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ArticleBiophysical journal2019

The Oligomerization Landscape of Histones.

Haiqing Zhao, David Winogradoff, Yamini Dalal, Garegin A Papoian

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Chiral Systems Made from DNA.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Haiqing ZhaoBiophysics Program, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
David WinogradoffChemical Physics Program, Institute for Physical Science and Technology.
Yamini DalalLaboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: dalaly@mail.nih.gov.
Garegin A PapoianBiophysics Program, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; Chemical Physics Program, Institute for Physical Science and Technology; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Electronic address: gpapoian@umd.edu.
National Cancer Institute · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

Biomechanical properties of chromatin in cancer and normal cellsZIABC011207 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI DALAL, YAMINI P · 2009 to 2025
$8.8M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In eukaryotes, DNA is packaged within nucleosomes. The DNA of each nucleosome is typically centered around an octameric histone protein core: one central tetramer plus two separate dimers. Studying the assembly mechanisms of histones is essential for understanding the dynamics of entire nucleosomes and higher-order DNA packaging. Here, we investigate canonical histone assembly and that of the centromere-specific histone variant, centromere protein A (CENP-A), using molecular dynamics simulations. We quantitatively characterize their thermodynamical and dynamical features, showing that two H3/H4 dimers form a structurally floppy, weakly bound complex, the latter exhibiting large instability around the central interface manifested via a swiveling motion of two halves. This finding is consistent with the recently observed DNA handedness flipping of the tetrasome. In contrast, the variant CENP-A encodes distinctive stability to its tetramer with a rigid but twisted interface compared to the crystal structure, implying diverse structural possibilities of the histone variant. Interestingly, the observed tetramer dynamics alter significantly and appear to reach a new balance when H2A/H2B dimers are present. Furthermore, we found that the preferred structure for the (CENP-A/H4)

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Protein MultimerizationHistonesModels, MolecularProtein Structure, QuaternaryThermodynamicsHistones

Identifiers

PMID31005236
PMCPMC6531916
OpenAlexW2953250883

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