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ArticleLife science alliance2024

The importance of DNA sequence for nucleosome positioning in transcriptional regulation.

Malte Sahrhage, Niels Benjamin Paul, Tim Beißbarth, Martin Haubrock

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Article in Life science alliance, 2024. 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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Malte SahrhageDepartment of Medical Bioinformatics, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany malte.sahrhage@bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de.ORCID 0009-0009-4549-903X
Niels Benjamin PaulDepartment of Medical Bioinformatics, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5631-0126
Tim BeißbarthDepartment of Medical Bioinformatics, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6509-2143
Martin HaubrockDepartment of Medical Bioinformatics, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany martin.haubrock@bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de.ORCID 0000-0001-5292-4561

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleosome positioning is a key factor for transcriptional regulation. Nucleosomes regulate the dynamic accessibility of chromatin and interact with the transcription machinery at every stage. Influences to steer nucleosome positioning are diverse, and the according importance of the DNA sequence in contrast to active chromatin remodeling has been the subject of long discussion. In this study, we evaluate the functional role of DNA sequence for all major elements along the process of transcription. We developed a random forest classifier based on local DNA structure that assesses the sequence-intrinsic support for nucleosome positioning. On this basis, we created a simple data resource that we applied genome-wide to the human genome. In our comprehensive analysis, we found a special role of DNA in mediating the competition of nucleosomes with cis-regulatory elements, in enabling steady transcription, for positioning of stable nucleosomes in exons, and for repelling nucleosomes during transcription termination. In contrast, we relate these findings to concurrent processes that generate strongly positioned nucleosomes in vivo that are not mediated by sequence, such as energy-dependent remodeling of chromatin.

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Chromatin Assembly and DisassemblyDNAGene Expression RegulationNucleosomesTranscription, GeneticBase SequenceChromatinGenome, HumanHumansChromatinDNANucleosomes

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PMCPMC11147951

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