A SUMO-dependent regulatory switch connects the piRNA pathway to the heterochromatin machinery in Drosophila
Andreev, V. I.; Yu, C.; Wang, J.; Schnabl, J.; Tirian, L.; Gehre, M.; Handler, D.; Duchek, P.; Novatchkova, M.; Baumgartner, L.; Meixner, K.; Sienski, G.; Patel, D. J.; Brennecke, J.
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Nuclear Argonaute proteins, guided by small RNAs, mediate sequence-specific heterochromatin formation. The molecular principles that link Argonaute-small RNA complexes to cellular heterochromatin effectors upon binding to nascent target RNAs are poorly understood. Here, we elucidate the mechanism by which the PIWI interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway connects to the heterochromatin machinery in Drosophila. Piwi-mediated stabilization of the corepressor complex SFiNX on chromatin leads to SUMOylation of its subunit Panoramix. SUMOylation, together with an amphipathic LxxLL motif in Panoramixs intrinsically disordered repressor domain, are necessary and sufficient to recruit small ovary (Sov), a multi-zinc finger protein essential for general heterochromatin formation and viability. Structure-guided mutations that abrogate the Panoramix-Sov interaction or that prevent SUMOylation of Panoramix uncouple Sov from the piRNA pathway, resulting in viable but sterile flies in which Piwi-targeted transposons are derepressed. Thus, by coupling recruitment of a corepressor to nascent transcripts with its SUMOylation, Piwi engages the heterochromatin machinery specifically at transposon loci.
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