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タイトル | Histone divergence in trypanosomes results in unique alterations to nucleosome structure. |
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ジャーナル・号・ページ | Nucleic Acids Res, Vol. 51, Issue 15, Page 7882-7899, Year 2023 |
掲載日 | 2023年8月25日 |
![]() | Gauri Deák / Hannah Wapenaar / Gorka Sandoval / Ruofan Chen / Mark R D Taylor / Hayden Burdett / James A Watson / Maarten W Tuijtel / Shaun Webb / Marcus D Wilson / ![]() ![]() |
PubMed 要旨 | Eukaryotes have a multitude of diverse mechanisms for organising and using their genomes, but the histones that make up chromatin are highly conserved. Unusually, histones from kinetoplastids are ...Eukaryotes have a multitude of diverse mechanisms for organising and using their genomes, but the histones that make up chromatin are highly conserved. Unusually, histones from kinetoplastids are highly divergent. The structural and functional consequences of this variation are unknown. Here, we have biochemically and structurally characterised nucleosome core particles (NCPs) from the kinetoplastid parasite Trypanosoma brucei. A structure of the T. brucei NCP reveals that global histone architecture is conserved, but specific sequence alterations lead to distinct DNA and protein interaction interfaces. The T. brucei NCP is unstable and has weakened overall DNA binding. However, dramatic changes at the H2A-H2B interface introduce local reinforcement of DNA contacts. The T. brucei acidic patch has altered topology and is refractory to known binders, indicating that the nature of chromatin interactions in T. brucei may be unique. Overall, our results provide a detailed molecular basis for understanding evolutionary divergence in chromatin structure. |
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手法 | EM (単粒子) |
解像度 | 3.3 Å |
構造データ | EMDB-16777, PDB-8com: |
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![]() | DNA BINDING PROTEIN / Nucleosome Chromatin Parasite Trypanosome Kinetoplast |