Project description:Localisation of CpG methylation in yeast expressing murine DNMTS Genomic DNA was purified from a control strain and a strain expressing murine DNMTs
Project description:Effect of induced Methylation on Nucleosome positioning in yeast. Mnase digested DNA from a control strain, a strain expressing the 4 murine DNMTs or a strain expressing catalytically inactive murine DNMTs were extracted and sequenced on a hiseq 2000
Project description:Effect of induced Methylation on Nucleosome positioning in yeast. Mnase digested DNA from a control strain and a strain expressing the 4 murine DNMTs were extracted and sequenced on a hiseq 2000
Project description:Effect of induced Methylation on Gene expression in yeast. Total RNA from a control strain and a strain expressing the 4 murine DNMTs were extracted and sequenced in a hiseq 4000
Project description:Effect of induced Methylation on 3D genome organisation in yeast. Hi-C experiment were performed on yeast expressing or not the 4 murine DNMTs (DNMT1, 3a, 3b and 3L).
Project description:Localisation of CpG methylation in yeast expressing murine DNMTS Genomic DNA was purified from a control strain and a strain expressing murine DNMTs, treated with Bisulfite and sequenced on a hiseq 2000
Project description:ISWI-family chromatin remodelers organize nucleosome arrays, while SWI/SNF-family remodelers (RSC) disorganize and eject nucleosomes, implying an antagonism that is largely unexplored in vivo. Here, we describe two independent genetic screens for rsc suppressors that yielded mutations in the promoter-focused ISW1a complex, or mutations in the ‘basic patch’ of histone H4 (an epitope that regulates ISWI activity), strongly supporting RSC-ISW1a antagonism in vivo. RSC and ISW1a largely co-localize, and genomic nucleosome studies using rsc isw1 mutant combinations revealed opposing functions: promoters classified with a nucleosome-deficient region (NDR) gain nucleosome occupancy in rsc mutants, but this gain is attenuated in rsc isw1 double mutants. Furthermore, promoters lacking NDRs have the highest occupancy of both remodelers, consistent with regulation by nucleosome occupancy, and decreased transcription in rsc mutants. Taken together, we provide the first genetic and genomic evidence for RSC-ISW1a antagonism, and reveal different mechanisms at two different promoter architectures. Genome-wide nucleosome occupancy maps in RSC and rsc null strains were generated by paired-end sequencing of mononucleosomal DNA. Strains carrying the Sth1 degron allele and either pGal-UBR1 (YBC3386) or ubr1 null (YBC3387) represent RSC null and RSC wildtype, respectively.
Project description:Maintenance of the correct level and organization of nucleosomes is crucial for genome function. Here we uncover a role for a conserved bromodomain AAA-ATPase, Abo1, in maintenance of nucleosome architecture in fission yeast. Cells lacking abo1+ experience both a reduction and mis-positioning of nucleosomes at transcribed sequences in addition to increased intragenic transcription, phenotypes that are hallmarks of defective chromatin re-establishment behind RNA polymerase II. Abo1 is recruited to gene sequences and associates with histone H3 and the histone chaperone FACT. Furthermore, the distribution of Abo1 on chromatin is disturbed by impaired FACT function. The role of Abo1 extends to some promoters and also to silent heterochromatin. Abo1 is recruited to pericentromeric heterochromatin independently of the HP1 ortholog, Swi6, where it enforces proper nucleosome occupancy. Consequently, loss of Abo1 alleviates silencing and causes elevated chromosome mis-segregation. We suggest that Abo1 provides a histone chaperone function that maintains nucleosome architecture genome-wide. A chromatin-seq/MNase-seq approach called Chromatin Particle Spectrum Analysis (Kent et al., (2011) Nucleic Acids Res. 39:e26) was used to map and compare nucleosome position in wild-type (strain 972) and isogenic abo1 knock-out (strain HM463) fission yeast cells. For each strain, three independent in vivo MNase digest bio-reps were performed and the purified DNA pooled. CPSA was performed using paired-end mode Illumina technology with pooled samples multiplexed over two HiSeq2000 lanes. Each CPSA paired read describes a microcococcal nuclease (MNase) resistant DNA species from chromatin, with the insert-size equivalent to the size of DNA protection. For each strain type, two analysed data sets are provided here: one listing the genomic distribution of MNase-protected DNAs of 150bp (â150bp CPSA size classâ) and corresponding to mono-nucleosomes; the other listing the genomic distribution of MNase-protected DNAs of 300bp (â300bp CPSA size classâ) and corresponding to di-nucleosomes.
Project description:We report nucleosome poisitioning under pertubation conditions such as heat shock, CHD1 deletion, and SET2 deletion Mono-nucleosome DNA was prepared from wild type strain under normal or heat shock conditions, or CHD1 or SET2 deletion strain. The mono-nucleosome DNA was mapped.