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Histone Chaperone-Mediated Nucleosome Assembly Process

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  • Hsiu-Fang Fan
  • Zi-Ning Liu
  • Sih-Yao Chow
  • Yi-Han Lu
  • Hsin Li

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A huge amount of information is stored in genomic DNA and this stored information resides inside the nucleus with the aid of chromosomal condensation factors. It has been reported that the repeat nucleosome core particle (NCP) consists of 147-bp of DNA and two copies of H2A, H2B, H3 and H4. Regulation of chromosomal structure is important to many processes inside the cell. In vivo, a group of histone chaperones facilitate and regulate nucleosome assembly. How NCPs are constructed with the aid of histone chaperones remains unclear. In this study, the histone chaperone-mediated nucleosome assembly process was investigated using single-molecule tethered particle motion (TPM) experiments. It was found that Asf1 is able to exert more influence than Nap1 and poly glutamate acid (PGA) on the nucleosome formation process, which highlights Asf1’s specific role in tetrasome formation. Thermodynamic parameters supported a model whereby energetically favored nucleosomal complexes compete with non-nucleosomal complexes. In addition, our kinetic findings propose the model that histone chaperones mediate nucleosome assembly along a path that leads to enthalpy-favored products with free histones as reaction substrates.

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  • Hsiu-Fang Fan & Zi-Ning Liu & Sih-Yao Chow & Yi-Han Lu & Hsin Li, 2015. "Histone Chaperone-Mediated Nucleosome Assembly Process," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(1), pages 1-16, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0115007
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115007
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