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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 928-941Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.12.006
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- Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer
- PIC Programs
- European Commission Network of Excellence EpiGeneSys [HEALTH-F4-2010-257082]
- European Commission [ITN FP7-PEOPLE-2007-215148, FP7-PEOPLE-2008-238176, FP7_HEALTH-2010-259743]
- ERC [2009-AdG_20090506]
- ANR [ANR-09-BLAN-0257-01, ANR-10-BLAN-1326-03]
- INCa
- NIA [P01 AG031862]
- Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) [BIA-PRO/100537/2008]
- EMBO
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/BIA-PRO/100537/2008] Funding Source: FCT
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Establishment of a proper chromatin landscape is central to genome function. Here, we explain H3 variant distribution by specific targeting and dynamics of deposition involving the CAF-1 and HIRA histone chaperones. Impairing replicative H3.1 incorporation via CAF-1 enables an alternative H3.3 deposition at replication sites via HIRA. Conversely, the H3.3 incorporation throughout the cell cycle via HIRA cannot be replaced by H3.1. ChIP-seq analyses reveal correlation between HIRA-dependent H3.3 accumulation and RNA pol II at transcription sites and specific regulatory elements, further supported by their biochemical association. The HIRA complex shows unique DNA binding properties, and depletion of HIRA increases DNA sensitivity to nucleases. We propose that protective nucleosome gap filling of naked DNA by HIRA leads to a broad distribution of H3.3, and HIRA association with Pol II ensures local H3.3 enrichment at specific sites. We discuss the importance of this H3.3 deposition as a salvage pathway to maintain chromatin integrity.
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