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XB-ART-54155
Mol Cell 2017 Oct 05;681:76-88.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.08.018.
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The Chd1 Chromatin Remodeler Shifts Nucleosomal DNA Bidirectionally as a Monomer.

Qiu Y , Levendosky RF , Chakravarthy S , Patel A , Bowman GD , Myong S .


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Chromatin remodelers catalyze dynamic packaging of the genome by carrying out nucleosome assembly/disassembly, histone exchange, and nucleosome repositioning. Remodeling results in evenly spaced nucleosomes, which requires probing both sides of the nucleosome, yet the way remodelers organize sliding activity to achieve this task is not understood. Here, we show that the monomeric Chd1 remodeler shifts DNA back and forth by dynamically alternating between different segments of the nucleosome. During sliding, Chd1 generates unstable remodeling intermediates that spontaneously relax to a pre-remodeled position. We demonstrate that nucleosome sliding is tightly controlled by two regulatory domains: the DNA-binding domain, which interferes with sliding when its range is limited by a truncated linking segment, and the chromodomains, which play a key role in substrate discrimination. We propose that active interplay of the ATPase motor with the regulatory domains may promote dynamic nucleosome structures uniquely suited for histone exchange and chromatin reorganization during transcription.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: chd1
GO keywords: nucleosome [+]

References [+] :
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