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Abstract
Forcing budding yeast to chromatinize their DNA with human histones manifests an abrupt fitness cost. We previously proposed chromosomal aneuploidy and missense mutations as two potential modes of adaptation to histone humanization. Here we show that aneuploidy in histone-humanized yeasts is specific to a subset of chromosomes, defined by their centromeric evolutionary origins, however, they are not adaptive. Instead we show that a set of missense mutations in outer kinetochore proteins drive adaptation to human histones. Further, we characterize the molecular mechanism of two mutants of the outer kinetochore DASH/Dam1 complex, which reduce aneuploidy by suppression of chromosome instability. Molecular modeling and biochemical experiments show that these two mutants likely disrupt a conserved oligomerization interface thereby weakening microtubule attachments. Lastly, we show that one mutant, DAD1E50D, while suppressing chromosome instability in mitosis, leads to gross defects in meiosis. In sum, our data show how a set of point mutations evolved in the histone-humanized yeasts to counterbalance human histone induced chromosomal instability through weakening microtubule interactions, eventually promoting a return to euploidy.
Competing Interest Statement
Jef Boeke is a Founder and Director of CDI Labs, Inc., a Founder of and consultant to Neochromosome, Inc, a Founder, SAB member of and consultant to ReOpen Diagnostics, LLC and serves or served on the Scientific Advisory Board of the following: Sangamo, Inc., Modern Meadow, Inc., Rome Therapeutics, Inc., Sample6, Inc., Tessera Therapeutics, Inc. and the Wyss Institute.
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