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Effect of ADP-ribosylation reaction on bull testis chromatin
M R Faraone-Mennella1, F De Lucia, L Palomba
1Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biologica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy.
Abstract:
Polynucleosomes prepared from bull testis nuclei were characterized: DNA length, by agarose gel electrophoresis, and distribution of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase activity, by incubation with 0.64mM NAD were determined. Maximal activity was found in nucleosome fractions of 3-5 units. Chromatin fragments (5-2 kbp polynucleosomes) were analysed by circular dichroism in both native and ADP-ribosylated forms. The spectrum of the endogenously ADP-ribosylated polynucleosomes, compared to the native fraction, exhibited a higher ellipticity value and a shift of the cross-over point towards the lowest wavelengths, behaving like an H1-depleted chromatin.