MacDonald H S, Herman T M
Biochem J. 1985 Apr 1;227(1):125-8. doi: 10.1042/bj2270125.
Histone octamers of purified monomer nucleosomes were labelled with [3H]dinitrofluorobenzene. Authentic 11 S nucleosomes were reconstituted in vitro from a mixture of [3H]dinitrophenylated histones and excess unlabelled monomer nucleosomes. The reconstituted nucleosomes were found to contain [3H]dinitrophenylated histones H2a and H2b but not [3H]dinitrophenylated histones H3 and H4. Approx. 83% of [3H]dinitrophenylated nucleosomes were immunoprecipitable with anti-dinitrophenyl immunoglobulin and Staphylococcus aureus. These results demonstrate that histones H2a and H2b contain dinitrofluorobenzene-reactive groups that can be modified without destroying their ability to participate in nucleosome formation in vitro.
纯化的单体核小体的组蛋白八聚体用[3H]二硝基氟苯进行标记。从[3H]二硝基苯基化组蛋白和过量未标记的单体核小体的混合物中体外重建真实的11S核小体。发现重建的核小体含有[3H]二硝基苯基化的组蛋白H2a和H2b,但不含有[3H]二硝基苯基化的组蛋白H3和H4。约83%的[3H]二硝基苯基化核小体可用抗二硝基苯基免疫球蛋白和金黄色葡萄球菌进行免疫沉淀。这些结果表明,组蛋白H2a和H2b含有可被二硝基氟苯修饰的反应基团,且修饰后不破坏它们在体外参与核小体形成的能力。