The arrangement of H5 molecules in extended and condensed chicken erythrocyte chromatin.
AUTOR(ES)
Lennard, A C
RESUMO
Chemical cross-linking with dithiobis(succinimidyl propionate) has been used to investigate the relative disposition of neighbouring H5 (H1) molecules in chicken erythrocyte chromatin in the extended (nucleosome filament) and condensed (300 A filament) states; in this chromatin H5 and H1 are interspersed along the nucleosome filament, rather than segregated into blocks, as shown by the nature of the cross-linked dimers and their relative amounts. Detailed analysis of the cross-linked H5 homopolymers from extended chromatin and condensed nuclear chromatin indicates which domains of H5 are in contact (or close proximity) in the two states. Two results suggest a polar, head-to-tail arrangement of H5 molecules along the nucleosome filament. This arrangement persists when chromatin adopts higher-order structure but in the folded state neighbouring basic C-terminal domains, in particular, are more closely juxtaposed than they are in extended chromatin.
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