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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
39
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-26
pubmed:abstractText
The core histone tail domains are known to be key regulators of chromatin structure and function. The tails are required for condensation of nucleosome arrays into secondary and tertiary chromatin structures, yet little is known regarding tail structures or sites of tail interactions in chromatin. We have developed a system to test the hypothesis that the tails participate in internucleosomal interactions during salt-dependent chromatin condensation, and here we used it to examine interactions of the H3 tail domain. We found that the H3 tail participates primarily in intranucleosome interactions when the nucleosome array exists in an extended "beads-on-a-string" conformation and that tail interactions reorganize to engage in primarily internucleosome interactions as the array successively undergoes salt-dependent folding and oligomerization. These results indicated that the location and interactions of the H3 tail domain are dependent upon the degree of condensation of the nucleosomal array, suggesting a mechanism by which alterations in tail interactions may elaborate different structural and functional states of chromatin.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
280
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
33552-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Cross-Linking Reagents, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Cysteine, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Histones, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Magnesium, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Models, Chemical, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Nucleosomes, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Phosphorus Radioisotopes, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Serine, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Sodium Chloride, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Templates, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Ultraviolet Rays, pubmed-meshheading:16079127-Xenopus
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Salt-dependent intra- and internucleosomal interactions of the H3 tail domain in a model oligonucleosomal array.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural