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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2023

Molecular basis of RanGTP-activated release of Histones H2A-H2B from Importin-9.

Joy M Shaffer, Jenny Jiou, Kiran Tripathi, Oladimeji S Olaluwoye, Ho Yee Joyce Fung, Yuh Min Chook, Sheena D'Arcy

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2023. 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
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Histone Nuclear Import and Beyond: Multifunctional Roles of Importins.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026
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  8. Mechanism of RanGTP priming H2A-H2B release from Kap114 in an atypical RanGTP•Kap114•H2A-H2B complex.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Joy M ShafferDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson 75080, USA.
Jenny JiouDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75390, USA.
Kiran TripathiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson 75080, USA.
Oladimeji S OlaluwoyeDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson 75080, USA.
Ho Yee Joyce FungDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75390, USA.
Yuh Min ChookDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75390, USA.
Sheena D'ArcyDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson 75080, USA. Electronic address: sheena.darcy@utdallas.edu.
The University of Texas at Dallas · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Structures and Mechanisms of Nuclear Import and ExportR01GM069909 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI CHOOK, YUH MIN · 2004 to 2020
$5.8M
The Role of Dynamics in Regulating Multi-Activity Protein Complexes and ChromatinR35GM133751 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS · PI Sheena D'Arcy · 2019 to 2026
$2.9M
Biochemical and cellular functions of Karyopherins - Revision - 2R35GM141461 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Yuh Min Chook · 2021 to 2026
$2.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM069909NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133751NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM141461
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Imp9 is the primary importin for shuttling H2A-H2B from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. It employs an unusual mechanism where the binding of RanGTP is insufficient to release H2A-H2B. The resulting stable RanGTP·Imp9·H2A-H2B complex gains nucleosome assembly activity with H2A-H2B able to be deposited into an assembling nucleosome in vitro. Using hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled with mass spectrometry (HDX), we show that Imp9 stabilizes H2A-H2B beyond the direct-binding site, like other histone chaperones. HDX also shows that binding of RanGTP releases H2A-H2B contacts at Imp9 HEAT repeats 4-5, but not 18-19. DNA- and histone-binding surfaces of H2A-H2B are exposed in the ternary complex, facilitating nucleosome assembly. We also reveal that RanGTP has a weaker affinity for Imp9 when H2A-H2B is bound. Imp9 thus provides a connection between the nuclear import of H2A-H2B and its deposition into chromatin.

Indexed as

HistonesNucleosomesChromatinKaryopherinsNucleosome Assembly Protein 1ChromatinHistonesKaryopherinsNucleosome Assembly Protein 1NucleosomesHDXhistonesimportinImportin-9mass spectrometrynuclear importnucleosomeRan GTPase

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PMID37379840
PMCPMC10527638
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