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ArticleNucleic acids research2026

Histone H3 tail charge patterns govern nucleosome condensate formation and dynamics.

Erin F Hammonds, Anurag Singh, Krishna K Suresh, Sean Yang, Sarah S Meidl Zahorodny, Ritika Gupta, Davit A Potoyan, Priya R Banerjee, Emma A Morrison

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2026. 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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Erin F HammondsDepartment of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0382-9220
Anurag SinghDepartment of Physics, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, United States.
Krishna K SureshDepartment of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, United States.
Sean YangDepartment of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, United States.
Sarah S Meidl ZahorodnyDepartment of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States.
Ritika GuptaDepartment of Physics, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, United States.
Davit A PotoyanDepartment of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5860-1699
Priya R BanerjeeDepartment of Physics, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, United States.
Emma A MorrisonDepartment of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6722-7961

Funding

TRD3 NMRbox: Bayesian AnalyticsP41GM111135 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI HOCH, JEFFREY C · 2015 to 2024
$14.0M
Quantifying Physiologic and Pathologic Viscoelastic Phases of Biomolecular Condensates by Correlative Force and Fluorescence MicroscopyR35GM138186 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI BANERJEE, PRIYA R. · 2020 to 2025
$4.4M
Multi-scale computational investigation of functions and mechanisms of protein-RNA phase separation.R35GM138243 · NIGMS · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Davit POTOYAN · 2020 to 2026
$2.4M
The role of histone tails in chromatin structure and gene regulationR35GM142594 · NIGMS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI MORRISON, EMMA ANTONINA · 2021 to 2025
$2.1M
High Performance Digital Console and Sample JetS10OD020000 · OD · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI VOLKMAN, BRIAN F · 2015 to 2015
$600k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging models of nuclear organization suggest that chromatin forms functionally distinct microenvironments through phase separation. As chromatin architecture is organized at the level of the nucleosome and regulated by histone post-translational modifications, we investigated how these known regulatory mechanisms influence nucleosome phase behavior. By systematically altering charge distribution within the H3 tail, we found that the terminal and central regions modulate the phase boundary and tune nucleosome condensate viscosity differentially, as revealed by microscopy-based assays, microrheology, and simulations. Nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation experiments revealed that H3 tails remain dynamically mobile within condensates, and their mobility correlates with condensate viscosity. These results demonstrate that the number, identity, and spatial arrangement of basic residues in the H3 tail critically regulate nucleosome phase separation. Our findings support a model in which nucleosomes, through their intrinsic properties and modifications, actively shape the local chromatin microenvironment-providing new insight into the histone language in chromatin condensates.

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Biomolecular CondensatesHistonesNucleosomesAnimalsChromatinPhase SeparationViscosityChromatinHistonesNucleosomes

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