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Assembly of Nucleosomal Arrays from Recombinant Core Histones and Nucleosome Positioning DNA
Published on: September 10, 2013
Purification of Recombinant Histones and Mononucleosome Assembly
Yiming Zhao1,2, Jingjun Hong1,2
1Institute of Health Sciences and Technology (IHST), Institutes of Physical Sciences and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, China.
Abstract:
The nucleosome is the basic unit of chromatin. Each nucleosome is composed of a little less than two turns of DNA wrapped around a set of eight proteins called histones, which are known as a histone octamer. Each histone octamer is composed of two copies each of the histone proteins H2A, H2B, H3, and H4. Nucleosomes play an important role in gene expression and regulation. While previous protocols use HPLC (high-performance liquid chromatography) to purify each histone and, after octamer reconstitution, subsequent FPLC (fast protein liquid chromatography) to purify the octamers. Here we present a method to carry out octamer reconstitution and mononucleosome assembly with FPLC only. This basic protocol describes a procedure for histone purification from Escherichia coli (E. coli), their subsequent reconstitution as octamers, and assembly into mononucleosomes in vitro. Through this protocol, histone octamers and mononucleosomes can be reconstituted on a large scale without the use of HPLC. Overall, this protocol describes an effective new method for the reconstitution of octamers and assembly of mononucleosomes. © 2025 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol: Purification of recombinant histones and mononucleosome assembly.
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