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ArticleCommunications biology2026

Linker histone H1 represses H3 tail acetylation induced by H4 tail acetylation and alters its dynamics.

Ayako Furukawa, Kenta Echigoya, Samuel Blazquez, Masatoshi Wakamori, Hideaki Ohtomo, Yasuo Tsunaka, Takashi Umehara, Tsuyoshi Terakawa, Yoshimasa Takizawa, Hitoshi Kurumizaka and 1 more

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Article in Communications biology, 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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11 authors.

Ayako FurukawaGraduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Kenta EchigoyaLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.
Samuel BlazquezDepartment of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6218-3880
Masatoshi WakamoriLaboratory for Epigenetics Drug Discovery, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8101-1139
Hideaki OhtomoGraduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7445-7722
Yasuo TsunakaGraduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7366-7610
Takashi UmeharaLaboratory for Epigenetics Drug Discovery, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3464-2960
Tsuyoshi TerakawaDepartment of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0151-1123
Yoshimasa TakizawaLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6265-4830
Hitoshi KurumizakaLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7412-3722
Yoshifumi NishimuraGraduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan. nisimura@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5148-3458

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP21am0101073 and JP22ama121001MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP23H02426 and JP23K27119
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nucleosome is the fundamental chromatin unit, containing two copies of histones H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 wrapped by ~ 146 bp of core DNA plus linker DNA; addition of linker histone H1 forms a chromatosome. Tetra-acetylation of the H4 N-terminal tail (H4-4Kac) enhances H3 N-tail acetylation by altering their mutual dynamics, but how H1 influences these dynamics remains unclear. Using cryo-electron microscopy and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations, we show that H4-4Kac and unmodified chromatosomes share essentially identical core histone-DNA structures and similar H3 N-tail dynamics. However, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals that in the H4-4Kac chromatosome, the H3 N-tail adopts a dynamically robust DNA-contact state distinct from that in the unmodified chromatosome, resulting in markedly reduced H3 N-tail acetylation. These findings suggest that linker histone H1 suppresses the progression of euchromatin formation.

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HistonesNucleosomesAcetylationAnimalsCryoelectron MicroscopyDNAMolecular Dynamics SimulationDNAHistonesNucleosomes

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PMID41957285
PMCPMC13066561

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