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1 Spatial rearrangement of the Streptomyces venezuelae linear chromosome
2 during sporogenic development 3 4 5 Szafran MJ. 1,*, Małecki T.1, Strzałka A.1, Pawlikiewicz K.1, Duława J.1, Zarek A.1, Kois- 6 Ostrowska A.1., Findlay K.2, Le TBK.2, Jakimowicz D. 1,* 7
8 1 Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
9 2 The John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UH Norwich, The United Kingdom
10 *Corresponding authors: [email protected]; [email protected]
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12 ABSTRACT
13 Depending on the species, bacteria organize their chromosomes with either spatially
14 separated or closely juxtaposed replichores. However, in contrast to eukaryotes,
15 significant changes in bacterial chromosome conformation during the cell cycle have not
16 been demonstrated to date. Streptomyces are unique among bacteria due to their linear
17 chromosomes and complex life cycle. These bacteria develop multigenomic hyphae that
18 differentiate into chains of unigenomic exospores. Only during sporulation- associated cell
19 division, chromosomes are segregated and compacted. In this study, we show that at entry
20 to sporulation, arms of S. venezuelae chromosomes are spatially separated, but they are
21 closely aligned within the core region during sporogenic cell division. Arm juxtaposition is
22 imposed by the segregation protein ParB and condensin SMC. Moreover, we disclose that
23 the chromosomal terminal regions are organized into domains by the Streptomyces-
24 specific protein - HupS. Thus, we demonstrate chromosomal rearrangement from open to
25 close conformation during Streptomyces life cycle.
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27 INTRODUCTION
28 Chromosomal organization differs notably among the domains of life, and even
29 among bacteria, chromosomal arrangement is not uniform. While linear eukaryotic
30 chromosomes undergo dramatic condensation before their segregation, the compaction of
31 usually circular bacterial chromosomes remains relatively constant throughout the cell
32 cycle1–3. To date, chromosome conformation capture methods, applied in only a few model
33 species, have revealed that bacterial chromosomes adopt one of the two distinct
34 conformation patterns. Either both replichores of circular chromosomes align closely (as in
35 Bacillus subtilis4,5, Caulobacter crescentus6, Corynebacterium glutamicum7, Mycoplasma
36 pneumoniae8, and chromosome II of Vibrio cholerae9) or tend to adopt an “open”
37 conformation, which lacks close contacts between both chromosomal arms (e.g., in
38 Escherichia coli10 and V. cholerae chromosome I9). The cytological studies showed that
39 chromosome organisation may alter depending on the growth phase or developmental
40 stage1,11,12,14. While the most prominent change in bacterial chromosome organization was
41 observed during extensive DNA compaction that occurs during sporulation of Bacillus spp13
42 and Streptomyces spps, the details of chromosome arrangement during this process have
43 not been elucidated.
44 The folding of bacterial genomes requires a strictly controlled interplay between
45 several cellular factors that encompass: macromolecular crowding, transcription and the
46 activities of dedicated DNA-organizing proteins - topoisomerases, condensins and nucleoid-
47 associated proteins (NAPs)10,15,16. By nonspecific DNA binding, NAPs induce its bending,
48 bridging or wrapping to govern the local organization and global compaction of bacterial
49 chromosomes1,10,16. Since the subcellular repertoire of NAPs is dependent on growth
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50 conditions, changes in their supply account for the fluctuation of chromosome compaction
51 in response to environmental clues. While, the repertoire of NAPs also varies between
52 bacterial species, some of them, such as HU homologues, are widespread among
53 bacteria14,17,18.
54 In contrast to NAPs, condensins are the most conserved DNA-organizing proteins
55 identified in all kingdoms of life. In bacteria, the homologues of condensin are complexes of
56 SMCs or its E. coli functional analogue MukB, associated with their accessory proteins (ScpAB
57 or MukEF, respectively) 19,20,21. According to a recently proposed model, the primary activity
58 of SMC is the extrusion of large DNA loops22,23. SMC complexes were shown to move along
59 bacterial chromosomes from the centrally positioned origin of replication (oriC), leading to
60 gradual chromosome compaction and parallel alignment of both replichores5,6,24,25.
61 Importantly, although the alignment of two chromosomal arms was not detected in E. coli,
62 the MukBEF complex is still responsible for the long-range DNA interactions within
63 chromosomal domains10,26.
64 In B. subtilis, C. glutamicum, and C. crescentus, the loading of SMC in the vicinity of
65 the oriC was shown to be dependent on the segregation protein ParB4,27,28. Binding to a
66 number of parS sequences, ParB forms a large nucleoprotein complex (segrosome), that
67 interact with the partner protein ParA, ATPase non-specifically bound to nucleoid 29,30. ParB
68 interaction with ParA triggers its ATP hydrolysis and nucleoid release, generating a
69 concentration gradient that drives segrosome separation31–33. Segrosome formation was
70 shown to be a prerequisite for chromosomal arm alignment in the model Gram-positive
71 bacteria with circular chromosomes5,7,28. Importantly, there have been no reports on the 3D
72 organization of bacterial linear chromosomes to date.
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73 The example bacteria with linear chromosomes are Streptomyces - Gram-positive
74 mycelial soil actinobacteria, which are highly valued producers of numerous antibiotics and
75 other clinically important metabolites. Notably, the production of these secondary
76 metabolites is closely correlated with Streptomyces unique and complex life cycle, which
77 encompasses vegetative growth and sporulation, as well as exploratory growth in some
78 species14,34,35. During the vegetative stage, Streptomyces grow as branched hyphae
79 composed of elongated cell compartments, each containing multiple copies of nonseparated
80 and largely uncondensed chromosomes14,36. Under stress conditions sporogenic hyphae
81 develop, and their rapid elongation is accompanied by extensive replication of
82 chromosomes37. When hyphae stop extending, the multiple chromosomes undergo massive
83 compaction and segregation to unigenomic spores14. These processes are accompanied by
84 multiple synchronized cell divisions initiated by the FtsZ protein, which assembles into a
85 ladder of regularly spaced Z-rings38,39. Chromosome segregation is driven by ParA and ParB
86 proteins, whereas nucleoid compaction is induced by concerted action of SMC and
87 sporulation-specific NAPs that include HupS - one of the two Streptomyces HU homologues,
88 structurally unique to actinobacteria due to the presence of histone-like domain. The
89 elimination of any of these proteins results in DNA decompaction in spores and affects
90 resistance to environmental factors40–44. Thus, while in unicellular bacteria chromosome
91 segregation occurs during ongoing replication, during Streptomyces sporulation, intensive
92 chromosome replication is temporarily separated from their compaction and segregation,
93 with the two latter processes occurring only during sporogenic cell division.
94 While the Streptomyces chromosomes are among the largest in bacterial kingdom,
95 the knowledge concerning their organization is scarce. Limited cytological evidence suggests
96 that during vegetative growth, both ends of the linear chromosome colocalize, and the oriC
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97 region of the apical chromosome is positioned at the tip-proximal edge of the nucleoid45,46.
98 The visualization of nucleoid and ParB-marked oriC regions in sporogenic hyphae showed
99 that oriCs are positioned centrally within pre-spore compartments, but did not elucidate
100 their architecture during sporulation39,46.
101 In this study, using the chromosome conformation capture method (Hi-C), we
102 investigated S. venezuelae chromosome organization during differentiation. The application
103 of the Hi-C technique demonstrated the dramatic rearrangement of chromosome structure
104 associated with sporogenic development. Moreover, by combining the Hi-C method with
105 chromatin immunoprecipitation and fluorescence microscopy techniques, we showed the
106 contribution of ParB, SMC and HupS (the sporulation-dedicated HU homologue) to global
107 nucleoid compaction.
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110 MATERIALS and METHODS
111 Bacterial strains and plasmids
112 The S. venezuelae and E. coli strains utilized in the study are listed in Table S1 and S2
113 respectively, and the plasmids are listed in Table S3. DNA manipulations were performed by
114 standard protocols47. Culture conditions, antibiotic concentrations, transformation and
115 conjugation methods followed the commonly employed procedures for E. coli47 and
116 Streptomyces48. A detailed description of strain construction is presented in the
117 Supplementary Information.
118 S. venezuelae cultures and growth rate analysis
119 To obtain the standard growth curves comparing the growth rate of S. venezuelae
120 strains, a Bioscreen C instrument (Growth Curves US) was used. Cultures (in triplicate) in
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121 liquid MYM medium (300 µl) were set up by inoculation with 6 x 103 colony-forming units
122 (CFUs) of S. venezuelae spores. The cultures grew for 48 h at 30°C under the “medium”
123 speed and shaking amplitude settings, and their growth was monitored by optical density
124 measurement (OD600) every 20 min.
125 The Hi-C cultures were set up as follows: 5 ml of MYM medium was inoculated with
126 108 CFU, and the cultures were incubated for 6 to 26 h at 30°C with shaking (180 rpm). For
127 the “5 ml culture” growth curve depiction, the optical density (OD600) of the culture diluted
128 (1:10) with MYM medium was measured in 1-h.
129 Preparation of Hi-C libraries and data analysis
130 For preparation of S. venezuelae Hi-C contact maps, 5 ml cultures were established as
131 described above. The cultures were incubated for 13 to 25 h at 30°C with shaking (180 rpm).
132 After this step, the cultures were cross-linked with 1% formaldehyde for 7 min and 30 s and
133 blocked with 0.2 M glycine for 15 min. One millilitre of the cross-linked culture was
134 centrifuged (1 min, 5000 rpm at room temperature). The mycelium pellet was washed twice
135 with 1.2 ml of TE buffer and resuspended in 0.6 ml of TE buffer. Two vials, each containing
136 25 µl of the resuspended mycelium, were independently processed according to the
137 modified protocol of Le et al.49 as below. Briefly, the cells were lysed using 0.5 µl of
138 ReadyLyse solution (Invitrogen) at 37°C for 30 min followed by the addition of 1.25 µl of 5%
139 SDS solution and incubation at room temperature for 15 min. After cell lysis, the reaction
140 was supplemented with 5 µl of 10% Triton X-100 (Sigma Aldrich), 5 µl of NEB3 buffer (New
141 England Biolabs) and 10.75 µl of DNase-free water (Invitrogen) and subsequently incubated
142 for 15 min at room temperature. The chromosomal DNA was digested with 2.25 µl of BglII
143 restriction enzyme (New England Biolabs; 50000 U/ml) for 2 h and 30 min at 37°C followed
144 by the addition of 0.25 µl of BglII and incubation for another 30 min at 37°C. The subsequent
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145 steps of Hi-C library preparation directly followed the protocol described by Le et al.49with
146 the number of amplification cycles being increased to 18. The amplified libraries were
147 purified from a 1% agarose gel, and their concentrations were measured using a Qubit
148 dsDNA HS Assay Kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific) in OptiPlate-96 White (Perkin Elmer) with 490-
149 nm and 520-nm excitation and emission wavelengths, respectively. The agarose-purified Hi-C
150 libraries were diluted to a 10 nM concentration, pooled together, and sequenced using
151 Illumina NextSeq500 (2x75 bp; paired reads), as offered by the Fasteris SA sequencing
152 facility.
153 Complete data processing was performed using the Galaxy HiCExplorer web server50.
154 The paired reads were first trimmed using Trimmomatic (version 0.36.5) and subsequently
155 filtered using PRINSEQ (version 0.20.4) to remove reads with more than 90% GC content.
156 The pre-processed reads were mapped independently to the S. venezuelae chromosome
157 using Bowtie2 (version 2.3.4.3; with the -sensitive -local presets). The Hi-C matrix was
158 generated using hicBuildMatrix (version 2.1.4.0) with a bin size of 10000 bp. In the next step,
159 three neighbouring bins were merged using hicMergeMatrixBins (version 3.3.1.0) and
160 corrected using the hicCorrectMatrix tool (version 3.3.1.0) based on Imakaev’s iterative
161 correction algorithm51 (with the presets as follows: number of iterations: 500; skip diagonal
162 counts: false; remove bins of low coverage: -1.5; remove bins of high coverage: 5.0). The
163 corrected Hi-C matrixes were normalized and compared using hiCCompareMatrixes (version
164 3.4.3.0, presets as below: log2ratio), yielding differential Hi-C contact maps. The differential
165 maps were plotted using hicPlotMatrix (version 3.4.3.0; with masked bin removal and
166 seismic pallets of colours). To prepare the Hi-C contact map, the corrected matrixes were
167 normalized in the 0 to 1 range using hicNormalize (version 3.4.3.0; settings: set values below
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168 the threshold to zero: value 0) and subsequently plotted using hicPlotMatrix (version 3.4.3.0;
169 with the removal of the masked bins), yielding 30-kb-resolution Hi-C heatmaps.
170 Chromatin immunoprecipitation combined with next-generation sequencing (Chip-seq)
171 For chromatin immunoprecipitation, S. venezuelae cultures (in triplicate) were grown
172 in 50 ml liquid MYM medium supplemented with TES at 30°C with shaking (ChIP-seq
173 cultures). Cultures were inoculated with 7x108 CFU. After 14 h of growth, the cultures were
174 cross-linked with 1% formaldehyde for 30 min and blocked with 125 mM glycine. Next, the
175 cultures were washed twice with PBS buffer, and the pellet obtained from half of the culture
176 volume was resuspended in 750 l of lysis buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, 50 mM NaCl, 14
177 mg/ml lysozyme, protease inhibitor (Pierce)) and incubated at 37°C for 1 h. Next, 200 μl of
178 zircon beads (0.1 mm, BioSpec products) were added to the samples, which were further
179 disrupted using a FastPrep-24 Classic Instrument (MP Biomedicals; 2 x 45 s cycles at 6 m/s
180 speed with 5-min breaks, during which the lysates were incubated on ice). Next, 750 l IP
181 buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 250 mM NaCl, 0.8% Triton X-100, protease inhibitor (Pierce))
182 was added, and the samples were sonicated to shear DNA into fragments ranging from 300
183 to 500 bp (verified by agarose gel electrophoresis). The samples were centrifuged, 25 l of
184 the supernatant was stored to be used as control samples (“input”), and the remaining
185 supernatant was used for chromatin immunoprecipitation and mixed with magnetic beads
186 (60 l) coated with anti-FLAG M2 antibody (Merck). Immunoprecipitation was performed
187 overnight at 4°C. Next, the magnetic beads were washed twice with IP buffer, once with IP2
188 buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 500 mM NaCl, 0.8% Triton X-100, protease inhibitors
189 (Pierce)), and once with TE buffer (Tris-HCl, pH 7.6, 10 mM EDTA 10 mM). DNA was released
190 by overnight incubation of beads resuspended in IP elution buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.6,
191 10 mM EDTA, 1% SDS) at 65°C. The IP elution buffer was also added to the “input” samples, 8
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192 which were treated further as immunoprecipitated samples. Next, the samples were
193 centrifuged, and proteinase K (Roche) was added to the supernatants to a final
194 concentration of 100 µg/ml followed by incubation for 90 min at 55°C. DNA was extracted
195 with phenol and chloroform and subsequently precipitated overnight with ethanol. The
196 precipitated DNA was dissolved in nuclease-free water (10 µl). The concentration of the DNA
197 was quantified using a Qubit dsDNA HS Assay Kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific).
198 DNA sequencing was performed by Fasteris SA (Switzerland) using the Illumina ChIP-
199 Seq TruSeq protocol, which included quality control, library preparation and sequencing
200 from both ends (2x75 bp) of amplified fragments. The bioinformatic analysis was performed
201 using the R packages edgeR, normr, rGADEM, and csaw, as well as the MACS2 and MEME
202 programs. HupS-FLAG binding was analysed using an earlier published protocol52. The
203 mapping of ChIP-seq data was performed using the Bowtie2 tool (version 2.3.5.153,54). The
204 successfully mapped reads were subsequently sorted using samtools (version 1.10)55. The
205 total number of mapped reads was above 106 on average. Regions differentially bound by
206 HupS-FLAG were identified using the R packages csaw and edgeR56–59, which also normalizes
207 the data, as described earlier by Lun and Smyth52. The mapped reads were counted within a
208 69-bp-long sliding window with a 23-bp slide. Peaks were filtered using the local method
209 from the edgeR package, which compares the number of reads in the region to the
210 background computed in the surrounding window of 2000 bp. Only regions with log2 fold
211 change above 2.0 were utilized for further analysis. Regions that were less than 100 bp apart
212 were merged, and the combined p-value for each was calculated. Only regions with false
213 discovery rate (FDR) values below the 0.05 threshold were considered to be differentially
214 bound. The identified regions were further confirmed by analysis with the MASC2 program
215 using the broad option60. The R packages rGADEM and MEME Suite were used to search for
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216 probable HupS binding sites61. SMC-FLAG bound regions were analysed using the R package
217 normr using Input ChIP-seq data as a control. Reads were counted in 250-bp-long regions,
218 and a region was considered to be bound by SMC-FLAG if FDR value compared to Input was
219 below the 0.05 threshold, and if it was not found to be significant in a control strain not
220 producing SMC-FLAG protein62.
221 Quantification of the oriC/ter ratio
222 To estimate the oriC/ter ratio, chromosomal DNA was extracted from S. venezuelae 5
223 ml cultures (as for Hi-C) growing for 13-26 h or from 50 ml culture (as for ChIP-seq) growing
224 for 8 to 16 h. One millilitre of each culture was centrifuged (1 min at 5000 rpm and at room
225 temperature). The supernatant was discarded, and the mycelium was used for the
226 subsequent isolation of chromosomal DNA with application a Genomic Mini AX Streptomyces
227 kit (A&A Biotechnology) according to the manufacturer’s protocol. The purified DNA was
228 dissolved in 50 µl of DNase-free water (Invitrogen). The DNA concentration was measured at
229 260 nm and subsequently diluted to a final concentration of 1 ng/ml.
230 qPCR was performed using Power Up SYBR Green Master Mix (Applied Biosystems)
231 with 2 ng of chromosomal DNA serving as a template for the reaction and oligonucleotides
232 complemented to the oriC region (oriC) (gyr2_Fd, gyr2_Rv) or to the termination region (ter)
233 (arg3_Fd, arg3_Rv)(Table S4). The changes in the oriC/ter ratio were calculated using the
234 comparative ΔΔCt method, with the ter region being set as the endogenous control. The
235 ori/ter ratio was estimated as 1 in the culture (5 ml) growing for 26 h, corresponding to the
236 appearance of spore chains.
237 Light Microscopy
238 The analyses of spore sizes were performed using brightfield microscopy. Spores
239 from 72-h plate cultures (MYM medium without antibiotics) were transferred to microscopy
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240 slides. The samples were observed using a Zeiss Microscope (Axio Imager M1), and images
241 were analysed using Fiji software. The lengths of 300 spores were measured for each strain.
242 For the snapshot analysis of S. venezuelae development in liquid, 5 µl from the 5 ml
243 culture (as for Hi-C) growing for 18 to 26 h or from the 50-ml culture (as for ChIP-Seq)
244 growing for 8 to16 h was spread on a coverslip and fixed by washing twice with absolute
245 methanol. The nucleoids were subsequently stained for 5 min at room temperature with 7-
246 amino-actinomycin D (1 mg/ml 7-AAD in DMSO, Thermo Fisher Scientific) diluted 1:400 in
247 PBS buffer. In the next step, the mycelium was washed twice with PBS buffer, and the
248 coverslip was mounted using 50% glycerol in PBS. Microscopic observation of FtsZ-YPET and
249 DNA stained with 7-AAD was performed using a Zeiss Microscope (Axio Imager M1). The
250 images were analysed with dedicated software (Axio Vision Rel software). To calculate the
251 nucleoid separation, the distance between the two neighbouring DNA-free areas was
252 measured for 250 nucleoids. The boxplots showing the length of nucleoid-covered areas
253 were constructed using the Plotly tool (plotly.com).
254 Time-lapse fluorescence microscopy was performed using a previously described
255 protocol38 with modification of the applied pressure (3 psi), increased dilution of the loaded
256 spores, and application of repeated spore loading. The observation was performed using a
257 DeltaVision Elite Ultra High-Resolution microscope equipped with a camera and the CellAsic
258 Onix microfluidic system using B04A plates (ONIX). The images were taken every 10 min for
259 approximately 20 h using DV Elite CoolSnap and 100X, 1.46 NA, DIC lens for specimens
260 exposed for 50 ms at 5% transmission in the DIC channel and for 80 ms at 50% transmission
261 in the YFP and mCherry channels. The time-lapse movies were analysed using ImageJ Fiji
262 software. Nucleoid area was measured using HupA-mCherry as the marker at the time of
263 disassembly of Z-rings (visualized using FtsZ-Ypet fusion), which was approximately 120 min
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264 after their appearance and hyphal growth cessation. Analysis of the HupA-mCherry-labelled
265 chromosome images was based on determining the area and Feret diameter (the maximal
266 distance between two points) of nucleoid fluorescence using the Versatile Wand Tool with 8-
267 connected mode and manually adjusted value tolerance. The distances between Z-rings
268 were measured 60 min after hyphal growth cessation for approximately 300 Z-rings. The
269 fluorescence intensity of the Z-rings was collected along and averaged across the hyphae
270 with a line selection tool whose width was adjusted to the width of the measured hyphae.
271 The fluorescence intensity of each Z-ring in 25-30 hyphae of each strain was subsequently
272 determined by analysing the data with RStudio using a custom shiny application findpeaks
273 based on the Peaks R package. Tracking of Z-rings in the time-lapse images was performed
274 using the nearest neighbour algorithm. Only Z-rings observed for more than 90 min were
275 used in the analysis. The data from each time point were combined to show how the
276 standard deviation of fluorescence intensity changed during hyphal development.
277 Representative hyphae of each strain were selected, the FtsZ-YPet fluorescence intensity
278 and Z-ring position were determined using the script described above, and its variability was
279 visualized in the form of a kymograph with a custom script based on the ggplot2 package.
280 Scanning Electron Microscopy
281 Streptomyces samples were mounted on an aluminium stub using Tissue TekR OCT
282 (optimal cutting temperature) compound (BDH Laboratory Supplies, Poole, England). The
283 stub was then immediately plunged into liquid nitrogen slush at approximately -210°C to
284 cryo-preserve the material. The sample was transferred onto the cryo-stage of an ALTO 2500
285 cryo-transfer system (Gatan, Oxford, UK) attached to an FEI Nova NanoSEM 450 (FEI,
286 Eindhoven, The Netherlands). Sublimation of surface frost was performed at -95oC for
287 approximately three minutes before sputter coating the sample with platinum for 150
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288 seconds at 10 mA, at colder than -110°C. After sputter-coating, the sample was moved onto
289 the cryo-stage in the main chamber of the microscope, held at -125°C. The sample was
290 imaged at 3 kV and digital TIFF files were stored.
291
292 RESULTS
293 Hi-C reveals an alignment chromosomal arms extending to terminal domains during S. 294 venezuelae sporogenic cell division 295 296 During Streptomyces sporulation, their multigenomic hyphae undergo considerable
297 morphological changes turning into a chains of spores through multiple cell divisions. This
298 event is linked to inhibition of DNA replication followed by synchronized compaction and
299 segregation of a dozen chromosomes38,39,64–66. To explore whether the changes in
300 chromosome compaction during sporulation are reflected in its global organization, we
301 applied the chromosome conformation capture technique (Hi-C), which enabled us to
302 establish a map of DNA contact frequency6,67,68.
303 First, we determined the time points of critical sporulation events for S. venezuelae,
304 namely, the reduction of hyphal growth and cessation of DNA replication, chromosome
305 compaction and separation, formation of the FtsZ ladder, and appearance of spore chains
306 (Fig. 1A and S1). After 13-14 h of growth (under 5 ml culture conditions), we observed
307 vegetative growth inhibition. The slowed hyphal growth correlated with the reduction in the
308 oriC/ter ratio corresponding to decreased DNA replication (Fig. 1A). These events indicated
309 culture entry into a developmental stage that we named the pre-sporulation phase. During
310 this phase, which lasted 5 h, the DNA replication rate transiently increased (at the 19th-21st
311 hour). This increased replication rate was observed during a slight increase in the optical
312 density of the culture, which could be explained by the rapid growth of sporogenic hyphae
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313 (Fig. 1A). The subsequent drop in the replication rate was accompanied by an increase in the
314 FtsZ-YPet level (at the 21st-23rd hour), assembly of FtsZ-YPet into ladders of Z-rings (detected
315 at the 22nd hour), and initiation of chromosome compaction (Figs. 1A and S1). At this time
316 point, the spore chains entered the maturation phase, during which chromosome
317 condensation and separation increased, while the FtsZ-YPet level rapidly decreased and the
318 hyphae fragmented. This stage ended when mature spores could be detected (at the 25th-
319 26th hour) (Fig. 1A and Fig. S1). Thus, we established that 22nd hour of S. venezuelae culture
320 is the time point when multigenomic hyphae undergo synchronized cell division, replication
321 of chromosomes ceases, while their condensation increases, which minimizes
322 interchromosomal contacts. Based on these findings, we set out to establish the
323 chromosome conformation at this time point.
324 Hi-C mapping of the chromosomal contacts in S. venezuelae sporogenic hyphae
325 undergoing cell division indicated the presence of two diagonal axes crossing
326 perpendicularly in the proximity of the centrally located oriC region (Fig. 1B). The primary
327 diagonal corresponds to the contact frequency between neighbouring chromosomal loci. We
328 distinguished (based on PCA1/PCA2 analysis) three distinct chromosome regions - the core
329 region that encompasses 4.4 Mbp (position: 1.9 Mbp to 6.3 Mbp) around the centrally
330 positioned oriC and two well-organized domains flanking the chromosome core, which we
331 named the left and right terminal domains (LTD and RTD, respectively), with each measuring
332 approximately 2 Mbp in size (Fig. 1B and S2A). Interestingly, the boundaries of LTD and,
333 especially, RTD overlap the chromosomal regions with significantly lower transcriptional
334 activity in comparison to the chromosome core region (Fig. S2B), suggesting a correlation
335 between chromosome organization and transcription. The secondary diagonal, that results
336 from the interarm interactions, was not complete during cell divisions and was limited in
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337 each direction to approximately 2.0-2.2 Mbp from the oriC region (Fig. 1B). Additionally, the
338 Hi-C contact map showed signals at the ends of the secondary diagonal, suggesting the
339 existence of the spatial juxtaposition of terminal ends of the linear S. venezuelae
340 chromosome (Fig. 1B).
341 In summary, our results demonstrated that at the time of S. venezuelae synchronized
342 cell division, the linear chromosomes are arranged with both arms closely aligned within the
343 core region, while the terminal regions form distinct domains.
344
345 Arm juxtaposition progresses during sporulation and requires segregation protein activity
346 Having established chromosomal contact maps during S. venezuelae sporogenic cell
347 division, we set out to characterize the changes in chromosomal arrangement during
348 sporogenic development. To this end, we obtained normalized Hi-C contact maps for the
349 wild type strain at the entry into the pre-sporulation phase when vegetative growth and
350 DNA replication decrease (at the 13th hour) and during the phase when the chromosomes
351 are not fully compacted (at the 15th and 17th hours), as well as during at the final stage of
352 spore maturation, which is when chromosome compaction reaches a maximum (Fig. 1A and
353 S1).
354 At the entry into the pre-sporulation phase (at the 13th hour), only the primary
355 diagonal was clearly visible, whereas the secondary diagonal was barely detectable (Fig. 1C).
356 Additionally, the juxtaposition of chromosomal termini was also not, or only slightly,
357 noticeable at this stage of growth. During the pre-sporulation phase, the signals of the
358 secondary diagonal were enhanced and extended at distances of up to 1 Mbp from the oriC
359 region at the 15th and 17th hours of growth (Fig. 1C). Finally, in the mature spores (at the 25th
360 hour), we observed almost complete arm alignment, similar to that detected at 22nd hour
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361 (Fig. 1C). This result suggests that although nucleoid compaction was still underway until the
362 end of the spores maturation phase (Fig. S2B), the global chromosome organization did not
363 change critically after that established during cell division (Fig. 1C).
364 In model bacteria whose chromosomal arms are juxtaposed, their close positioning is
365 imposed by ParB-dependent SMC loading within the oriC region4,7,28. During Streptomyces
366 sporogenic cell division, at the time of observed chromosomal arm juxtaposition, ParB was
367 shown to assemble into regularly spaced complexes that position oriC regions along the
368 hyphae69. At the same time, ParA accumulates in sporogenic hyphae and facilitates the
369 efficient formation and segregation of ParB complexes39,70. The elimination of S. venezuelae
370 segregation proteins disturbed chromosome segregation39 but did not affect the growth rate
371 (Fig. S5A). To verify whether segregation proteins play a role in the arrangement of S.
372 venezuelae chromosomes, we obtained Hi-C maps of chromosomal contacts in sporogenic
373 hyphae of parA or parB mutants.
374 The Hi-C map generated for the parB mutant showed complete disappearance of the
375 secondary diagonal axis, reinforcing the role of the ParB complex in inducing interarm
376 contacts (Fig. 1D). The same lack of secondary diagonal was observed for the parB mutant at
377 each time of S. venezuelae sporulation (Fig. S3B). The influence of the parA deletion on arm
378 alignment was also detectable, although it varied among the samples analysed (Fig. 1C and
379 S3C). The strength of the signals at the diagonal axis was either significantly or only slightly
380 lowered in the parA mutant, as indicated by the differential Hi-C map in comparison to the
381 wild type strain (Fig. 1C and S3C). While the effect of parA or parB deletions was
382 predominantly manifested by the partial or complete disappearance of the interarm
383 contacts, respectively, their influence on the local chromosome structure, including LTD and
384 RTD folding, was marginal (Fig. 1C and S3).
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385 In summary, these results indicated that chromosomal arm alignment progressed
386 during pre-sporogenic and sporogenic hyphal development (Fig. 1C, inset) and chromosomal
387 rearrangement was dependent on ParB.
388
389 SMC- and HupS-induced chromosome compaction permits regularly spaced cell division
390 In numerous bacteria, the role of ParB in chromosome organization is associated with
391 SMC loading which, on the other hand, promotes global chromosome compaction. Prior S.
392 coelicolor studies showed that elimination of either SMC- or Streptomyces-specific
393 sporulation-associated NAP-HupS affected nucleoid compaction in spores40,42,71. We
394 predicted that SMC would be responsible for ParB-induced chromosomal arm alignment, but
395 since ParB elimination did not influence short-range chromosome interactions, we
396 hypothesized that other DNA organizing factors, such as HupS, may also contribute to
397 chromosome compaction in sporogenic hyphae. Therefore, in this study, we analysed
398 sporulation and chromosome organization in hupS and smc mutant strains of S. venezuelae.
399 The disruption of either the hupS or smc gene in S. venezuelae did not significantly
400 affect the growth rate or differentiation of these bacteria; however, the double hupS smc
401 mutant growth rate was slower than that of single mutants (Fig. S4A, inset and S4B).
402 Notably, the elimination of hupS or, to a lesser extent, smc increased spore size, and the
403 double hupS smc deletion led to more pronounced disturbances in spore size than single
404 deletion (Fig. 2A and 2B). The hupS or smc deletion phenotype, manifested by spore length,
405 was restored by complementation of deletion strains with in trans-delivered hupS-FLAG or
406 smc-FLAG genes, respectively (Fig. 2B).
407 Next, to visualize nucleoid compaction and segregation during cell division, we
408 observed sporogenic hyphal development of smc and/or hupS mutant strains labelled using
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409 HupA-mCherry and FtsZ-YPet (Fig. 2C and S4C, Supplementary Movies 1-4). None of the
410 mutant strains formed anucleate spores, but all of them showed significantly increased
411 nucleoid areas, and this phenotype was the most pronounced in the double hupS smc
412 mutant, where notably enlarged spores could be observed (Fig. 2A, C and D, yellow
413 arrowhead). The increased nucleoid area was accompanied by increased distances between
414 Z-rings (Fig. S4D). The fraction of elongated (longer than 1.3 m) pre-spore compartments
415 was the highest in the double hupS smc mutant and in the smc mutant (Fig. S4D).
416 Additionally, the intensity of Z-rings in single smc or the double mutant was more varied
417 along the hyphae than in the wild type strain, indicating their lowered stability (Fig. 2E and
418 F). The disturbed positioning and stability of Z-rings explains the presence of elongated
419 spores in mutant strains.
420 In summary, both SMC and HupS contribute to chromosome compaction in spores.
421 The decreased chromosome compaction in the mutant strains correlated with decreased Z-
422 ring stability and aberrant positioning which, in all studied mutants, resulted in increased
423 distance between septa and elongated spores.
424
425 SMC and HupS collaborate during sporogenic chromosome rearrangement
426 Having confirmed that both SMC and HupS mediate global chromosome compaction
427 during S. venezuelae sporulation, we investigated how both proteins contribute to
428 chromosomal contacts during sporulation-associated chromosome rearrangement.
429 The Hi-C contact map obtained for the smc mutant at sporogenic cell division (at the
430 22nd hour) showed the complete disappearance of the secondary diagonal (similar to the
431 map obtained for the parB mutant), indicating abolished chromosomal arm interactions (Fig.
432 1B and 3A). On the other hand, the elimination of smc resulted in a slight increase in short-
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433 range DNA contacts along the primary diagonal, whereas in the parB mutant, the short-
434 range DNA contacts were not affected (Fig. 1B, 3A and S5).
435 Next, to confirm that ParB promotes the interaction of SMC with DNA, we analysed
436 FLAG-SMC binding in the wild type background and in the parB mutant. The specific
437 developmental time points of ChIP-seq experiment cultures (50-ml culture conditions) were
438 identified, corresponding to the earlier described time points used for the Hi-C experiments
439 (Fig. 1A and S6A). At the 12th hour of “ChIP-seq culture”, DNA replication decreased
440 (corresponding to the 15th-17th hour of “Hi-C culture”), while at the 14th hour of “ChIP-seq
441 culture”, DNA compaction and the formation of regularly spaced Z-rings were clearly
442 detected (Fig. S6B) (corresponding to the 22nd hour in “Hi-C culture” conditions), indicating
443 sporogenic cell division and chromosome segregation. Notably, the level of FLAG-SMC
444 remind constant during sporogenic development (Fig. S9C).
445 The analysis of DNA fragments bound by FLAG-SMC at the time of sporogenic cell
446 division did not identify any specific binding sites for FLAG-SMC, suggesting a lack of
447 sequence preference. However, the quantification of the detected SMC binding sites along
448 the chromosome showed that their frequency increased up to twofold in the chromosomal
449 core region (Fig. 3B and S7A). The increased frequency of SMC binding overlapped with the
450 secondary diagonal identified in the Hi-C experiments (Fig. 3A, 3B and S7B). SMC binding
451 was severely diminished in the parB mutant (Fig. 3B), demonstrating that the ParB complex
452 is a prerequisite for SMC loading.
453 The Hi-C contact map generated for the hupS mutant at the time sporogenic cell
454 division (at the 22nd hour) revealed the presence of both diagonals. However, the identified
455 local signals within both diagonals were more dispersed than in the wild type, and diagonals
456 were visibly broadened. Moreover, along the primary diagonal, a less clear distinction
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457 between the core region and terminal domains could be observed. The effect of hupS
458 deletion, though affecting whole chromosome compaction, was most prominent within
459 terminal domains, especially within RTD (Fig. 3A).
460 To confirm HupS involvement in the organization of terminal domains and to test the
461 cooperation between HupS and SMC, we analysed HupS-FLAG binding in the complemented
462 hupS and double hupS smc deletion strains at the time of cell division. Notably, in contrast to
463 SMC, HupS-FLAG showed low sequence binding preference, and we identified 307 regions
464 differentially bound by HupS-FLAG with a mean width of 221 bp (Fig. 3C, D and S8A). The
465 analysis of the number of HupS-FLAG binding sites exhibited a significant increase in the
466 terminal domains, especially the right terminal domain, but HupS binding was also detected
467 in the core region of the chromosome (Fig. 3C). The enhanced HupS binding at chromosomal
468 termini is consistent with the lowered number of chromosomal contacts in RTD observed in
469 the Hi-C maps obtained for the hupS mutant.
470 Further analysis of ChIP-seq data performed using two independent methods
471 (rGADEM and MEME) identified the motif recognized by HupS-FLAG (Fig. S8B). Although the
472 motif was observed to be uniformly widespread along the chromosome, and was not
473 required for HupS binding, the analysis of probability showed its enrichment in HupS binding
474 sites versus random regions and its preferred occurrence in the middle of the identified
475 HupS-bound region (confirmed with CentriMo) (Fig. S8B-E). Additionally, in vitro studies
476 showed that immobilized GST-HupS bound digested cosmid DNA with no sequence
477 specificity (Fig. S8F). Markedly, ChIP-seq analysis of HupS-FLAG binding in the absence of
478 SMC (hupS smc deletion complemented with hupS-FLAG) showed a lower number of reads
479 for all HupS-FLAG binding sites in the absence of SMC, indicating that SMC enhanced the
480 HupS-DNA interaction (Fig. 3E). This observation could not be explained by the low level of
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481 HupS-FLAG in the smc deletion background (Fig. S9A). We also confirmed earlier
482 observations that the HupS-FLAG level during the pre-sporulation phase was lower than that
483 observed during sporogenic cell division42, which corresponded with the marginal effect of
484 hupS deletion on chromosome organization at the early pre-sporulation phase, as indicated
485 by the Hi-C contact map for the hupS mutant at this time point (Fig. S9B).
486 Since ChIP-seq analysis indicated that the cooperation between HupS and SMC
487 binding and double hupS smc deletion most severely affected chromosome compaction, we
488 investigated how double deletion affects chromosomal arrangement. The Hi-C contact map
489 generated for the double hupS smc mutant at the time of sporogenic cell division (at the 22nd
490 hour) showed the combination of effects observed independently for hupS and smc single
491 mutations, namely, the disruption of arm alignment and the destabilization of local DNA
492 contacts (Fig. 3A). Thus, while long-range interarm interactions are executed by SMC, short-
493 range compaction is governed by HupS, and the effect of the elimination of both proteins is
494 additive.
495 In summary, the Hi-C and ChIP-seq analyses of smc and hupS mutants showed their
496 contribution to global chromosome compaction. While SMC binds in the chromosomal core
497 and is responsible for the juxtaposition of arms, HupS binds in terminal domains and
498 organizes them. The cooperation between both proteins is manifested by SMC enhancing
499 HupS binding to DNA. Elimination of both proteins disturbs global chromosome organization.
500
501 DISCUSSION
502 In this study, we provide a complex picture of the dynamic rearrangement of linear
503 bacterial chromosome. The Hi-C mapping of the ~8.2 Mbp S. venezuelae chromosome at the
504 time of sporogenic cell division revealed arm juxtaposition, which extends approximately 4
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505 Mbp around the oriC region. The interarm contacts are diminished at the independently
506 folded 1.5 and 2 Mbp C-terminal domains LTD and RTD, respectively. Further analysis of
507 chromosomal contacts shows spatial proximity of both chromosomal termini, which is
508 consistent with the findings of previous cytological studies45. Folding of the Streptomyces
509 linear chromosome into core and terminal domains was also independently demonstrated
510 for the S. ambofaciens (see Lioy et al., submitted back to back).
511 Our Hi-C data disclosed profound rearrangement of the chromosomal conformation
512 that occurs during S. venezuelae sporulation. At the end of vegetative growth, at the
513 entrance to the sporulation phase contacts between the chromosomal arms are scarce.
514 After this time point, the chromosomal arms become increasingly aligned, reaching the
515 maximum at the time of initiation of sporogenic cell division (Z-ring formation) which is also
516 the time point when chromosome segregation is initiated39. Thus, during Streptomyces
517 differentiation, the changes in hyphal morphology, gene expression, chromosome
518 replication and mode of cell division14,34 are accompanied by the rearrangement of
519 chromosomes from their extended conformation during vegetative growth to almost fully
520 folded and compacted structures.
521 Our data showed that in S. venezuelae, both ParB and SMC are essential for
522 chromosomal arm juxtaposition, reinforcing the ParB-dependent SMC loading onto the
523 chromosome. Importantly, in S. venezuelae, SMC binding is enriched within the core region
524 of the chromosome, reflecting the extension of interarm contacts. SMC was previously
525 shown to be involved in chromosome compaction during S. coelicolor sporulation40,71.
526 Interestingly, parB deletion was also observed to decrease chromosome condensation at the
527 time of cell division39. This observation may be explained by the lack of SMC loading in
528 absence of ParB, which was also reported for the other model bacteria4,6,7,9. The increase in
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529 long-range chromosomal contacts induced by SMC in the chromosomes of S. venezuelae and
530 other bacteria corroborates proposed model of SMC action which zips DNA regions when
531 translocating from the loading site4.
532 While the increase of arm alignment during sporulation cannot be explained by
533 elevation of SMC level during sporulation, the parAB genes were earlier shown to be
534 transcriptionally induced in Streptomyces sporogenic hyphae65,75. ParB binds to oriC regions
535 of all chromosomes throughout the whole life cycle but complexes formed during vegetative
536 growth and at the early stages of sporogenic development are not as massive as regularly
537 spaced segrosomes that accompany sporogenic-associated cell division70. Since interarm
538 contacts occur during cell division, characteristic spatial architecture of sporogenic
539 segrosomes is implied to be a prerequisite for SMC loading. The significance of the ParB
540 complex architecture for SMC loading has been established by studies of ParB mutants with
541 impaired spreading or bridging in B. subtilis and in C. glutamicum7,27. Therefore, our
542 observations suggest that during Streptomyces differentiation ParB complexes spatially
543 rearrange to increase their capability of SMC loading and initiating chromosomal arm
544 juxtaposition.
545 What factors could induce the reorganization of ParB complexes during Streptomyces
546 sporulation? The recently shown ParB ability to bind and hydrolyse CTP that affects
547 formation of segrosomes and appears to be conserved among ParB homologs76–78 while not
548 yet confirmed in Streptomyces may be involved in the rearrangement of ParB complexes in
549 their sporogenic hyphae. On the other hand, the formation of ParB complexes was also
550 shown to be associated with sporulation-dependent deacetylation of ParB in S. coelicolor82.
551 The factor contributing to segrosomes rearrangement may be the increased transcriptional
552 activity of the parAB operon. ParA accumulates in sporogenic cells, promoting segrosome
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553 formation and their regular distribution39,70. In other bacteria (B. subtilis, V. cholerae, and M.
554 smegmatis) the elimination of ParA also decreased ParB binding79–81. Indeed, our Hi-C
555 mapping showed that in the absence of ParA, the interarm interactions are somewhat
556 diminished, reinforcing the role played by ParA in executing ParB architecture. Finally, since
557 transcriptional activity was proven to have a considerable impact on chromosomal arm
558 alignment5,83 (see also Lioy et al., submitted back to back), sporulation-associated changes in
559 transcription within the chromosomal core may account for the development of interarm
560 contacts.
561 We established that HupS, unique actinobacterial sporulation-specific HU
562 homologue42, although promotes contacts all over the chromosome, is particularly involved
563 in the organization of the terminal domains. HupS exhibited binding sequence preference in
564 vivo, but no sequence specificity when binding linear DNA fragments. Thus, we infer that
565 specific DNA structural features may account for enhanced HupS binding in particular
566 regions. Lowered HupS binding in the absence of SMC could be explained by preferential
567 binding by HupS to structures such as loops, generated by SMC. This notion corroborates
568 earlier suggestions that HU homologues could stabilize DNA plectonemic loops, increasing
569 short-range contacts6. E. coli studies also suggested cooperation between condensin MukB
570 and HU homologues in maintaining long-range chromosomal contacts10. In fact, in E. coli,
571 condensin activity was suggested to be increased by DNA structures induced by HU
572 protein10. Previous analysis of S. coelicolor showed that HupS deletion resulted in
573 chromosome decompaction in sporogenic hyphae42. The Hi-C matrixes established that both
574 proteins, SMC and HupS contribute to chromosome compaction during sporulation, and the
575 double hupS smc deletion has the strongest effect on chromosomal conformation, affecting
576 both arm juxtaposition and short-range chromosomal contacts.
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577 Although elimination of SMC and HupS disturbed the S. venezuelae chromosome
578 structure, the phenotype of the double mutant was still rather mild and manifested
579 predominantly in increased nucleoid volume and formation of elongated spores. While the
580 mild phenotype of the smc mutant was also described in C. glutamicum, in most bacteria
581 (e.g., B. subtilis. C. crescentus, and S. aureus), smc deletion resulted in either chromosome
582 decompaction and/or segregation defects and often led to the formation of elongated
583 cells7,84,85. Interestingly, condensins were suggested to be particularly critical for
584 chromosome segregation in bacteria lacking the complete parABS system (such as E. coli)86–
585 88. The observed in S. venezuelae smc mutants aberrations of spore size correlate with
586 irregular placement and lowered stability of Z-rings, suggesting that decreased chromosome
587 compaction affects Z-ring formation and/or stability.
588 In summary, we established maps of chromosomal contacts for linear bacterial
589 chromosomes. The S. venezuelae chromosome conformation undergoes extensive
590 rearrangement during sporulation. Similar chromosomal rearrangement was observed
591 during the transition from the vegetative to stationary phase of growth in S. ambofaciens
592 (Lioy et al. submitted back to back). DNA organizing proteins HupS and SMC contribute to
593 chromosome compaction, and they also impact cell division. Although HU and SMC roles
594 have been established for numerous bacteria, in Streptomyces, their function is seemingly
595 adjusted to meet the requirements of compacting the large linear chromosomes. Due to the
596 unique Streptomyces differentiation, in which chromosome replication and segregation are
597 spatiotemporally separated, the transition between the particular stages of life cycle
598 requires the chromosomal rearrangement similarly profound as rearrangement of
599 chromosomes during eukaryotic cell cycle.
600
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601 DATA DEPOSITION
602 Raw data are available at ArrayExpress (EMBL-EBI) with accession numbers: E-MTAB-9810
603 (Hi-C data), E-MTAB-9821 (ChIP-Seq data, HupS-FLAG immunoprecipitation), and E-MTAB-
604 9822 (ChIP-Seq data, SMC-FLAG immunoprecipitation).
605
606 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
607 We are grateful to Susan Schlimpert for sharing pSS170 and pSS172hupA-mcherry. We thank
608 the Bioimaging facility of the John Innes Centre, supported by a core capability grant from
609 BBSRC, for use of their resources. T.B.K.L. acknowledges the Royal Society University
610 Research Fellowship (UF140053). This work was funded by the Polish National Science
611 Centre: HARMONIA grant 2016/22/NZ1/00122 (to M.J.S.), OPUS grant
612 2018/31/B/NZ1/00614 (to D.J.).
613
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833 Figure 1. Spatial organization of the S. venezuelae linear chromosome during sporulation.
834 (A) The S. venezuelae (wild type ftsZ-ypet derivative, MD100) growth curve (in 5 ml culture).
835 The critical time points of sporogenic development are marked with arrows: growth arrest
836 (red), the appearance of FtsZ ladders (green) and the formation of spore chains (blue). The
837 normalized FtsZ-YPet fluorescence [U/µg] and the relative oriC/ter ratio are shown as insets
838 in the plot, with X axes corresponding to the main plot X axis. The oriC/ter ratio at the 25th
839 hour of growth was set as 1.0. The right panel shows the visualization of condensing
840 nucleoids (DNA with staining 7-AAD) and FtsZ-YPet at 22nd hour of growth; scale bar - 2 µm.
841 (B) The normalized Hi-C contact map obtained for the wild type (ftsZ-ypet derivative,
842 MD100) after 22 h of growth (5 ml culture). The dotted pink lines mark the position of the
843 oriC region. The dotted black lines mark the positions of the left (LTD) and right (RTD)
844 terminal domains. (C) Top panel: the normalized Hi-C contact maps obtained for the wild
845 type (ftsZ-ypet derivative, MD100) strain growing for 13, 15, 17, 22 and 25 h (in 5 ml
846 culture). Bottom panel: the differential Hi-C maps in the logarithmic scale (log2) comparing
847 the contact enrichment at 22 h of growth (red) versus other time points (blue). The X- and Y-
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848 axes indicate chromosomal coordinates binned in 30 kb. The inset shows the model of
849 chromosome rearrangement in the course of sporulation. (D) Top panel: the normalized Hi-C
850 contact maps generated for parA and parB mutants (ftsZ-ypet derivatives MD011 and
851 MD021, respectively) growing for 22 h (5 ml culture). Bottom panel: the differential Hi-C
852 maps in the logarithmic scale (log2) comparing the contact enrichment in the wild type strain
853 (red) versus the mutant strain (blue). The inset shows the model of chromosome
854 organization in the parA and parB mutants.
855
856 Figure 2. Phenotypic effects of smc, hupS and double smc/hupS deletions. (A) Scanning
857 electron micrographs showing sporulating hyphae and spores of the wild type and hupS, smc
858 and hupS smc double mutant (ftsZ-ypet derivatives, MD100, TM005, TM004 and TM006,
859 respectively). Elongated spores are marked with a yellow arrowhead. Scale bar: 10 µm. (B)
860 Box plot analysis of the spore length distribution in the S. venezuelae wild type (light green),
861 hupS (yellow), smc (blue) and hupS smc (pink) (AK200, TM010, TM003, respectively), as well
862 as in hupS and smc mutants complemented with in trans delivered hupS-flag (orange) and
863 smc-flag genes (dark blue) (TM015 and TM019, respectively) (approximately 300 spores
864 were analysed for each strain). The statistical significance between strains is marked with
865 asterisks. (C) Representative examples of time-lapse images showing visualization of
866 nucleoids (marked with mCherry-HupA fusion) and Z-rings (visualized by FtsZ-YPet fusion) in
867 the wild type background (ftsZ-ypet, hupA-mCherry derivative, TM011) hupS, smc and hupS
868 smc double mutant background (ftsZ-ypet, hupA-mCherry derivative, TM013, TM012, and
869 TM014, respectively). An abnormal hyphal fragment is marked with a yellow arrowhead.
870 Scale bar: 5 µm. (D) Box plot analysis of the nucleoid area (visualized by mCherry-HupA
871 fusion) in the wild type (light green), hupS (yellow), smc (blue) and hupS smc (pink) double
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872 mutant (ftsZ-ypet, hupA-mcherry derivative, MD100, TM011, TM013, TM012, TM014,
873 respectively) (E) Kymographs showing the intensity of Z-ring fluorescence along the
874 representative hyphae in the wild type and hupS, smc and hupS smc double mutant (ftsZ-
875 ypet derivatives, MD100, TM005, TM004, TM006, respectively) during maturation (F) The
876 variation (standard deviation) of FtsZ-Ypet (Z-rings) fluorescence during spore maturation of
877 strains calculated for 25-30 hyphae of the wild type (light green), hupS (yellow), smc (blue)
878 and hupS smc (pink) double mutant (ftsZ-ypet derivatives, TM005, TM004, TM006,
879 respectively). Fluorescence was measured starting from 30 min before growth arrest until
880 spore formation. Points represent values for each hyphal, while lines show loess model fit
881 with 95% confidence intervals.
882
883 Figure 3. Influence of SMC and HupS on chromosome organization. (A) Top panels: the
884 normalized Hi-C contact maps obtained for the wild type and smc, hupS and smc hupS
885 double mutants (ftsZ-ypet derivatives, MD100, TM005, TM004, TM006, respectively)
886 growing for 22 h or for 25 h (only in the case of the double hupS smc mutant) (in 5 ml
887 cultures). Bottom panels: the corresponding differential contact maps in the logarithmic
888 scale (log2) comparing the contact enrichment in the wild type strain (red) versus the
889 mutant strains (blue) are shown below each Hi-C contact map. (B) The number of SMC-FLAG
890 binding sites along the chromosome of the wild type (blue) (TM017 strain) or parB mutant
891 background (red) (KP4F4) determined by ChIP-Seq analysis at the time of sporogenic cell
892 division (14th hour of 50 ml culture growth). The number of SMC-FLAG binding sites (250 bp)
893 was determined by normr analysis averaged over 0.5 Mbp sliding window every 1000 bp
894 with a loess model fit. Points below the plot show positions of individual sites coloured
895 according to their FDR (false discovery rate) values (yellow less significant, dark purple more
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896 significant). (C) The number of HupS-FLAG binding sites along the chromosome in the wild
897 type background (hupS deletion complemented with hupS-FLAG delivered in trans, TM015)
898 determined by ChIP-Seq analysis at the time of sporogenic cell division (14th hour of 50 ml
899 culture growth). The number of HupS-FLAG binding sites was determined by differential
900 analysis of the HupS-FLAG and wild type strains using edgeR and averaged over 0.5 Mbp
901 sliding window every 1000 bp. Smooth line shows loess model fit. The points below the plot
902 show positions of individual sites coloured according to their FDR values (yellow less
903 significant, dark purple more significant). (D) Heatmaps showing the number of reads for all
904 307 regions bound by HupS-FLAG in the wild type background (TM015), smc mutant
905 background (TM016) and negative control (the wild type strain). The reads were normalized
906 by the glmQL model from the edgeR package. For each region, position 0 is the position with
907 the maximum number of reads. Regions are sorted according to their logFC values. (E)
908 Comparison of HupS-FLAG binding in the wild type (blue) and smc deletion background (red).
909 The lines show mean values of reads (for 69 bp long regions) with 95% confidence intervals
910 for all 307 sites differentially bound by HupS-FLAG protein. For all sites, 1000 bp long
911 fragments were extracted from the chromosome centred around the best position as
912 determined by edgeR analysis.
913
914 Figure 4. Model of spatial rearrangement of the S. venezuelae chromosome during
915 sporogenic development showing the contribution of ParB (green), SMC (orange) and
916 HupS (blue) to chromosomal arm alignment and organization of terminal domains (TLD
917 and RTD). Blue lines indicated intrachromosomal contacts, oriC region is marked with yellow
918 circle.
919
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