Investigating effects of histone tail modification on chromatin compaction in nucleosome arrays

All eukaryotic organisms have elaborated ways of packaging DNA into chromosomes. Genetic processes, both vital such as transcription and replication and pathological such as cancer and viral infection depend on DNA in the context of chromatin. Chromatin consists of a linear array of uniform units ca...

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Main Author: Abdollah Allahverdi
Other Authors: Lars Nordenskiold
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-446162023-02-28T18:45:27Z Investigating effects of histone tail modification on chromatin compaction in nucleosome arrays Abdollah Allahverdi Lars Nordenskiold Curtis Alexander Davey School of Biological Sciences Lars Nordenskiold DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Genetics All eukaryotic organisms have elaborated ways of packaging DNA into chromosomes. Genetic processes, both vital such as transcription and replication and pathological such as cancer and viral infection depend on DNA in the context of chromatin. Chromatin consists of a linear array of uniform units called nucleosomes. The nucleosomes are made of DNA which carries a high negative charge and highly conserved and basic proteins, the histones. Unstructured N-termini of the histones called “histone tails” are believed to mediate inter-nucleosomal interactions leading to condensed chromatin. Histone tails are subject to a range of post-translational modifications, the most common of which, acetylation of the lysine ε-amino group, neutralizes the positive charge will induce decondensation of chromatin. A detailed characterization of the molecular interactions of histone tail mediated NCP interactions is of relevance for understanding the physical mechanisms underlying the epigenetic control of gene regulation. In this project, large amount of stoichiometrically saturated 12-mer nucleosomal arrays feasible for extensive biophysical studies has been prepared and purified using recombinantly prepared individual histones and DNA template of a12-mer repeat of a 177 bp strong positioning DNA sequence. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (SBS) 2011-06-02T08:21:18Z 2011-06-02T08:21:18Z 2011 2011 Thesis Abdollah, A. (2011). Investigating effects of histone tail modification on chromatin compaction in nucleosome arrays. Doctoral thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/44616 10.32657/10356/44616 en 126 p. application/pdf
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Investigating effects of histone tail modification on chromatin compaction in nucleosome arrays
description All eukaryotic organisms have elaborated ways of packaging DNA into chromosomes. Genetic processes, both vital such as transcription and replication and pathological such as cancer and viral infection depend on DNA in the context of chromatin. Chromatin consists of a linear array of uniform units called nucleosomes. The nucleosomes are made of DNA which carries a high negative charge and highly conserved and basic proteins, the histones. Unstructured N-termini of the histones called “histone tails” are believed to mediate inter-nucleosomal interactions leading to condensed chromatin. Histone tails are subject to a range of post-translational modifications, the most common of which, acetylation of the lysine ε-amino group, neutralizes the positive charge will induce decondensation of chromatin. A detailed characterization of the molecular interactions of histone tail mediated NCP interactions is of relevance for understanding the physical mechanisms underlying the epigenetic control of gene regulation. In this project, large amount of stoichiometrically saturated 12-mer nucleosomal arrays feasible for extensive biophysical studies has been prepared and purified using recombinantly prepared individual histones and DNA template of a12-mer repeat of a 177 bp strong positioning DNA sequence.
author2 Lars Nordenskiold
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Abdollah Allahverdi
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title Investigating effects of histone tail modification on chromatin compaction in nucleosome arrays
title_short Investigating effects of histone tail modification on chromatin compaction in nucleosome arrays
title_full Investigating effects of histone tail modification on chromatin compaction in nucleosome arrays
title_fullStr Investigating effects of histone tail modification on chromatin compaction in nucleosome arrays
title_full_unstemmed Investigating effects of histone tail modification on chromatin compaction in nucleosome arrays
title_sort investigating effects of histone tail modification on chromatin compaction in nucleosome arrays
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