Floer, M., Wang, X., Prabhu, V., Berrozpe, G., Narayan, S., Spagna, D., Alvarez, D., Kendall, J. T., Krasnitz, A., Stepansky, A., Hicks, J. B., Bryant, G. O., Ptashne, M. (April 2010) A RSC/nucleosome complex determines chromatin architecture and facilitates activator binding. Cell, 141 (3). pp. 407-418.
Abstract
How is chromatin architecture established and what role does it play in transcription? We show that the yeast regulatory locus UASg bears, in addition to binding sites for the activator Gal4, sites bound by the RSC complex. RSC positions a nucleosome, evidently partially unwound, in a structure that facilitates Gal4 binding to its sites. The complex comprises a barrier that imposes characteristic features of chromatin architecture. In the absence of RSC, ordinary nucleosomes encroach over the UASg and compete with Gal4 for binding. Taken with our previous work, the results show that both prior to and following induction, specific DNA-binding proteins are the predominant determinants of chromatin architecture at the GAL1/10 genes. RSC/nucleosome complexes are also found scattered around the yeast genome. Higher eukaryotic RSC lacks the specific DNA-binding determinants found on yeast RSC, and evidently Gal4 works in those organisms despite whatever obstacle broadly positioned nucleosomes present. © 2010 Elsevier Inc.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | DNA Proteins |
| Subjects: | bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > transcription bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > Chromatin dynamics bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > nucleosome organism description > yeast |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Hicks lab CSHL labs > Krasnitz lab |
| Depositing User: | CSHL Librarian |
| Date: | 29 April 2010 |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Sep 2011 15:16 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Mar 2014 15:18 |
| PMCID: | PMC3032599 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/15412 |
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