Journal
JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Volume 164, Issue 3, Pages 263-269Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2008.08.007
Keywords
hCHRAC; Nucleosome; Three-dimensional structure; Electron microscopy; Chromatin remodeling
Funding
- BNL LDRD [04-055]
- DOE [06742]
- NIH [P41EB002181, R01RR017545]
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ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes modulate the dynamic assembly and remodeling of chromatin involved in DNA transcription, replication, and repair. There is little structural detail known about these important multiple-subunit enzymes that catalyze chromatin remodeling processes. Here we report a three-dimensional structure of the human chromatin accessibility complex, hCHRAC, using single particle reconstruction by negative stain electron microscopy. This structure shows an asymmetric 15 x 10 x 12 nm disk shape with several lobes protruding out of its surfaces. Based on the factors of larger contact area, smaller steric hindrance, and direct involvement of hCHRAC in interactions with the nucleosome, we propose that four lobes on one side form a multiple-site contact surface 10 nm in diameter for nucleosome binding. This work provides the first determination of the three-dimensional structure of the ISWI-family of chromatin remodeling complexes. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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