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XB-ART-18411
J Biol Chem 1996 Mar 22;27112:7090-4.
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A single high affinity binding site for histone H1 in a nucleosome containing the Xenopus borealis 5 S ribosomal RNA gene.

Nightingale KP , Pruss D , Wolffe AP .


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We have reconstituted nucleosomes containing the Xenopus borealis 5 S rRNA gene, a single histone octamer, and 1 or 2 molecules of histone H1. We determine that the 1st molecule of histone H1 to associate with the 5 S nucleosome binds with high affinity (KD approximately 2 nM), and the 2nd molecule of H1 binds with a reduced affinity (KD approximately 10 nM). This latter binding is comparable with the association of histone H1 with naked DNA. Neither molecule of histone H1 alters the helical periodicity of DNA in the nucleosome as revealed by hydroxyl radical cleavage. We conclude that although multiple molecules of histone H1 can associate with nucleosomal DNA, there is only a single high affinity binding site for histone H1 within the 5 S nucleosome.

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