Dual role of DNA intrinsic curvature and flexibility in determining nucleosome stability

Anselmi, C.; Bocchinfuso, G.; De Santis, P.; Savino, M.; Scipioni, Anita

doi:10.1006/jmbi.1998.2575

A statistical mechanistic approach to evaluate the sequence-dependent thermodynamic stability of nucleosomes is proposed. The model is based on the calculation of the DNA intrinsic curvature, obtained by integrating the nucleotide step deviations from the canonical B-DNA structure, and on the evaluation of the first order elastic distortion energy to reach the nucleosomal superstructure. Literature data on the free energy of nucleo-some formation as obtained by competitive nucleosome reconstitution of a significant pool of different DNA sequences were compared with the theoretical results, and a satisfactorily good correlation was found. A striking result of the comparison is the emergence of two opposite roles of the DNA intrinsic curvature and flexibility in determining nucleosome stability. Finally, the obtained results suggest that the curvature-dependent DNA hydration should play a relevant role in the sequence-dependent nucleosome stability. (C) 1999 Academic Press.

Dual role of DNA intrinsic curvature and flexibility in determining nucleosome stability / C., Anselmi; G., Bocchinfuso; P., De Santis; M., Savino; Scipioni, Anita. - In: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-2836. - STAMPA. - 286:5(1999), pp. 1293-1301.

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Titolo:	Dual role of DNA intrinsic curvature and flexibility in determining nucleosome stability
Autori:	C. Anselmi G. Bocchinfuso P. De Santis M. Savino SCIPIONI, Anita mostra contributor esterni nascondi contributor esterni
Data di pubblicazione:	1999
Rivista:	JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Citazione:	Dual role of DNA intrinsic curvature and flexibility in determining nucleosome stability / C., Anselmi; G., Bocchinfuso; P., De Santis; M., Savino; Scipioni, Anita. - In: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-2836. - STAMPA. - 286:5(1999), pp. 1293-1301.
Handle:	http://hdl.handle.net/11573/246098
Appartiene alla tipologia:	01a Articolo in rivista

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