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ArticleNature communications2025

Cryo-EM structures of the BAF-Lamin A/C complex bound to nucleosomes.

Naoki Horikoshi, Ryosuke Miyake, Chizuru Sogawa-Fujiwara, Mitsuo Ogasawara, Yoshimasa Takizawa, Hitoshi Kurumizaka

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Naoki HorikoshiLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Ryosuke MiyakeLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Chizuru Sogawa-FujiwaraLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6234-3119
Mitsuo OgasawaraLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshimasa TakizawaLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6265-4830
Hitoshi KurumizakaLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. kurumizaka@iqb.u-tokyo.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7412-3722

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP24ama121003Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP24ama121009MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP22K06076MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP23H05475MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP23K24013MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP24H02319MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP24H02328MEXT | JST | Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) JPMJCR24T3MEXT | JST | Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) JPMJER1901
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Barrier-to-autointegration factor (BAF) associates with mitotic chromosomes and promotes nuclear envelope assembly by recruiting proteins, such as Lamins, required for the reconstruction of the nuclear envelope and lamina. BAF also mediates chromatin anchoring to the nuclear lamina via Lamin A/C. However, the mechanism by which BAF and Lamin A/C bind chromatin and affect the chromatin organization remains elusive. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structures of BAF-Lamin A/C-nucleosome complexes. We find that the BAF dimer complexed with the Lamin A/C IgF domain occupies the nucleosomal dyad position, forming a tripartite nucleosomal DNA binding structure. We also show that the Lamin A/C Lys486 and His506 residues, which are reportedly mutated in lipodystrophy patients, directly contact the DNA at the nucleosomal dyad. Excess BAF-Lamin A/C complexes symmetrically bind other nucleosomal DNA sites and connect two BAF-Lamin A/C-nucleosome complexes. Although the linker histone H1 competes with BAF-Lamin A/C binding at the nucleosomal dyad region, the two BAF-Lamin A/C molecules still bridge two nucleosomes. These findings provide insights into the mechanism by which BAF, Lamin A/C, and/or histone H1 bind nucleosomes and influence chromatin organization within the nucleus.

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DNA-Binding ProteinsLamin Type ANuclear ProteinsNucleosomesChromatinCryoelectron MicroscopyDNAHistonesHumansModels, MolecularProtein BindingBANF1 protein, humanChromatinDNADNA-Binding ProteinsHistonesLamin Type ANuclear ProteinsNucleosomes

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