Simon R H, Camerini-Otero R D, Felsenfeld G
Nucleic Acids Res. 1978 Dec;5(12):4805-18. doi: 10.1093/nar/5.12.4805.
Equimolar mixtures of histones H3 and H4 have been reconstituted onto DNA of nucleosome core size. Two distinct complexes are formed in a relative abundance that depends on the starting ratio of H3 + H4 to DNA. One of these complexes contains two H3-H4 dimers for each DNA molecule, and has a sedimentation coefficient of 7.5S. The other complex contains an octamer consisting of four H3-H4 dimers, and has a sedimentation coefficient of 10.4S. On the basis of these measurements, we conclude that the octamer complex (but not the tetramer complex) is a fully folded, compact structure resembling the nucleosome.
组蛋白H3和H4的等摩尔混合物已被重组到核小体核心大小的DNA上。形成了两种不同的复合物,其相对丰度取决于H3 + H4与DNA的起始比例。其中一种复合物每个DNA分子包含两个H3-H4二聚体,沉降系数为7.5S。另一种复合物包含由四个H3-H4二聚体组成的八聚体,沉降系数为10.4S。基于这些测量结果,我们得出结论,八聚体复合物(而非四聚体复合物)是一种类似于核小体的完全折叠的紧密结构。