After removal, by high-salt extraction, of the loosely-bound components present in human placenta chromatin, tightly-bound cationic proteins could be solubilized, by acid extraction, from the 'stripped' chromatin, as well as from the 'stripped' loops or from the 'digested matrix'. These acid-soluble tightly-bound proteins are, in terms of apparent molecular mass and immunoreactivity, quite similar to the 'typical', loosely-bound histones, and, similarly to their 'loosely-bound' counterparts, they can be subdivided in distinct H1-, H2A-, H2B-, H3- and H4-like components, the 'digested matrix' being however characterized by the absence of tightly-bound H1. These tightly-bound histones, at variance from the 'typical' ones, readily find a right-handed helical conformation upon renaturation by progressive dialyses. The H1 components strongly differ also in their effects on enzymic DNA methylation: while 'typical' H1 has a strong inhibitory effect, its tightly-bound counterpart exerts a slight but definite stimulation.
Histones and DNA methylation in mammalian chromatin. II. Presence of non-inhibitory tightly-bound histones / Caiafa, Paola; Reale, Anna; D'Erme, Maria; Allegra, Paola; Raffaella, Santoro; Strom, Roberto. - In: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. - ISSN 0006-3002. - STAMPA. - 1129:1(1991), pp. 43-48. [10.1016/0167-4781(91)90210-d]
Histones and DNA methylation in mammalian chromatin. II. Presence of non-inhibitory tightly-bound histones.
CAIAFA, Paola;REALE, Anna;D'ERME, Maria;ALLEGRA, Paola;STROM, Roberto
1991
Abstract
After removal, by high-salt extraction, of the loosely-bound components present in human placenta chromatin, tightly-bound cationic proteins could be solubilized, by acid extraction, from the 'stripped' chromatin, as well as from the 'stripped' loops or from the 'digested matrix'. These acid-soluble tightly-bound proteins are, in terms of apparent molecular mass and immunoreactivity, quite similar to the 'typical', loosely-bound histones, and, similarly to their 'loosely-bound' counterparts, they can be subdivided in distinct H1-, H2A-, H2B-, H3- and H4-like components, the 'digested matrix' being however characterized by the absence of tightly-bound H1. These tightly-bound histones, at variance from the 'typical' ones, readily find a right-handed helical conformation upon renaturation by progressive dialyses. The H1 components strongly differ also in their effects on enzymic DNA methylation: while 'typical' H1 has a strong inhibitory effect, its tightly-bound counterpart exerts a slight but definite stimulation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.