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Title | Cryo-EM study of the chromatin fiber reveals a double helix twisted by tetranucleosomal units. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Science, Vol. 344, Issue 6182, Page 376-380, Year 2014 |
Publish date | Apr 25, 2014 |
![]() | Feng Song / Ping Chen / Dapeng Sun / Mingzhu Wang / Liping Dong / Dan Liang / Rui-Ming Xu / Ping Zhu / Guohong Li / ![]() |
PubMed Abstract | The hierarchical packaging of eukaryotic chromatin plays a central role in transcriptional regulation and other DNA-related biological processes. Here, we report the 11-angstrom-resolution cryogenic ...The hierarchical packaging of eukaryotic chromatin plays a central role in transcriptional regulation and other DNA-related biological processes. Here, we report the 11-angstrom-resolution cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of 30-nanometer chromatin fibers reconstituted in the presence of linker histone H1 and with different nucleosome repeat lengths. The structures show a histone H1-dependent left-handed twist of the repeating tetranucleosomal structural units, within which the four nucleosomes zigzag back and forth with a straight linker DNA. The asymmetric binding and the location of histone H1 in chromatin play a role in the formation of the 30-nanometer fiber. Our results provide mechanistic insights into how nucleosomes compact into higher-order chromatin fibers. |
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Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 11.0 - 25.0 Å |
Structure data | ![]() EMDB-2600: ![]() EMDB-2601: ![]() EMDB-2602: |
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