Structural highlights
Function
H32_XENLA Core component of nucleosome. Nucleosomes wrap and compact DNA into chromatin, limiting DNA accessibility to the cellular machineries which require DNA as a template. Histones thereby play a central role in transcription regulation, DNA repair, DNA replication and chromosomal stability. DNA accessibility is regulated via a complex set of post-translational modifications of histones, also called histone code, and nucleosome remodeling.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The N-terminal acetylation of Sir3 is essential for heterochromatin establishment and maintenance in yeast, but its mechanism of action is unknown. The crystal structure of the N-terminally acetylated BAH domain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sir3 bound to the nucleosome core particle reveals that the N-terminal acetylation stabilizes the interaction of Sir3 with the nucleosome. Additionally, we present a new method for the production of protein-nucleosome complexes for structural analysis.
The N-terminal acetylation of Sir3 stabilizes its binding to the nucleosome core particle.,Arnaudo N, Fernandez IS, McLaughlin SH, Peak-Chew SY, Rhodes D, Martino F Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2013 Aug 11. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2641. PMID:23934150[1]
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References
- ↑ Arnaudo N, Fernandez IS, McLaughlin SH, Peak-Chew SY, Rhodes D, Martino F. The N-terminal acetylation of Sir3 stabilizes its binding to the nucleosome core particle. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2013 Aug 11. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2641. PMID:23934150 doi:10.1038/nsmb.2641
