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Title | Nap1 and Kap114 co-chaperone H2A-H2B and facilitate targeted histone release in the nucleus. |
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Journal, issue, pages | J Cell Biol, Vol. 224, Issue 1, Year 2025 |
Publish date | Jan 6, 2025 |
![]() | Ho Yee Joyce Fung / Jenny Jiou / Ashley B Niesman / Natalia E Bernardes / Yuh Min Chook / ![]() |
PubMed Abstract | Core histones, synthesized and processed in the cytoplasm, must be chaperoned as they are transported into the nucleus for nucleosome assembly. The importin Kap114 transports H2A-H2B into the yeast ...Core histones, synthesized and processed in the cytoplasm, must be chaperoned as they are transported into the nucleus for nucleosome assembly. The importin Kap114 transports H2A-H2B into the yeast nucleus, where RanGTP facilitates histone release. Kap114 and H2A-H2B also bind the histone chaperone Nap1, but how Nap1 and Kap114 cooperate in transport and nucleosome assembly remains unclear. Here, biochemical and structural analyses show that Kap114, H2A-H2B, and a Nap1 dimer (Nap12) associate in the absence and presence of RanGTP to form equimolar complexes. A previous study had shown that RanGTP reduces Kap114's ability to chaperone H2A-H2B, but a new cryo-EM structure of the Nap12•H2A-H2B•Kap114•RanGTP complex explains how both Kap114 and Nap12 interact with H2A-H2B, restoring its chaperoning within the assembly while effectively depositing it into nucleosomes. Together, our results suggest that Kap114 and Nap12 provide a sheltered path that facilitates the transfer of H2A-H2B from Kap114 to Nap12, ultimately directing its specific deposition into nucleosomes. |
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Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 2.88 - 5.62 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-44095, PDB-9b23: EMDB-44120, PDB-9b31: ![]() EMDB-44121: Local refined map for Nap1 region from (Nap1)2-Kap114-H2A-H2B structure ![]() EMDB-44122: Consensus volume for (Nap1)2-Kap114-H2A-H2B EMDB-44136, PDB-9b3f: ![]() EMDB-44137: Locally refined map for Nap1 and H2A-H2B in (Nap1)2-H2A-H2B-Kap114 structure ![]() EMDB-44140: Consensus volume for (Nap1)2-H2A-H2B-Kap114 structure EMDB-44141, PDB-9b3i: ![]() EMDB-44150: Local refined map for Nap1 and H2A-H2B region in (Nap1)2-H2A-H2B-Kap114-RanGTP structure ![]() EMDB-44151: Consensus volume for (Nap1)2-H2A-H2B-Kap114-RanGTP |
Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-MG: ![]() ChemComp-GTP: |
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![]() | CHAPERONE / Histone / TRANSPORT PROTEIN / Import / Nucleosome Assembly |