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ArticleMolecular cell2025

Structure of the transcriptional co-activator SAGA complex, including the histone acetyltransferase module.

Rayees U H Mattoo, Dong-Hua Chen, David A Bushnell, Sagi Tamir, Roger D Kornberg

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Article in Molecular cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Rayees U H MattooDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: rmattoo@stanford.edu.
Dong-Hua ChenDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
David A BushnellDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Sagi TamirDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Roger D KornbergDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: kornberg@stanford.edu.

Funding

STRUCTURE OF RNA POLYMERASE IIR01GM049985 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI PUGLISI, JOSEPH D · 1993 to 2020
$10.2M
Facilitating large scale biomass generation: acquisition of an automated 100 L feS10RR028096 · NCRR · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI KORNBERG, ROGER D · 2010 to 2010
$324k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR028096NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM049985
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Spt-Ada-Gcn5 acetyltransferase (SAGA) complex, a 1.8 MDa multi-subunit assembly comprising 19 subunits, is required for RNA polymerase II transcription in eukaryotes. The complex consists of four modules: transcription-associated protein 1 (Tra1), core, deubiquitination (DUB), and histone acetyltransferase (HAT). Although the structures of the Tra1, core, and DUB modules have been determined, the overall architecture of the HAT module remained elusive due to its inherent flexibility. To address this, we conducted cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) analyses on SAGA purified from the thermophilic fungus Chaetomium thermophilum, yielding structures of Tra1 and core modules at 2.6 Å and three of the four HAT subunits at 3.7 Å. The structure of the HAT module was informative about the aspects of histone acetylation and the interface of HAT-core modules, contradicting earlier AlphaFold predictions. Our structure-guided genetic and biochemical analyses confirmed the roles of Ada1 and Spt7 in anchoring the HAT module within the SAGA complex.

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ChaetomiumFungal ProteinsHistone AcetyltransferasesSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTrans-ActivatorsAcetylationCryoelectron MicroscopyHistonesModels, MolecularProtein ConformationSaccharomyces cerevisiaeTranscription, GeneticFungal ProteinsHistone AcetyltransferasesHistonesSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSAGA complex, S cerevisiaeTrans-Activatorschromatin modification and regulationchromatin transcriptioncore modulecryo-EM structureDUB moduleHAThistone acetyl transferaseSAGATra1 module

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PMID41260211
PMCPMC12768303

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