Authors
Adhithi R Raghavan, Kieron May, Vijayalakshmi V Subramanian, Hannah G Blitzblau, Neem J Patel, Jonathan Houseley, Andreas Hochwagen
Published in
eLife. Volume 15. Oct 16, 2026. Epub Oct 16, 2026.
Abstract
In many organisms, meiotic crossover recombination is suppressed near the extreme ends of chromosomes. Here, we show that multiple, often chromosome-specific, suppressive mechanisms with differing ranges contribute to the consistently low enrichment of recombination-promoting axis proteins and the downregulation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) within 20 kb of telomeres in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Suppression of axis proteins is associated with cis-encoded signals and correlates with reduced coding density, although whether this sequence feature actively drives suppression remains to be determined. In addition, axis protein suppression requires the histone methyltransferase Dot1 and the Sir silencing complex. We show that Dot1 suppresses Sir complex activity at least in part independently of its canonical target, H3K79, to downmodulate axis protein deposition near chromosome ends. In parallel, the Sir complex, but not Dot1, suppresses the induction of DSBs at a small number of cryptic hotspots by limiting the openness of promoters, the preferred sites of meiotic DSB formation. Much of the reduced DSB induction near chromosome ends persists in dot1 and sir3 mutants, indicating that additional layers of regulation contribute to the robust reduction of meiotic recombination effectors near chromosome ends.
PMID:
42885671
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