Heterotypic directional motifs contribute to TAD boundary function in Drosophila
Varisco, M.; Cavalheiro, G. R.; Rodriguez Viales, R.; Schaub, C.; Girardot, C.; Forneris, M.; Comeault, A. A.; Furlong, E. E. M.
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While convergent CTCF binding sites are essential for topologically associating domain (TAD) formation in mammals, how TADs are formed in other species remains unclear. In Drosophila, TAD boundaries lack convergent CTCF sites and are occupied by different insulator protein combinations with no obvious pairing rules. To identify sequence features required for boundary pairing, we inserted different endogenous boundaries into two Drosophila TADs in both orientations, creating 53 ectopic insertions and measured their ability to form interactions with the endogenous boundaries to their left and right. 70% of inserted boundaries had context- and/or orientation-dependent effects, indicating specificity and directionality encoded in their sequence. Known insulator motifs or promoters could not explain boundary specificity. Instead, we identified heterotypic pairs of directional motifs that predict compatible boundary pairs. Our results indicate that directional motif pairs are a conserved property of boundaries from flies to mammals, but gained complexity in Drosophila through heterotypic combinations.
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