2jss

Structural highlights

Function

H2AZ_YEAST Variant histone H2A which can replace H2A in some nucleosomes. 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. This variant is enriched at promoters, it may keep them in a repressed state until the appropriate activation signal is received (PubMed:11000274, PubMed:11081628, PubMed:11090616, PubMed:11509669, PubMed:12628191, PubMed:14645854, PubMed:14690608, PubMed:15045029, PubMed:16239142, PubMed:16344463, PubMed:16543223). Near telomeres, it may counteract gene silencing caused by the spread of heterochromatin proteins (PubMed:16543222). Required for the RNA polymerase II and SPT15/TBP recruitment to the target genes (PubMed:11509669). Involved in chromosome stability (PubMed:15353583). Required to target MPS3 to the inner membrane of the nuclear envelope (PubMed:21518795).^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]} H2B1_YEAST 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.^{[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]}

Evolutionary Conservation

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See Also

• Histone 3D structures

References

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2. ↑ Santisteban MS, Kalashnikova T, Smith MM. Histone H2A.Z regulats transcription and is partially redundant with nucleosome remodeling complexes. Cell. 2000 Oct 27;103(3):411-22. PMID:11081628
3. ↑ Dhillon N, Kamakaka RT. A histone variant, Htz1p, and a Sir1p-like protein, Esc2p, mediate silencing at HMR. Mol Cell. 2000 Oct;6(4):769-80. PMID:11090616
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6. ↑ Mizuguchi G, Shen X, Landry J, Wu WH, Sen S, Wu C. ATP-driven exchange of histone H2AZ variant catalyzed by SWR1 chromatin remodeling complex. Science. 2004 Jan 16;303(5656):343-8. Epub 2003 Nov 26. PMID:14645854 doi:10.1126/science.1090701
7. ↑ Krogan NJ, Keogh MC, Datta N, Sawa C, Ryan OW, Ding H, Haw RA, Pootoolal J, Tong A, Canadien V, Richards DP, Wu X, Emili A, Hughes TR, Buratowski S, Greenblatt JF. A Snf2 family ATPase complex required for recruitment of the histone H2A variant Htz1. Mol Cell. 2003 Dec;12(6):1565-76. PMID:14690608
8. ↑ Kobor MS, Venkatasubrahmanyam S, Meneghini MD, Gin JW, Jennings JL, Link AJ, Madhani HD, Rine J. A protein complex containing the conserved Swi2/Snf2-related ATPase Swr1p deposits histone variant H2A.Z into euchromatin. PLoS Biol. 2004 May;2(5):E131. Epub 2004 Mar 23. PMID:15045029 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0020131
9. ↑ Krogan NJ, Baetz K, Keogh MC, Datta N, Sawa C, Kwok TC, Thompson NJ, Davey MG, Pootoolal J, Hughes TR, Emili A, Buratowski S, Hieter P, Greenblatt JF. Regulation of chromosome stability by the histone H2A variant Htz1, the Swr1 chromatin remodeling complex, and the histone acetyltransferase NuA4. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Sep 14;101(37):13513-8. Epub 2004 Sep 7. PMID:15353583 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0405753101
10. ↑ Raisner RM, Hartley PD, Meneghini MD, Bao MZ, Liu CL, Schreiber SL, Rando OJ, Madhani HD. Histone variant H2A.Z marks the 5' ends of both active and inactive genes in euchromatin. Cell. 2005 Oct 21;123(2):233-48. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2005.10.002. PMID:16239142 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2005.10.002
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14. ↑ Gardner JM, Smoyer CJ, Stensrud ES, Alexander R, Gogol M, Wiegraebe W, Jaspersen SL. Targeting of the SUN protein Mps3 to the inner nuclear membrane by the histone variant H2A.Z. J Cell Biol. 2011 May 2;193(3):489-507. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201011017. Epub 2011 Apr , 25. PMID:21518795 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201011017
15. ↑ Martini EM, Keeney S, Osley MA. A role for histone H2B during repair of UV-induced DNA damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics. 2002 Apr;160(4):1375-87. PMID:11973294
16. ↑ Briggs SD, Xiao T, Sun ZW, Caldwell JA, Shabanowitz J, Hunt DF, Allis CD, Strahl BD. Gene silencing: trans-histone regulatory pathway in chromatin. Nature. 2002 Aug 1;418(6897):498. Epub 2002 Jul 14. PMID:12152067 doi:10.1038/nature00970
17. ↑ Kao CF, Hillyer C, Tsukuda T, Henry K, Berger S, Osley MA. Rad6 plays a role in transcriptional activation through ubiquitylation of histone H2B. Genes Dev. 2004 Jan 15;18(2):184-95. PMID:14752010 doi:10.1101/gad.1149604
18. ↑ Yamashita K, Shinohara M, Shinohara A. Rad6-Bre1-mediated histone H2B ubiquitylation modulates the formation of double-strand breaks during meiosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Aug 3;101(31):11380-5. Epub 2004 Jul 27. PMID:15280549 doi:10.1073/pnas.0400078101
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20. ↑ Ahn SH, Henderson KA, Keeney S, Allis CD. H2B (Ser10) phosphorylation is induced during apoptosis and meiosis in S. cerevisiae. Cell Cycle. 2005 Jun;4(6):780-3. Epub 2005 Jun 14. PMID:15970663
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23. ↑ Nathan D, Ingvarsdottir K, Sterner DE, Bylebyl GR, Dokmanovic M, Dorsey JA, Whelan KA, Krsmanovic M, Lane WS, Meluh PB, Johnson ES, Berger SL. Histone sumoylation is a negative regulator in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and shows dynamic interplay with positive-acting histone modifications. Genes Dev. 2006 Apr 15;20(8):966-76. Epub 2006 Apr 5. PMID:16598039 doi:gad.1404206
24. ↑ Zhou Z, Feng H, Hansen DF, Kato H, Luk E, Freedberg DI, Kay LE, Wu C, Bai Y. NMR structure of chaperone Chz1 complexed with histones H2A.Z-H2B. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2008 Aug;15(8):868-9. Epub 2008 Jul 20. PMID:18641662 doi:10.1038/nsmb.1465