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Direct Restart of a Replication Fork Stalled by a Head-On RNA Polymerase
Published on: April 29, 2010
Rtt109 promotes nucleosome replacement ahead of the replication fork
Felix Jonas1, Gilad Yaakov1, Naama Barkai1
1Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Abstract:
DNA replication perturbs chromatin by triggering the eviction, replacement, and incorporation of nucleosomes. How this dynamic is orchestrated in time and space is poorly understood. Here, we apply a genetically encoded sensor for histone exchange to follow the time-resolved histone H3 exchange profile in budding yeast cells undergoing slow synchronous replication in nucleotide-limiting conditions. We find that new histones are incorporated not only behind, but also ahead of the replication fork. We provide evidence that Rtt109, the S-phase-induced acetyltransferase, stabilizes nucleosomes behind the fork but promotes H3 replacement ahead of the fork. Increased replacement ahead of the fork is independent of the primary Rtt109 acetylation target H3K56 and rather results from Vps75-dependent Rtt109 activity toward the H3 N terminus. Our results suggest that, at least under nucleotide-limiting conditions, selective incorporation of differentially modified H3s behind and ahead of the replication fork results in opposing effects on histone exchange, likely reflecting the distinct challenges for genome stability at these different regions.
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