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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04346
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high-speed atomic force microscopy; nucleosome; nucleosome dynamics; single-molecule imaging; H2A histone variant
This study used high-speed atomic force microscopy to directly observe the subsecond dynamics of human H2A.Z.1-nucleosomes. The results showed that the nucleosomes can slide along 4 nm of DNA within 0.3 s in any direction. The interaction between the N-terminal region of H2A.Z.1 and the DNA was found to be responsible for nucleosome sliding.
Nucleosome dynamics, such as nucleosome sliding and DNA unwrapping, are important for gene regulation in eukaryotic chromatin. H2A.Z, a variant of histone H2A that is highly evolutionarily conserved, participates in gene regulation by forming unstable multipositioned nucleosomes in vivo and in vitro. However, the subsecond dynamics of this unstable nucleosome have not been directly visualized under physiological conditions. Here, we used high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) to directly visualize the subsecond dynamics of human H2A.Z.1-nucleosomes. HS-AFM videos show nucleosome sliding along 4 nm of DNA within 0.3 s in any direction. This sliding was also visualized in an H2A.Z.1 mutant, in which the C-terminal half was replaced by the corresponding canonical H2A amino acids, indicating that the interaction between the N-terminal region of H2A.Z.1 and the DNA is responsible for nucleosome sliding. These results may reveal the relationship between nucleosome dynamics and gene regulation by histone H2A.Z.
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