Analysis of protein-protein interactions (PPI) is key for the understanding of most protein assemblies including structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complexes. SMC complexes are composed of SMC proteins, kleisin, and kleisin-interacting subunits. These subunits interact in specific ways to constitute and regulate the closed structure of the complexes. Specifically, kleisin molecules bridge the SMC dimers and the kleisin-interacting subunits modulate stability of the bridge. Here we describe a multicomponent version of a yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) method and its application for analysis of the bridging role of the Nse4 kleisin in the SMC5/6 complex. Using this technique, we also show a stabilizing effect of KITE (kleisin-interacting tandem winged-helix element) proteins on SMC5/6.

Genome Damage and Stability Centre University of Sussex Brighton UK

Mendel Centre for Plant Genomics and Proteomics Central European Institute of Technology Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic

National Centre for Biomolecular Research Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic

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