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Sister chromatid cohesion is mediated by individual cohesin complexes

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Eukaryotic genomes are organized by loop extrusion and sister chromatid cohesion, both mediated by the multimeric cohesin protein complex. Understanding how cohesin holds sister DNAs together, and how loss of cohesion causes age-related infertility in females, requires knowledge as to cohesin's stoichiometry in vivo. Using quantitative super-resolution imaging, we identified two discrete populations of chromatin-bound cohesin in postreplicative human cells. Whereas most complexes appear dimeric, cohesin that localized to sites of sister chromatid cohesion and associated with sororin was exclusively monomeric. The monomeric stoichiometry of sororin:cohesin complexes demonstrates that sister chromatid cohesion is conferred by individual cohesin rings, a key prediction of the proposal that cohesion arises from the co-entrapment of sister DNAs.
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10.1126/science.adl4606

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University of Oxford
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MSD
Department:
Biochemistry
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University of Oxford
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Biochemistry
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University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
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Biochemistry
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Biochemistry
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Author
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0000-0002-8530-5123


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https://ror.org/029chgv08
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107935/Z/15/Z
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https://ror.org/054225q67
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26747


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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Volume:
383
Issue:
6687
Pages:
1122-1130
Place of publication:
United States
Publication date:
2024-03-07
Acceptance date:
2024-01-26
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EISSN:
1095-9203
ISSN:
0036-8075
Pmid:
38452070


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1804747
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pubs:1804747
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2025-12-05
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