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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications2020

Structure of a single-chain H2A/H2B dimer.

Christopher Warren, Jeffrey B Bonanno, Steven C Almo, David Shechter

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christopher WarrenDepartment of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Jeffrey B BonannoDepartment of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Steven C AlmoDepartment of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
David ShechterDepartment of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · US

Funding

PRMT5-MEP50 Histone Arginine Methylation in Early DevelopmentR01GM108646 · NIGMS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI SHECHTER, DAVID · 2014 to 2022
$3.2M
Regulation of Histone Chaperone Function by GlutamylationR01GM135614 · NIGMS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI SHECHTER, DAVID · 2020 to 2023
$1.6M
An integrated X-ray data collection systemS10OD020068 · OD · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI ALMO, STEVEN C. · 2015 to 2015
$600k
Regulation of Histone Chaperone Function by GlutamylationF31GM116536 · NIGMS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI WARREN, CHRISTOPHER · 2016 to 2017
$88k
American Lung Association LCD-564723NIGMS NIH HHS F31 GM116536NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM108646NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM135614NIH HHS F31GM116536NIH HHS R01GM108646NIH HHS R01GM135614NIH HHS S10 OD020068
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromatin is the complex assembly of nucleic acids and proteins that makes up the physiological form of the eukaryotic genome. The nucleosome is the fundamental repeating unit of chromatin, and is composed of ∼147 bp of DNA wrapped around a histone octamer formed by two copies of each core histone: H2A, H2B, H3 and H4. Prior to nucleosome assembly, and during histone eviction, histones are typically assembled into soluble H2A/H2B dimers and H3/H4 dimers and tetramers. A multitude of factors interact with soluble histone dimers and tetramers, including chaperones, importins, histone-modifying enzymes and chromatin-remodeling enzymes. It is still unclear how many of these proteins recognize soluble histones; therefore, there is a need for new structural tools to study non-nucleosomal histones. Here, a single-chain, tailless Xenopus H2A/H2B dimer was created by directly fusing the C-terminus of H2B to the N-terminus of H2A. It is shown that this construct (termed scH2BH2A) is readily expressed in bacteria and can be purified under non-denaturing conditions. A 1.31 Å resolution crystal structure of scH2BH2A shows that it adopts a conformation that is nearly identical to that of nucleosomal H2A/H2B. This new tool is likely to facilitate future structural studies of many H2A/H2B-interacting proteins.

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AnimalsCrystallography, X-RayDimerizationEscherichia coliHistonesHydrogen BondingProtein ConformationRecombinant ProteinsStatic ElectricityXenopusHistonesRecombinant ProteinschromatincrystallographyH2A/H2B dimerhistonesXenopus laevis

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PMID32356520
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