Figure 4.
Structure of the yeast CCAN and models of the human CCAN complex bound to CENP-A nucleosome. (a) A schematic of the DNA–microtubule interface, with the CENP-A nucleosome and inner kinetochore highlighted. (b) Structure of the S. cerevisiae Ctf19/CCAN complex containing homologues to human CENP-LN, CENP-HIK and CENP-OPQUR. (c) Cryo-EM structure of one copy of S. cerevisiae Ctf19 (lacking homologues of CENP-M and CENP-TWSX) interacting with CENP-A nucleosome on Widom 601 DNA. In this structure, CENP-NChl14 does not contact CENP-A or proximal DNA at the sites described in structures of mammalian CENP-N. (d) Composite model of CCAN (Ctf19 complex/CENP-M/CENP-TWSX) with the CCNC. Structural alignment was performed by aligning the N-terminal domain of the common subunit, CENP-N.