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Entry | Database: EMDB / ID: EMD-3950 | |||||||||
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Title | Nucleosome breathing : Class 4 | |||||||||
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![]() | nucleosome / nucleosome breathing / hexasome / GENE REGULATION | |||||||||
Function / homology | ![]() structural constituent of chromatin / nucleosome / nucleosome assembly / protein heterodimerization activity / DNA binding / nucleoplasm / nucleus Similarity search - Function | |||||||||
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Method | single particle reconstruction / cryo EM / Resolution: 6.3 Å | |||||||||
![]() | Bilokapic S / Halic M | |||||||||
Funding support | 1 items
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![]() | ![]() Title: Histone octamer rearranges to adapt to DNA unwrapping. Authors: Silvija Bilokapic / Mike Strauss / Mario Halic / ![]() Abstract: Nucleosomes, the basic units of chromatin, package and regulate expression of eukaryotic genomes. Although the structure of the intact nucleosome is well characterized, little is known about ...Nucleosomes, the basic units of chromatin, package and regulate expression of eukaryotic genomes. Although the structure of the intact nucleosome is well characterized, little is known about structures of partially unwrapped, transient intermediates. In this study, we present nine cryo-EM structures of distinct conformations of nucleosome and subnucleosome particles. These structures show that initial DNA breathing induces conformational changes in the histone octamer, particularly in histone H3, that propagate through the nucleosome and prevent symmetrical DNA opening. Rearrangements in the H2A-H2B dimer strengthen interaction with the unwrapping DNA and promote nucleosome stability. In agreement with this, cross-linked H2A-H2B that cannot accommodate unwrapping of the DNA is not stably maintained in the nucleosome. H2A-H2B release and DNA unwrapping occur simultaneously, indicating that DNA is essential in stabilizing the dimer in the nucleosome. Our structures reveal intrinsic nucleosomal plasticity that is required for nucleosome stability and might be exploited by extrinsic protein factors. | |||||||||
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-Validation report
Summary document | ![]() | 213.9 KB | Display | ![]() |
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Full document | ![]() | 213 KB | Display | |
Data in XML | ![]() | 5.5 KB | Display | |
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-Related structure data
Related structure data | ![]() 6esiMC ![]() 3925C ![]() 3926C ![]() 3929C ![]() 3930C ![]() 3931C ![]() 3947C ![]() 3948C ![]() 3949C ![]() 6esfC ![]() 6esgC ![]() 6eshC M: atomic model generated by this map C: citing same article ( |
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Voxel size | X=Y=Z: 1.4 Å | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Symmetry | Space group: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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-Supplemental data
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Sample components
+Entire : Nucleosome
+Supramolecule #1: Nucleosome
+Supramolecule #2: Nucleosome
+Supramolecule #3: DNA
+Macromolecule #1: Histone H3.2
+Macromolecule #2: Histone H4
+Macromolecule #3: Histone H2A
+Macromolecule #4: Histone H2B 1.1
+Macromolecule #5: Histone H2B 1.1
+Macromolecule #6: DNA (133-MER)
+Macromolecule #7: DNA (133-MER)
-Experimental details
-Structure determination
Method | cryo EM |
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![]() | single particle reconstruction |
Aggregation state | particle |
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Sample preparation
Buffer | pH: 7.4 |
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Vitrification | Cryogen name: ETHANE |
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Electron microscopy
Microscope | FEI TITAN |
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Image recording | #0 - Image recording ID: 1 / #0 - Film or detector model: GATAN K2 SUMMIT (4k x 4k) / #0 - Detector mode: COUNTING / #0 - Average electron dose: 80.0 e/Å2 / #1 - Image recording ID: 2 / #1 - Film or detector model: FEI FALCON II (4k x 4k) / #1 - Detector mode: INTEGRATING / #1 - Average electron dose: 100.0 e/Å2 |
Electron beam | Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: ![]() |
Electron optics | Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM / Imaging mode: BRIGHT FIELD |