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CENP-H-containing complex facilitates centromere deposition of CENP-A in cooperation with FACT and CHD1.


ABSTRACT: Centromere identity is thought to be determined by epigenetic mechanisms. The centromere-specific histone H3 variant CENP-A plays a central role in specifying the locus where the centromere is constructed. However, the precise mechanisms that target CENP-A to centromeric chromatin are poorly understood. Here, we show that facilitates chromatin transcription (FACT) localizes to centromeres in a CENP-H-containing complex-dependent manner. In conditional mutant cell lines for SSRP1, a subunit of FACT, centromere targeting of newly synthesized CENP-A is severely inhibited. The chromatin remodeling factor CHD1 binds to SSRP1 both in vivo and in vitro and associates with centromeres. The centromeric localization of CHD1 is lost in SSRP1-depleted cells. RNA interference knockdown of CHD1 leads to a decrease in the amount of centromere localized CENP-A. These findings indicate that the CENP-H-containing complex facilitates deposition of newly synthesized CENP-A into centromeric chromatin in cooperation with FACT and CHD1.

SUBMITTER: Okada M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2743618 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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CENP-H-containing complex facilitates centromere deposition of CENP-A in cooperation with FACT and CHD1.

Okada Masahiro M   Okawa Katsuya K   Isobe Toshiaki T   Fukagawa Tatsuo T  

Molecular biology of the cell 20090722 18


Centromere identity is thought to be determined by epigenetic mechanisms. The centromere-specific histone H3 variant CENP-A plays a central role in specifying the locus where the centromere is constructed. However, the precise mechanisms that target CENP-A to centromeric chromatin are poorly understood. Here, we show that facilitates chromatin transcription (FACT) localizes to centromeres in a CENP-H-containing complex-dependent manner. In conditional mutant cell lines for SSRP1, a subunit of FA  ...[more]

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