期刊
MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS
卷 285, 期 4, 页码 287-296出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-011-0604-5
关键词
H2A.Z; Histone variant; Chromatin; Saccharomyces; Acid patch
资金
- National Institutes of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health [GM28920, GM60444]
- American Society for Cell Biology
The incorporation of histone variants is one mechanism used by the eukaryotic cell to alter the generally repressive chromatin template. However, the exact molecular mechanisms that direct this incorporation are not well understood. The SWR1 chromatin remodeling complex that binds to and directs incorporation of histone variant H2A.Z into chromatin has been characterized, but significantly less information is available concerning the requirements on the H2A.Z target molecule. We performed an unbiased mutagenic screen designed to elucidate the function of H2A.Z in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The screen identified residues within the conserved acidic patch of H2A.Z as being important for the function of the variant. We characterized single point mutations in the patch that are phenotypically sensitive to a variety of growth conditions and are expressed at lower protein levels, but are functionally defective (htz1-D99A, htz1-D99K, and htz1-E101K). The mutants were significantly less detectable by chromatin immunoprecipitation at PHO5, a gene previously described to be enriched for H2A.Z. These results identify acidic patch residues of H2A.Z that are critical for mediating deposition and function in chromatin, and represent potential candidates for the interaction of H2A.Z with its deposition and/or targeting machinery.
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