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Histone octamer transfer by a chromatin-remodeling complex
Y Lorch1, M Zhang, R D Kornberg
1Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305, USA.
Abstract:
RSC, an abundant, essential chromatin-remodeling complex related to SWI/SNF complex, catalyzes the transfer of a histone octamer from a nucleosome core particle to naked DNA. The newly formed octamer-DNA complex is identical with a nucleosome in all respects. The reaction requires ATP and involves an activated RSC-nucleosome intermediate. The mechanism may entail formation of a duplex displacement loop on the nucleosome, facilitating the entry of exogeneous DNA and the release of the endogenous molecule.
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