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ArticleMolecular cell2026

Genome-wide rotational and translational phasing of nucleosomes with human transcription factors.

Haining Chen, Jordan E Krebs, Olivia W Lang, Jiayi Hu, Devin C Mellini, Judith Hyle, Chunliang Li, William K M Lai, B Franklin Pugh

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Haining ChenDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Jordan E KrebsDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Olivia W LangDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Jiayi HuDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Devin C MelliniDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Judith HyleDepartment of Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Chunliang LiDepartment of Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
William K M LaiDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
B Franklin PughDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. Electronic address: fp265@cornell.edu.

Funding

Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Shondra Michelle Miller · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
EPIGENOMIC REGULATION OF GENOMESR35GM145217 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI B FRANKLIN PUGH · 2022 to 2026
$2.8M
Deconvolving the language of protein bindingR35GM155380 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI William Lai · 2024 to 2026
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM145217NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM155380
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How transcription factors (TFs) and their binding sites organize and engage nucleosomes at natural genomic locations remains poorly understood. Here, we develop Benzonase-seq to measure the rotational phasing of nucleosomes in human cells and enhance chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-exo (v6) to measure rotational phasing on the same DNA molecule bound by a TF. Unbound CTCF sites were found to be rotationally accessible on nucleosomes, and this rotational accessibility is encoded by classical dinucleotide periodicities. CTCF binding results in nucleosome displacement to adjacent DNA phasing sequences. Upon examining 40 TF classes, unbound sites were found to be phased either inward or outward or to lack phasing. In all examined cases, TF binding (e.g., NFIA and FoxA) results in adjacent rotational and translational phasing, which is not dinucleotide encoded. Benzonase-seq also more robustly maps nucleosome and subnucleosome positions in hard-to-map CpG islands. These findings provide a clearer view of how TFs engage and position nucleosomes to shape the natural chromatin landscape.

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Genome, HumanNucleosomesTranscription FactorsBinding SitesCCCTC-Binding FactorChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyChromatin Immunoprecipitation SequencingCpG IslandsHumansProtein BindingCCCTC-Binding FactorCTCF protein, humanNucleosomesTranscription FactorsbenzonaseChIP-seqchromatin accessibilityCTCFDNA-encoded phasingFoxANFIAnucleosome phasingsubnucleosomestranscription factors

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PMID42392072
PMCPMC13336310

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