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Resetting the Yeast Epigenome with Human Nucleosomes.

ABSTRACT: Humans and yeast are separated by a billion years of evolution, yet their conserved histones retain central roles in gene regulation. Here, we "reset" yeast to use core human nucleosomes in lieu of their own (a rare event taking 20 days), which initially only worked with variant H3.1. The cells adapt by acquiring suppressor mutations in cell-division genes or by acquiring certain aneuploid states. Converting five histone residues to their yeast counterparts restored robust growth. We reveal that humanized nucleosomes are positioned according to endogenous yeast DNA sequence and chromatin-remodeling network, as judged by a yeast-like nucleosome repeat length. However, human nucleosomes have higher DNA occupancy, globally reduce RNA content, and slow adaptation to new conditions by delaying chromatin remodeling. These humanized yeasts (including H3.3) pose fundamental new questions about how chromatin is linked to many cell processes and provide a platform to study histone variants via yeast epigenome reprogramming.

SUBMITTER: Truong DM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5732057 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Resetting the Yeast Epigenome with Human Nucleosomes.

Truong David M DM Boeke Jef D JD

Cell 20171130 7

Humans and yeast are separated by a billion years of evolution, yet their conserved histones retain central roles in gene regulation. Here, we "reset" yeast to use core human nucleosomes in lieu of their own (a rare event taking 20 days), which initially only worked with variant H3.1. The cells adapt by acquiring suppressor mutations in cell-division genes or by acquiring certain aneuploid states. Converting five histone residues to their yeast counterparts restored robust growth. We reveal that ...[more]

PMID: 29198523

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