Gomez-Marquez J, Rodríguez P
Departamento de Bioqu approximately ímica y Biolog approximately ía Molecular, Facultad de Biolog approximately ía, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
Biochem J. 1998 Jul 1;333 ( Pt 1)(Pt 1):1-3. doi: 10.1042/bj3330001.
Prothymosin alpha (ProTalpha) is an abundant mammalian acidic nuclear protein whose expression is related to cell proliferation. Here we report that in HL-60 cells overexpressing ProTalpha, the accessibility of micrococcal nuclease to chromatin is strongly increased. In the DNA ladder generated by the nuclease activity, the sizes of the mononucleosome (146 bp, the DNA fragment that is bound to the histone octamer) and its multimers correspond to nucleosomes lacking histone H1. The percentage of histone-H1-depleted chromatin (active chromatin) is also higher in the cells overexpressing ProTalpha. On the basis of these and previous findings, we propose a biological role for ProTalpha in the remodelling of chromatin fibres through its interaction with histone H1.
前胸腺素α(ProTα)是一种丰富的哺乳动物酸性核蛋白,其表达与细胞增殖相关。在此我们报告,在过表达ProTα的HL-60细胞中,微球菌核酸酶对染色质的可及性显著增加。在由核酸酶活性产生的DNA梯状条带中,单核小体(146 bp,与组蛋白八聚体结合的DNA片段)及其多聚体的大小对应于缺乏组蛋白H1的核小体。在过表达ProTα的细胞中,组蛋白H1缺失的染色质(活性染色质)的百分比也更高。基于这些及先前的发现,我们提出ProTα通过与组蛋白H1相互作用在染色质纤维重塑中发挥生物学作用。