The N-terminal and C-terminal halves of histone H2A.Z independently function in nucleosome positioning and stability

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Nucleosome positioning and stability affect gene regulation in eukaryotic chromatin. Histone H2A.Z is an evolutionally conserved histone variant that forms mobile and unstable nucleosomes in vivo and in vitro. In the present study, we reconstituted nucleosomes containing human H2A.Z.1 mutants, in which the N-terminal or C-terminal half of H2A.Z.1 was replaced by the corresponding canonical H2A region. We found that the N-terminal portion of H2A.Z.1 is involved in flexible nucleosome positioning, whereas the C-terminal portion leads to weak H2A.Z.1-H2B association in the nucleosome. These results indicate that the N-terminal and C-terminal portions are independently responsible for the H2A.Z.1 nucleosome characteristics.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms - 25(2020), 8 vom: 06. Aug., Seite 538-546

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sato, Shoko [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Naoki [VerfasserIn]
Arimura, Yasuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Kujirai, Tomoya [VerfasserIn]
Kurumizaka, Hitoshi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chromatin
Epigenetics
H2A.Z
Histone H2A.F-Z
Histone variant
Histones
Journal Article
Nucleosome positioning
Nucleosome stability
Nucleosomes

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Date Completed 30.06.2021

Date Revised 30.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/gtc.12791

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310802040