کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10750523 1050301 2015 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Structural and functional analyses of nucleosome complexes with mouse histone variants TH2a and TH2b, involved in reprogramming
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Structural and functional analyses of nucleosome complexes with mouse histone variants TH2a and TH2b, involved in reprogramming
چکیده انگلیسی
Histone variants TH2a and TH2b are highly expressed in testes, oocytes and zygotes. Our recent analysis suggested that these histone variants enhance the induced generation of pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) when co-expressed along with four transcription factors, Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4 and c-Myc (OSKM), and are associated with an open chromatin structure [1]. In the present study, we report the crystal structures of nucleosomes (NCPs) with the mouse histone variants, TH2a and TH2b. The structures revealed two significant changes, as compared to the canonical counterparts: fewer histone-DNA contacts and changes in dimer-dimer interactions between TH2a-TH2a′ (L1-loop). In vivo studies with domain swapping and point mutants of the variants revealed that the residues in the histone tails and the TH2a-L1 loop are important for reprogramming. Taken together, our work indicates that the NCP variants with structural modifications and flexible tails are most likely important for enhanced reprogramming of functions.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - Volume 464, Issue 3, 28 August 2015, Pages 929-935
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