UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Molecular, Cell, and Cancer BiologyDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2018-08-23Keywords
S. cerevisiaechromosomes
gene expression
histone
kinetochore
nucleosome
Cell Biology
Cells
Fungi
Genetic Phenomena
Molecular Biology
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Nucleosomes contain two copies of each core histone, held together by a naturally symmetric, homodimeric histone H3-H3 interface. This symmetry has complicated efforts to determine the regulatory potential of this architecture. Through molecular design and in vivo selection, we recently generated obligately heterodimeric H3s, providing a powerful tool for discovery of the degree to which nucleosome symmetry regulates chromosomal functions in living cells (Ichikawa et al., 2017). We now have extended this tool to the centromeric H3 isoform (Cse4/CENP-A) in budding yeast. These studies indicate that a single Cse4 N- or C-terminal extension per pair of Cse4 molecules is sufficient for kinetochore function, and validate previous experiments indicating that an octameric centromeric nucleosome is required for viability in this organism. These data also support the generality of the H3 asymmetric interface for probing general questions in chromatin biology.Source
Elife. 2018 Aug 23;7. pii: 37911. doi: 10.7554/eLife.37911. Link to article on publisher's site
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10.7554/eLife.37911Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/40776PubMed ID
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Copyright © 2018, Ichikawa et al. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.Distribution License
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10.7554/eLife.37911
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