Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Role of PER-WDR5 interactions in the mammalian circadian clock
doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-77583-0
Figure Lengend Snippet: a Inh-5 disrupts and Inh-4 weakens the interaction of hMLL1 3748-3969 (WIN-SET) with WDR5 22-334 in SEC (S200 10/300). Chromatograms (top) and SDS-PAGE analyses (bottom) of the MLL1/WDR5 complex without (orange) and in presence of Inh-4 (brown) or Inh-5 (green). Free MLL1 (violet) and WDR5 (black arrow) are shown for comparison. SEC results are representative of n = 2 independent experiments. b Analytical SEC (S200 10/300) of WDR5 22-334, PER1 1013-1291 and hMLL1 3748-3969. Top: chromatograms of PER1/WDR5 (red)- and MLL1/WDR5 (orange) complexes and of the competition experiment of a preformed MLL1/WDR5 complex (MLL1:WDR5) with added equimolar PER1 (light blue). Bottom: SDS-PAGE of the competition experiment. Newly formed PER1/WDR5 complex elutes at ~ 12.5 mL, remaining MLL1/WDR5 complex at ~ 15 mL. PER1 partially displaces MLL1 (~16.5 mL) from the preformed MLL1/WDR5 complex. SEC results are representative of n = 3 independent experiments. c Analytical SEC (S200 10/300) of equimolar PER1 1013-1291, RbBP5 and WDR5 22-334. Top: chromatograms of PER1/WDR5 (red)-, RbBP5/WDR5 (pink) and PER1/WDR5/RbBP5 (brown) complexes. Bottom: SDS-PAGE of the trimeric PER1/WDR5/RbBP5 complex (SEC peak fractions), that eluted significantly earlier than the dimeric complexes and the individual PER1 and WDR5 proteins (Fig. ). Note that a different SEC S200 10/300 column was used in Fig. and c than in all other experiments stating S200 10/300. SEC results are representative of n = 2 independent experiments. d Analytical SEC (S200 10/300) of PER1 1013-1291, PER2 1132-1252 and WDR5 22-334. Chromatogram (top) and SDS-PAGE (bottom) of the SEC run with the PER1 + WDR5 + PER2 mixture. No trimeric PER1/WDR5/PER2 complex was observed, but only dimeric PER1/WDR5- and PER2/WDR5 complexes. Arrows indicate elution volumes of individual PER1/WDR5- and PER2/WDR5 complexes and of WDR5. SEC results are representative of n = 2 independent experiments. e Chromatograms and SDS-PAGE analyses of SEC (S200 10/300) of the PER1 1013-1291 interaction with CRY1 1-496 (PHR) and WDR5 22-334. SDS-PAGE top: equimolar mixture of PER1, CRY1, and WDR5, 1 h incubation (dark green chromatogram); second: preformed PER1/WDR5 complex (ON), subsequently incubated 1 h with equimolar CRY1 (light green chromatogram). Bottom: dimeric PER1/CRY1 and PER1/WDR5 complexes (orange and red chromatograms) start to elute at 11.2 and 11.4 mL. Some trimeric PER1/WDR5/CRY1 complex is formed, that starts to elute before 11.2 ml. Non-incorporated WDR5 elutes after 16 ml. SEC results are representative of n = 3 independent experiments. f Schematic of PER-WDR5 interactions and their interplay with CRY, RbBP5 and MLL1. PER2 only binds to the WBM site of WDR5, and another protein could bind to the WDR5 WIN site. PER1 binds to both WDR5 binding sites via its WIN- and WBM motifs, but the WIN site interaction is more important. Alternatively, PER1 can only bind to the WIN site, while another protein binds to the WBM site, for example, RbBP5. Thereby, PER1 could replace MLL1 on the WIN site. PER2 binds to either WDR5 or CRY, whereas PER1 can form a trimeric PER1/WDR5/CRY complex. PER1/WDR5/RbBP5- and PER1/WDR5/CRY complexes could be formed at the transition from the active state (MLL1 bound) to the early repressed state (CRY/PER/WDR5 containing repressive complexes) of CLOCK/BMAL1. PER/WDR5 complex formation requires excess PER or spatial/temporal separation from CRY. Source data for a – e are provided as a file.
Article Snippet: The tag-free CRY1/2-PHR protein was further purified via SEC using a Superdex S200 10/300 column (Cytiva) with a buffer containing 25 mM HEPES pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 5% Glycerol, and 2 mM DTT.
Techniques: SDS Page, Comparison, Incubation, Binding Assay