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The catalytic subunit of the SWR1 remodeler is a histone chaperone for the H2A.Z-H2B dimer.

ABSTRACT: Histone variant H2A.Z-containing nucleosomes exist at most eukaryotic promoters and play important roles in gene transcription and genome stability. The multisubunit nucleosome-remodeling enzyme complex SWR1, conserved from yeast to mammals, catalyzes the ATP-dependent replacement of histone H2A in canonical nucleosomes with H2A.Z. How SWR1 catalyzes the replacement reaction is largely unknown. Here, we determined the crystal structure of the N-terminal region (599-627) of the catalytic subunit Swr1, termed Swr1-Z domain, in complex with the H2A.Z-H2B dimer at 1.78 Å resolution. The Swr1-Z domain forms a 310 helix and an irregular chain. A conserved LxxLF motif in the Swr1-Z 310 helix specifically recognizes the ?C helix of H2A.Z. Our results show that the Swr1-Z domain can deliver the H2A.Z-H2B dimer to the DNA-(H3-H4)2 tetrasome to form the nucleosome by a histone chaperone mechanism.

SUBMITTER: Hong J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3940207 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

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The catalytic subunit of the SWR1 remodeler is a histone chaperone for the H2A.Z-H2B dimer.

Hong Jingjun J Feng Hanqiao H Wang Feng F Ranjan Anand A Chen Jianhong J Jiang Jiansheng J Ghirlando Rodolfo R Xiao T Sam TS Wu Carl C Bai Yawen Y

Molecular cell 20140201 3

Histone variant H2A.Z-containing nucleosomes exist at most eukaryotic promoters and play important roles in gene transcription and genome stability. The multisubunit nucleosome-remodeling enzyme complex SWR1, conserved from yeast to mammals, catalyzes the ATP-dependent replacement of histone H2A in canonical nucleosomes with H2A.Z. How SWR1 catalyzes the replacement reaction is largely unknown. Here, we determined the crystal structure of the N-terminal region (599-627) of the catalytic subunit ...[more]

PMID: 24507717

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