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ArticleNature communications2026

Models for the architecture of the human inner kinetochore on centromeric α-satellite CENP-A nucleosome arrays.

Cong Yu, Kyle W Muir, Jing Yang, Ziguo Zhang, Stephen H McLaughlin, David Barford

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Dual Roads of CENP-A for Centromere Identification.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026
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6 authors.

Cong YuMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, UK.
Kyle W MuirMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, UK.
Jing YangMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8984-4503
Ziguo ZhangMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7268-9631
Stephen H McLaughlinMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9135-6253
David BarfordMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, UK. dbarford@mrclmb.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8810-950X

Funding

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) C576/A25675Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human kinetochores assemble onto centromeric DNA comprising repetitive arrays of the 171 bp α-satellite sequence. To understand the higher-order architecture of the inner kinetochore assembled onto α-satellite arrays, we show cryo-EM structures of CCAN with free DNA, and α-satellite repeat monomers and dimers with CENP-A nucleosomes. CCAN bound to free DNA and a monomeric CENP-A nucleosome engages 70 bp of DNA comprising 30 bp of an upstream α-satellite repeat. This upstream DNA interacts with the histone-fold domain subunits of the CENP-TWSX module in a manner resembling how nucleosomes wrap DNA gyres. A complex of CCAN assembled onto a dimeric α-satellite repeat with two CENP-A nucleosomes shows that CCAN can only be accommodated on the linker DNA by unwrapping DNA from both the CENP-TWSX module and the upstream nucleosome. We discuss the implications of these results for models of CCAN assembly on arrays of α-satellite chromatin containing CENP-A nucleosomes.

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CentromereCentromere Protein ADNA, SatelliteKinetochoresNucleosomesChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneCryoelectron MicroscopyDNAHumansModels, MolecularCENPA protein, humanCentromere Protein AChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNADNA, SatelliteNucleosomes

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PMID42120391
PMCPMC13376190

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