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| Title | Insights into the structure and evolution of the human SAGA complex by affinity-ligand purification. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Sci Adv, Vol. 12, Issue 12, Page eaec8104, Year 2026 |
| Publish date | Mar 20, 2026 |
Authors | Mylène Damilot / Thomas Schoeps / Laszlo Tora / Patrick Schultz / Luc Lebeau / Gabor Papai / Adam Ben-Shem / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Human SAGA is a 20-subunit transcriptional coactivator. Compared with yeast, metazoan SAGA uniquely incorporates a 150-kDa splicing-factor module (SPL), also present in U2 small nuclear ...Human SAGA is a 20-subunit transcriptional coactivator. Compared with yeast, metazoan SAGA uniquely incorporates a 150-kDa splicing-factor module (SPL), also present in U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (U2snRNP). Metazoan gene duplication further specialized shared TFIID/SAGA subunits into SAGA-specific paralogs (TAF5L and TAF6L), but the functional consequences of this divergence are unknown. We report the structure of endogenous human SAGA purified via an affinity ligand from cells that were not disturbed by any genomic engineering tools. Our work reveals the high-resolution structure of SPL and the TAF6L HEAT repeat domain that provides the SPL with a docking surface. We elucidate how SPL and the HEAT repeats are incorporated into SAGA. We identify major structural differences between TAF6L/TAF5L and their canonical paralogs that enable SPL accommodation. SPL engages SAGA through a substantially smaller interface than in U2snRNP, despite sharing a deeply inserted helical motif. The seemingly weaker interaction of SPL with SAGA raises the possibility that SAGA relays this module to the splicing machinery. |
External links | Sci Adv / PubMed:41849588 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 2.38 - 3.24 Å |
| Structure data | ![]() EMDB-53895: Human SAGA core Domain ![]() EMDB-53896: Focus refined map of TRRAP in human SAGA ![]() EMDB-53932: Focus refined map of human SAGA TRRAP end ![]() EMDB-53934: Focus refined map of Human SAGA SF3B module ![]() EMDB-53935: Human SAGA consensus map EMDB-53937, PDB-9rdk: |
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Keywords | TRANSCRIPTION / Transcription co-activator / Lysine acetyltransferase / complex |
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