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Human ISWI chromatin-remodeling complexes sample nucleosomes via transient binding reactions and become immobilized at active sites

Overview of attention for article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, October 2010
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Title
Human ISWI chromatin-remodeling complexes sample nucleosomes via transient binding reactions and become immobilized at active sites
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, October 2010
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1003438107
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Fabian Erdel, Thomas Schubert, Caroline Marth, Gernot Längst, Karsten Rippe

Abstract

Chromatin remodeling complexes can translocate nucleosomes along the DNA in an ATP-dependent manner. Here, we studied autofluorescent protein constructs of the human ISWI family members Snf2H, Snf2L, the catalytically inactive Snf2L+13 splice variant, and the accessory Acf1 subunit in living human and mouse cells by fluorescence microscopy/spectroscopy. Except for Snf2L, which was not detected in the U2OS cell line, the endogenous ISWI proteins were abundant at nuclear concentrations between 0.14 and 0.83 μM. A protein interaction analysis showed the association of multimeric Snf2H and Acf1 into a heterotetramer or higher-order ACF complex. During the G1/2 cell cycle phase, Snf2H and Snf2L displayed average residence times <150 ms in the chromatin-bound state. The comparison of active and inactive Snf2H/Snf2L indicated that an immobilized fraction potentially involved in active chromatin remodeling comprised only 1-3%. This fraction was largely increased at replication foci in S phase or at DNA repair sites. To rationalize these findings we propose that ISWI remodelers operate via a "continuous sampling" mechanism: The propensity of nucleosomes to be translocated is continuously tested in transient binding reactions. Most of these encounters are unproductive and efficient remodeling requires an increased binding affinity to chromatin. Due to the relatively high intranuclear remodeler concentrations cellular response times for repositioning a given nucleosome were calculated to be in the range of tens of seconds to minutes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 2%
Germany 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Unknown 134 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 37 26%
Student > Ph. D. Student 31 22%
Student > Master 11 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 8%
Professor 9 6%
Other 23 16%
Unknown 20 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 54 38%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 46 32%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 3%
Unspecified 2 1%
Neuroscience 2 1%
Other 6 4%
Unknown 28 20%
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