The Cac1 subunit of histone chaperone CAF-1 organizes CAF-1-H3/H4 architecture and tetramerizes histones

WH Liu, SC Roemer, Y Zhou, ZJ Shen, BK Dennehey… - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
The histone chaperone Chromatin Assembly Factor 1 (CAF-1) deposits tetrameric (H3/H4) 2
histones onto newly-synthesized DNA during DNA replication. To understand the …

The Cac2 subunit is essential for productive histone binding and nucleosome assembly in CAF-1

F Mattiroli, Y Gu, JL Balsbaugh, NG Ahn, K Luger - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Nucleosome assembly following DNA replication controls epigenome maintenance and
genome integrity. Chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1) is the histone chaperone …

DNA-mediated association of two histone-bound complexes of yeast Chromatin Assembly Factor-1 (CAF-1) drives tetrasome assembly in the wake of DNA replication

F Mattiroli, Y Gu, T Yadav, JL Balsbaugh, MR Harris… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Nucleosome assembly in the wake of DNA replication is a key process that regulates cell
identity and survival. Chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1) is a H3-H4 histone chaperone …

Molecular architecture of yeast chromatin assembly factor 1

D Kim, D Setiaputra, T Jung, J Chung, A Leitner… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Chromatin Assembly Complex 1 (CAF-1) is a major histone chaperone involved in
deposition of histone H3 and H4 into nucleosome. CAF-1 is composed of three subunits; …

Insights into the molecular architecture and histone H3-H4 deposition mechanism of yeast Chromatin assembly factor 1

PV Sauer, J Timm, D Liu, D Sitbon, E Boeri-Erba… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
How the very first step in nucleosome assembly, deposition of histone H3-H4 as tetramers or
dimers on DNA, is accomplished remains largely unclear. Here, we report that yeast …

A DNA binding winged helix domain in CAF-1 functions with PCNA to stabilize CAF-1 at replication forks

K Zhang, Y Gao, J Li, R Burgess, J Han… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1) is a histone H3–H4 chaperone that deposits
newly synthesized histone (H3–H4) 2 tetramers during replication-coupled nucleosome …

Yeast CAF-1 assembles histone (H3-H4)2 tetramers prior to DNA deposition

DD Winkler, H Zhou, MA Dar, Z Zhang… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Following acetylation, newly synthesized H3-H4 is directly transferred from the histone
chaperone anti-silencing factor 1 (Asf1) to chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1), another …

Mechanistic insights into histone deposition and nucleosome assembly by the chromatin assembly factor-1

PV Sauer, Y Gu, WH Liu, F Mattiroli… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Eukaryotic chromatin is a highly dynamic structure with essential roles in virtually all DNA-
dependent cellular processes. Nucleosomes are a barrier to DNA access, and during DNA …

CAF-1-induced oligomerization of histones H3/H4 and mutually exclusive interactions with Asf1 guide H3/H4 transitions among histone chaperones and DNA

WH Liu, SC Roemer, AM Port… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Anti-silencing function 1 (Asf1) and Chromatin Assembly Factor 1 (CAF-1)
chaperone histones H3/H4 during the assembly of nucleosomes on newly replicated DNA …

Spatiotemporal kinetics of CAF-1-dependent chromatin maturation ensures transcription fidelity during S-phase

B Chen, HK MacAlpine, AJ Hartemink… - Genome …, 2023 - genome.cshlp.org
Proper maintenance of epigenetic information after replication is dependent on the rapid
assembly and maturation of chromatin. Chromatin Assembly Complex 1 (CAF-1) is a …