Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Mail Stop 8303, PO Box 6511, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Dec;40(22):11229-39. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks906. Epub 2012 Oct 2.
Anti-silencing function 1 (Asf1) and Chromatin Assembly Factor 1 (CAF-1) chaperone histones H3/H4 during the assembly of nucleosomes on newly replicated DNA. To understand the mechanism of histone H3/H4 transfer among Asf1, CAF-1 and DNA from a thermodynamic perspective, we developed and employed biophysical approaches using full-length proteins in the budding yeast system. We find that the C-terminal tail of Asf1 enhances the interaction of Asf1 with CAF-1. Surprisingly, although H3/H4 also enhances the interaction of Asf1 with the CAF-1 subunit Cac2, H3/H4 forms a tight complex with CAF-1 exclusive of Asf1, with an affinity weaker than Asf1-H3/H4 or H3/H4-DNA interactions. Unlike Asf1, monomeric CAF-1 binds to multiple H3/H4 dimers, which ultimately promotes the formation of (H3/H4)(2) tetramers on DNA. Thus, transition of H3/H4 from the Asf1-associated dimer to the DNA-associated tetramer is promoted by CAF-1-induced H3/H4 oligomerization.
抗沉默功能 1(Asf1)和染色质组装因子 1(CAF-1)在新复制的 DNA 上组装核小体时,作为组蛋白 H3/H4 的伴侣。为了从热力学角度理解组蛋白 H3/H4 在 Asf1、CAF-1 和 DNA 之间转移的机制,我们在芽殖酵母系统中使用全长蛋白开发并采用了生物物理方法。我们发现 Asf1 的 C 端尾巴增强了 Asf1 与 CAF-1 的相互作用。令人惊讶的是,尽管 H3/H4 也增强了 Asf1 与 CAF-1 亚基 Cac2 的相互作用,但 H3/H4 与 CAF-1 形成了一个紧密的复合物,不包含 Asf1,其亲和力弱于 Asf1-H3/H4 或 H3/H4-DNA 相互作用。与 Asf1 不同,单体 CAF-1 结合多个 H3/H4 二聚体,最终促进(H3/H4)2 四聚体在 DNA 上的形成。因此,H3/H4 从 Asf1 相关二聚体向 DNA 相关四聚体的转变是由 CAF-1 诱导的 H3/H4 寡聚化促进的。