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XB-ART-7172
Mol Cell Biol 2002 Jun 01;2211:3653-62. doi: 10.1128/MCB.22.11.3653-3662.2002.
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Nucleosome remodeling by the human SWI/SNF complex requires transient global disruption of histone-DNA interactions.

Aoyagi S , Narlikar G , Zheng C , Sif S , Kingston RE , Hayes JJ .


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We utilized a site-specific cross-linking technique to investigate the mechanism of nucleosome remodeling by hSWI/SNF. We found that a single cross-link between H2B and DNA virtually eliminates the accumulation of stably remodeled species as measured by restriction enzyme accessibility assays. However, cross-linking the histone octamer to nucleosomal DNA does not inhibit remodeling as monitored by DNase I digestion assays. Importantly, we found that the restriction enzyme-accessible species can be efficiently cross-linked after remodeling and that the accessible state does not require continued ATP hydrolysis. These results imply that the generation of stable remodeled states requires at least transient disruption of histone-DNA interactions throughout the nucleosome, while hSWI/SNF-catalyzed disruption of just local histone-DNA interactions yields less-stable remodeled states that still display an altered DNase I cleavage pattern. The implications of these results for models of the mechanism of SWI/SNF-catalyzed nucleosome remodeling are discussed.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: h2bc21

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Angelov, Differential remodeling of the HIV-1 nucleosome upon transcription activators and SWI/SNF complex binding. 2000, Pubmed