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Title | Cryo-EM Structures of Centromeric Tri-nucleosomes Containing a Central CENP-A Nucleosome. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Structure, Vol. 28, Issue 1, Page 44-53.e4, Year 2020 |
Publish date | Jan 7, 2020 |
Authors | Yoshimasa Takizawa / Cheng-Han Ho / Hiroaki Tachiwana / Hideyuki Matsunami / Wataru Kobayashi / Midori Suzuki / Yasuhiro Arimura / Tetsuya Hori / Tatsuo Fukagawa / Melanie D Ohi / Matthias Wolf / Hitoshi Kurumizaka / |
PubMed Abstract | The histone H3 variant CENP-A is a crucial epigenetic marker for centromere specification. CENP-A forms a characteristic nucleosome and dictates the higher-order configuration of centromeric ...The histone H3 variant CENP-A is a crucial epigenetic marker for centromere specification. CENP-A forms a characteristic nucleosome and dictates the higher-order configuration of centromeric chromatin. However, little is known about how the CENP-A nucleosome affects the architecture of centromeric chromatin. In this study, we reconstituted tri-nucleosomes mimicking a centromeric nucleosome arrangement containing the CENP-A nucleosome, and determined their 3D structures by cryoelectron microscopy. The H3-CENP-A-H3 tri-nucleosomes adopt an untwisted architecture, with an outward-facing linker DNA path between nucleosomes. This is distinct from the H3-H3-H3 tri-nucleosome architecture, with an inward-facing DNA path. Intriguingly, the untwisted architecture may allow the CENP-A nucleosome to be exposed to the solvent in the condensed chromatin model. These results provide a structural basis for understanding the 3D configuration of CENP-A-containing chromatin, and may explain how centromeric proteins can specifically target the CENP-A nucleosomes buried in robust amounts of H3 nucleosomes in centromeres. |
External links | Structure / PubMed:31711756 |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 12.3 - 19.6 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-0768: H3-CENP-A-H3 tri-nucleosome with the 22 base-pair linker DNA EMDB-0769: EMDB-0770: H3-H3-H3 tri-nucleosome with the 22 base-pair linker DNA, Class1 EMDB-0771: EMDB-0772: |
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Keywords | NUCLEAR PROTEIN / Chromatin / Nucleosome / Centromere |