Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO 80217-3364, USA.
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
Cell Rep. 2023 Oct 31;42(10):113136. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113136. Epub 2023 Sep 26.
Polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1) undergoes phase separation to form Polycomb condensates that are multi-component hubs for silencing Polycomb target genes. In this study, we demonstrate that formation and regulation of PRC1 condensates are consistent with the scaffold-client model, where the Chromobox 2 (CBX2) protein behaves as the scaffold while the other PRC1 proteins are clients. Such clients induce a re-entrant phase transition of CBX2 condensates. The composition of the multi-component PRC1 condensates (1) determines the dynamic properties of the scaffold protein; (2) selectively promotes the formation of CBX4-PRC1 condensates while dissolving condensates of CBX6-, CBX7-, and CBX8-PRC1; and (3) controls the enrichment of CBX4-, CBX7-, and CBX8-PRC1 in CBX2-PRC1 condensates and the exclusion of CBX6-PRC1 from CBX2-PRC1 condensates. Our findings uncover how multi-component PRC1 condensates are assembled via an intricate scaffold-client mechanism whereby the properties of the PRC1 condensates are sensitively regulated by its composition and stoichiometry.
多梳抑制复合物 1(PRC1)发生液-液相分离形成多梳抑制复合物浓缩物,是沉默多梳抑制复合物靶基因的多组分中心。在这项研究中,我们证明了 PRC1 浓缩物的形成和调节与支架-客户模型一致,其中 Chromobox 2(CBX2)蛋白作为支架,而其他 PRC1 蛋白作为客户。这些客户诱导 CBX2 浓缩物的再入相转变。多组分 PRC1 浓缩物的组成:1)决定支架蛋白的动态特性;2)选择性促进 CBX4-PRC1 浓缩物的形成,同时溶解 CBX6-PRC1、CBX7-PRC1 和 CBX8-PRC1 浓缩物;3)控制 CBX4-PRC1、CBX7-PRC1 和 CBX8-PRC1 在 CBX2-PRC1 浓缩物中的富集和 CBX6-PRC1 从 CBX2-PRC1 浓缩物中的排除。我们的发现揭示了多组分 PRC1 浓缩物如何通过复杂的支架-客户机制组装,其中 PRC1 浓缩物的性质通过其组成和化学计量比敏感地调节。