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ArticleNature communications2026

Linker histones consolidate heterogenous nucleosome fiber contacts by linking together multiple nucleosomes.

Zenita Adhireksan, Deepti Sharma, Qiuye Bao, Phoi Leng Lee, Sivaraman Padavattan, Gabriela E Davey, Jeffrey C Hansen, Curtis A Davey

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Zenita AdhireksanSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Deepti SharmaSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Qiuye BaoSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Phoi Leng LeeSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Sivaraman PadavattanSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1732-5421
Gabriela E DaveySchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Jeffrey C HansenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Curtis A DaveySchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore. curtis.davey@uj.edu.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2632-775X

Funding

EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) #730872, project CALIPSOplusMinistry of Education - Singapore (MOE) MOE2012-T3-1-001Ministry of Education - Singapore (MOE) MOE-T2EP30121-0005Narodowe Centrum Nauki (National Science Centre) DEC-2024/53/B/NZ7/03477National Science Foundation (NSF) MCB-1814012
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Abstract

The consensus mode for linker histone (H1) association coincides with 'on-dyad' binding to an individual nucleosome, making it challenging to rationalize the chromatin dynamics and compacting activities of H1 in the context of a highly heterogeneous structural scaffold. Here, we investigate the activity of the somatic H1 variants by conducting crystallographic analysis of nucleosomal assemblies and characterization of nucleosome array condensates, which recapitulate long-range nucleosome fiber interactions in chromatin. H1 is observed to associate variant-dependently with nucleosomes through a diversity of binding modes that include linking multiple nucleosomes/fibers together. Binding versatility is facilitated by the proclivity of the H1 globular domain to recognize DNA structural motifs, which are similar between an individual nucleosome and specific niches within clusters of nucleosomes. We propose that linker histones support a structurally and functionally complex repertoire for chromatin regulation by assuming a variety of context-and variant-dependent DNA binding modes.

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HistonesNucleosomesAnimalsChromatinCrystallography, X-RayDNAModels, MolecularProtein BindingChromatinDNAHistonesNucleosomes

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PMID41786717
PMCPMC13111611

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