosome structure. Its biological activities require topological entrapment of DNA within a lumen(s) formed by cohesin subunits. The reversible dissociation of cohesin’s Smc3p and Mcd1p subunits is postulated to form a regulated gate that allows DNA entry and exit into the lumen. We assessed gate-independent functions of this interface in yeast using a fusion protein that joins Smc3p to Mcd1p. We show that in vivo all the regulators of cohesin promote DNA binding of cohesin by mechanisms independent of opening this gate. Furthermore, we show that this interface has a gate-independent activity essential for cohesin to bind chromosomes. We propose that this interface regulates DNA entrapment by controlling the opening and closing of one or more distal interfaces formed by cohesin subunits, likely by inducing a conformation change in cohesin. Furthermore, cohesin regulators modulate the interface to control both DNA entrapment and cohesin functions after DNA binding.



2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Guacci ◽  
Fiona Chatterjee ◽  
Brett Robison ◽  
Douglas E Koshland


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Guacci ◽  
Fiona Chatterjee ◽  
Brett Robison ◽  
Douglas Koshland

ABSTRACTCohesin mediates higher-order chromosome structure. Its biological activities require topological entrapment of DNA within a lumen(s) formed by cohesin subunits. The reversible dissociation of cohesin’s Smc3p and Mcd1p subunits are postulated to form a regulated gate that allows DNA entry and exit into the lumen. We assessed gate-independent functions of this interface in yeast using a fusion protein that joins Smc3p to Mcd1p. We show that in vivo all the regulators of cohesin promote DNA binding of cohesion by mechanisms independent of opening this gate. Furthermore, we show that this interface has a gate-independent activity essential for cohesin to bind chromosomes. We propose this interface regulates DNA entrapment by controlling the opening and closing of one or more distal interfaces formed by cohesin subunits, likely by inducing a conformation change in cohesin. Furthermore, cohesin regulators modulate the interface to control both DNA entrapment and cohesin functions after DNA binding.



Cell Reports ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 531-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Straub ◽  
Yoav Noam ◽  
Toshihiro Nomura ◽  
Miwako Yamasaki ◽  
Dan Yan ◽  
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