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SUBMITTER: Patel A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3243530 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Patel Ashok A McKnight Jeffrey N JN Genzor Pavol P Bowman Gregory D GD
The Journal of biological chemistry 20111028 51
Chromatin remodelers are ATP-dependent machines responsible for directionally shifting nucleosomes along DNA. We are interested in defining which elements of the chromodomain helicase DNA-binding protein 1 (Chd1) remodeler are necessary and sufficient for sliding nucleosomes. This work focuses on the polypeptide segment that joins the ATPase motor to the C-terminal DNA-binding domain. We identify amino acid positions outside the ATPase motor that, when altered, dramatically reduce nucleosome sli ...[more]