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Histone Sin mutations promote nucleosome traversal and histone displacement by RNA polymerase II.

ABSTRACT: Nucleosome traversal by RNA polymerase II (pol II) and recovery of chromatin structure after transcription are essential for proper gene expression. In this paper we show that nucleosomes assembled with Sin mutant histones present a much weaker barrier to traversal by pol II and are less likely to survive transcription. Increases in traversal from incorporation of Sin mutant histones and histones lacking H2A/H2B amino-terminal tails were in most cases additive, indicating that traversal can be facilitated by distinct mechanisms. We had identified a key intermediate in traversal, the zero (slashed circle)-loop, which mediates nucleosome survival during transcription. Sin mutations probably destabilize these intermediates and thus increase the likelihood of nucleosome disassociation.

SUBMITTER: Hsieh FK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2933865 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Histone Sin mutations promote nucleosome traversal and histone displacement by RNA polymerase II.

Hsieh Fu-Kai FK Fisher Michael M Ujvári Andrea A Studitsky Vasily M VM Luse Donal S DS

EMBO reports 20100813 9

Nucleosome traversal by RNA polymerase II (pol II) and recovery of chromatin structure after transcription are essential for proper gene expression. In this paper we show that nucleosomes assembled with Sin mutant histones present a much weaker barrier to traversal by pol II and are less likely to survive transcription. Increases in traversal from incorporation of Sin mutant histones and histones lacking H2A/H2B amino-terminal tails were in most cases additive, indicating that traversal can be f ...[more]

PMID: 20706221

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