Cysteine hyperoxidation rewires communication pathways in the nucleosome and destabilizes the dyad

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Gene activity is tightly controlled by reversible chemical modifications called epigenetic marks, which are of various types and modulate gene accessibility without affecting the DNA sequence. Despite an increasing body of evidence demonstrating the role of oxidative-type modifications of histones in gene expression regulation, there remains a complete absence of structural data at the atomistic level to understand the molecular mechanisms behind their regulatory action. Owing to μs time-scale MD simulations and protein communication networks analysis, we describe the impact of histone H3 hyperoxidation (i.e., S-sulfonylation) on the nucleosome core particle dynamics. Our results reveal the atomic-scale details of the intrinsic structural networks within the canonical histone core and their perturbation by hyperoxidation of the histone H3 C110. We show that this modification involves local rearrangements of the communication networks and destabilizes the dyad, and that one modification is enough to induce a maximal structural signature. Our results suggest that cysteine hyperoxidation in the nucleosome core particle might favor its disassembly.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

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Computational and structural biotechnology journal - 23(2024) vom: 21. Apr., Seite 1387-1396

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Karami, Yasaman [VerfasserIn]
Bignon, Emmanuelle [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

DNA compaction
Epigenetics
Journal Article
Molecular modeling
Post-translational modifications
Protein structural networks

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Date Revised 11.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.csbj.2024.03.025

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370856481