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Generation and Purification of Human INO80 Chromatin Remodeling Complexes and Subcomplexes
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El SWI/SNF humano interconvierte un nucleosoma entre su estado base y un estado remodelado estable
G Schnitzler1, S Sif, R E Kingston
1Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA.
Cell
|July 23, 1998
Resumen
El complejo SWI / SNF humano altera la estructura del nucleosoma utilizando ATP, creando una forma más grande y más accesible. Este nucleosoma remodelado puede volver a su estado original, lo que sugiere un mecanismo de remodelación dinámica.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Biología de la cromatina Biología de la cromatina
Sus antecedentes:
- El complejo SWI / SNF humano es crucial para la remodelación del nucleosoma dependiente de ATP.
- Los cambios estructurales precisos inducidos por este complejo siguen siendo en gran medida indeterminados.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para dilucidar las alteraciones estructurales de los nucleosomas mediadas por el complejo SWI/SNF humano.
- Comprender la interacción dinámica entre las conformaciones nucleosómicas normales y remodeladas.
Principales métodos:
- Ensayos bioquímicos utilizando DNAse, enzimas de restricción y nucleasa de micrococos.
- Caracterización de la estructura del nucleosoma y la composición de las proteínas.
- Análisis de la afinidad de unión al ADN utilizando GAL4.
Principales resultados:
- SWI / SNF humano (hSWI / SNF) y ATP generan una estructura nucleosómica estable y alterada aproximadamente el doble del tamaño de un nucleosoma estándar.
- El nucleosoma remodelado exhibe una sensibilidad alterada a la digestión enzimática y una mayor afinidad por GAL4.
- hSWI / SNF puede convertir el nucleosoma alterado de nuevo a un nucleosoma estándar de una manera dependiente de ATP.
Conclusiones:
- El complejo SWI / SNF humano facilita un intercambio entre las conformaciones nucleosómicas normales y alteradas.
- La conformación alterada de los nucleosomas es más accesible, lo que podría afectar la regulación de los genes.
- Esto sugiere un equilibrio dinámico de las estructuras nucleosómicas reguladas por SWI/SNF.
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