Published December 3, 2025 | Version v1.0
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A developmental condensin I complex assists the Paramecium PiggyMac domesticated transposase during programmed DNA elimination

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Prokaryotes and eukaryotes use diverse strategies to cope with invading mobile genetic elements, including programmed DNA elimination (PDE). In the ciliate Paramecium, elimination of transposable elements and their relics requires the PiggyMac (Pgm) endonuclease and its five PgmL partners, yet how this machinery is targeted to cleavage sites remains unclear. Here, we identified condensin I subunits in the proximity proteomes of Pgm and PgmL4. We show that they belong to a condensin complex that is essential for PDE and localizes to developing somatic nuclei. Depleting the development-specific subunits of this complex blocks DNA elimination, phenocopying a Pgm depletion. Developmental condensin is required for the correct nuclear localization of Pgm and some of the PgmLs. Moreover, Pgm and these PgmLs co-immunoprecipitate with condensin I. Our findings uncover functional and physical interactions between a eukaryotic DNA cleavage machinery and a specialized condensin complex that is critical for PDE in a non-dividing nucleus.

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Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche
ANR-10-INBS-09
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
FranceBioImaging ANR-10-INBS-04
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Saclay Plant Sciences ANR-11-IDEX-0003-02
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
POLYCHROME ANR-19-CE12-0015
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
CURE ANR-21-CE12-0019
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
SELECTION ANR-23-CE12-0027
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
MODIFICATION ANR-25-CE12-7757
Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale
EQU202103012766
Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale
EQU202203014643
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
FRISBI - Infrastructure Française pour la Biologie Structurale Intégrée ANR-10-INBS-0005
Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale
FDT202404018139
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
EUR GENE ANR-17-EURE-0013