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ArticleNature structural & molecular biology2025

A competitive regulatory mechanism of the Chd1 remodeler is integral to distorting nucleosomal DNA.

Ilana M Nodelman, Heather J Folkwein, Wesley S Glime, Jean-Paul Armache, Gregory D Bowman

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Article in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cryo-EM structure of ALC1 in an open conformation bound to a PARylated nucleosome.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology · 2026
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5 authors.

Ilana M Nodelman *Thomas C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1181-6913
Heather J Folkwein *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2951-5863
Wesley S GlimeThomas C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jean-Paul ArmacheDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. jparmache@psu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9195-2282
Gregory D BowmanThomas C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. gdbowman@jhu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8025-4315

Funding

Structural and Functional Characterization of the Chd1 Chromatin RemodelerR01GM084192 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BOWMAN, GREGORY DEAN · 2008 to 2024
$6.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084192
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Chd1 chromatin remodeler repositions nucleosomes into evenly spaced arrays, a characteristic of most eukaryotic genes. Here we show that the yeast Chd1 remodeler requires two activating segments to distort nucleosomal DNA into an A-form-like conformation, a critical first step in nucleosome sliding. As shown by cryo-electron microscopy, these two activating segments together pack against the ATPase motor, where they are poised to stabilize the central ATPase cleft. These activating elements contact the ATPase at locations that are incompatible with binding of NegC, an autoinhibitory segment located between the two activators. NegC inhibits sliding by antagonizing the activators through steric competition and constraining activator placement, giving rise to directional nucleosome sliding. Given that activator reinforcement of the ATPase cleft is needed for DNA distortion, this first step in remodeling appears to provide a natural checkpoint for regulation of chromatin remodeler activity.

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Chromatin Assembly and DisassemblyDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, FungalNucleosomesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsAdenosine TriphosphatasesCryoelectron MicroscopyModels, MolecularAdenosine TriphosphatasesCHD1 protein, S cerevisiaeDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, FungalNucleosomesSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID40437259
PMCPMC12879502

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