4.6 Article

Cryo-EM structure of the nucleosome containing the ALB1 enhancer DNA sequence

Journal

OPEN BIOLOGY
Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages -

Publisher

ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.170255

Keywords

FoxA; histone; nucleosome binding; nucleosome positioning; pioneer transcription factor

Funding

  1. JSPS KAKENHI [JP25116002, JP17H01408, JP16K18473, JP17K15080, JP17H03608, JP25116010, JP16H01577, JP16H01550]
  2. JST CREST [JPMJCR16G1]
  3. Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
  4. Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering
  5. OIST
  6. programmes of Waseda University
  7. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17H01408, 25116002, 16H01550, 16K18473, 16K18479, 17K19356, 25116010, 16H01577, 17H03608, 17K15080] Funding Source: KAKEN

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Pioneer transcription factors specifically target their recognition DNA sequences within nucleosomes. FoxA is the pioneer transcription factor that binds to the ALB1 gene enhancer in liver precursor cells, and is required for liver differentiation in embryos. The ALB1 enhancer DNA sequence is reportedly incorporated into nucleosomes in cells, although the nucleosome structure containing the targeting sites for FoxA has not been clarified yet. In this study, we determined the nucleosome structure containing the ALB1 enhancer (N1) sequence, by cryogenic electron microscopy at 4.0 angstrom resolution. The nucleosome structure with the ALB1 enhancer DNA is not significantly different from the previously reported nucleosome structure with the Widom 601 DNA. Interestingly, in the nucleosomes, the ALB1 enhancer DNA contains local flexible regions, as compared to the Widom 601 DNA. Consistently, DNaseI treatments revealed that, in the nucleosome, the ALB1 enhancer (N1) DNA is more accessible than the Widom 601 sequence. The histones also associated less strongly with the ALB1 enhancer (N1) DNA than the Widom 601 DNA in the nucleosome. Therefore, the local histone-DNA contacts may be responsible for the enhanced DNA accessibility in the nucleosome with the ALB1 enhancer DNA.

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