WAPAL

WAPL
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	4K6J, 5HDT
Identifiers
Aliases	WAPL, FOE, KIAA0261, WAPAL, WAPL cohesin release factor
External IDs	OMIM: 610754; MGI: 2675859; HomoloGene: 41002; GeneCards: WAPL; OMA:WAPL - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 10 (human)
End	86,521,792 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 14 (mouse)
End	34,469,940 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	secondary oocyte; ; sperm; ; ventricular zone; ; amniotic fluid; ; gonad; ; testicle; ; skin of thigh; ; Achilles tendon; ; skin of hip; ; caput epididymis;
	Top expressed in
	zygote; ; secondary oocyte; ; tail of embryo; ; otolith organ; ; utricle; ; primary oocyte; ; hair follicle; ; Paneth cell; ; ureter; ; genital tubercle;
	More reference expression data
	; ;
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	protein binding;
Cellular component	cytoplasm; cytosol; cohesin complex; chromosome; chromatin; synaptonemal complex; chromosome, centromeric region; nucleus; nucleoplasm;
Biological process	negative regulation of sister chromatid cohesion; negative regulation of chromatin binding; positive regulation of fibroblast proliferation; negative regulation of DNA replication; regulation of cohesin loading; cell division; regulation of chromosome segregation; cell cycle; viral process; protein localization to chromatin; response to toxic substance; mitotic sister chromatid cohesion; regulation of chromosome condensation; meiotic chromosome segregation; mitotic cell cycle;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	23063
	218914
	ENSG00000062650
	ENSMUSG00000041408
	Q7Z5K2
	Q65Z40
	NM_015045; NM_001318328
	NM_001004436; NM_001301330
	NP_001305257; NP_055860
	NP_001004436; NP_001288259
	Wikidata
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Wings apart-like protein homolog (WAPL) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WAPAL gene.^[5]^[6]^[7] WAPL is a key regulator of the Cohesin complex which mediates sister chromatid cohesion, homologous recombination and DNA looping. Cohesin is formed of SMC3, SMC1, RAD21 and either SA1 or SA2. ^[8] Cohesin has a ring-like arrangement and it is thought that it associates with the chromosome by entrapping it whether as a loop of DNA, a single strand or a pair of sister chromosomes. WAPL forms a complex with PDS5A or PDS5B and releases cohesin from DNA by opening the interface between SMC3 and RAD21.

Interphase

Structure of PDS5B (blue), WAPL (green) and IP6 (PDB 5HDT) (Ouyang et al., 2016)

Cohesin loading begins in telophase and is mediated by NIPBL and its binding partner MAU2. In G1, WAPL forms a complex with PDS5 and removes cohesin from the DNA but it is reloaded by NIPBL-MAU2. The equilibrium between loading and release give cohesin a DNA residence time of 20 minutes. During DNA replication, a fraction of cohesin is acetylated and binds to Sororin making it resistant to WAPL and able to hold sister chromatids together. This is crucial for the maintenance of sister chromatid cohesion because once the sister chromatids are separated, cohesion cannot be reestablished.

Prophase pathway

When a cell enters mitosis, Sororin is phosphorylated causing it to dissociate from cohesin meaning WAPL can remove cohesin from the DNA. A complex of SGOL1 and PP2A dephosphorylates cohesin at the centromere protecting it from WAPL-mediated release. Sister chromatid cohesion is therefore maintained at the centromeres where it is required for mitosis but lost on the arms. This removal of cohesin is known as the Prophase Pathway and results in the X-shape sister chromatids observed in chromosome spreads.

Mechanism

WAPL releases cohesin from DNA by opening the SMC3-RAD21 interface thereby allowing DNA to pass out of the ring.^[9] Opening of this interface is regulated by ATP-binding by the SMC subunits. This causes the ATPase head domains to dimerise and deforms the coiled coil of SMC3 therefore disrupting the binding of RAD21 to the coiled coil.^[10] It is not known how WAPL regulates the process of ATP binding.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000062650 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000041408 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ Nagase T, Seki N, Ishikawa K, Ohira M, Kawarabayasi Y, Ohara O, et al. (October 1996). "Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. VI. The coding sequences of 80 new genes (KIAA0201-KIAA0280) deduced by analysis of cDNA clones from cell line KG-1 and brain". DNA Research. 3 (5): 321–9, 341–54. doi:10.1093/dnares/3.5.321. PMID 9039502.
^ Gandhi R, Gillespie PJ, Hirano T (December 2006). "Human Wapl is a cohesin-binding protein that promotes sister-chromatid resolution in mitotic prophase". Current Biology. 16 (24): 2406–17. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.10.061. PMC 1850625. PMID 17112726.
^ "Entrez Gene: WAPAL wings apart-like homolog (Drosophila)".
^ Yatskevich S, Rhodes J, Nasmyth K (December 2019). "Organization of Chromosomal DNA by SMC Complexes". Annual Review of Genetics. 53: 445–482. doi:10.1146/annurev-genet-112618-043633. PMID 31577909.
^ Beckouët F, Srinivasan M, Roig MB, Chan KL, Scheinost JC, Batty P, et al. (February 2016). "Releasing Activity Disengages Cohesin's Smc3/Scc1 Interface in a Process Blocked by Acetylation". Molecular Cell. 61 (4): 563–574. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2016.01.026. PMC 4769318. PMID 26895425.
^ Muir KW, Li Y, Weis F, Panne D (March 2020). "The structure of the cohesin ATPase elucidates the mechanism of SMC-kleisin ring opening". Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27 (3): 233–239. doi:10.1038/s41594-020-0379-7. PMC 7100847. PMID 32066964.

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[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000062650 – Ensembl, May 2017

[refGRCm38Ensembl-2] GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000041408 – Ensembl, May 2017

[3] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[4] "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[pmid9039502-5] Nagase T, Seki N, Ishikawa K, Ohira M, Kawarabayasi Y, Ohara O, et al. (October 1996). "Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. VI. The coding sequences of 80 new genes (KIAA0201-KIAA0280) deduced by analysis of cDNA clones from cell line KG-1 and brain". DNA Research. 3 (5): 321–9, 341–54. doi:10.1093/dnares/3.5.321. PMID 9039502.

[pmid17112726-6] Gandhi R, Gillespie PJ, Hirano T (December 2006). "Human Wapl is a cohesin-binding protein that promotes sister-chromatid resolution in mitotic prophase". Current Biology. 16 (24): 2406–17. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.10.061. PMC 1850625. PMID 17112726.

[entrez-7] "Entrez Gene: WAPAL wings apart-like homolog (Drosophila)".

[8] Yatskevich S, Rhodes J, Nasmyth K (December 2019). "Organization of Chromosomal DNA by SMC Complexes". Annual Review of Genetics. 53: 445–482. doi:10.1146/annurev-genet-112618-043633. PMID 31577909.

[9] Beckouët F, Srinivasan M, Roig MB, Chan KL, Scheinost JC, Batty P, et al. (February 2016). "Releasing Activity Disengages Cohesin's Smc3/Scc1 Interface in a Process Blocked by Acetylation". Molecular Cell. 61 (4): 563–574. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2016.01.026. PMC 4769318. PMID 26895425.

[10] Muir KW, Li Y, Weis F, Panne D (March 2020). "The structure of the cohesin ATPase elucidates the mechanism of SMC-kleisin ring opening". Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27 (3): 233–239. doi:10.1038/s41594-020-0379-7. PMC 7100847. PMID 32066964.

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