Insight into the mechanism of nucleosome reorganization from histone mutants that suppress defects in the FACT histone chaperone

L McCullough, R Rawlins, A Olsen, H Xin… - Genetics, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract FACT (FAcilitates Chromatin Transcription/Transactions) plays a central role in
transcription and replication in eukaryotes by both establishing and overcoming the …

The FACT Histone Chaperone Guides Histone H4 Into Its Nucleosomal Conformation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

L McCullough, B Poe, Z Connell, H Xin, T Formosa - Genetics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The pob3-Q308K mutation alters the small subunit of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae
histone/nucleosome chaperone Facilitates Chromatin Transactions (FACT), causing defects …

Establishment and maintenance of chromatin architecture are promoted independently of transcription by the histone chaperone FACT and H3-K56 acetylation in …

LL McCullough, TH Pham, TJ Parnell, Z Connell… - Genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Using a combination of in vitro biochemistry, genetics, and genomics, McCullough and
Pham et al. explore how the histone: DNA contact at the entry/exit site of nucleosomes …

A basic domain in the histone H2B N-terminal tail is important for nucleosome assembly by FACT

P Mao, MKNM Kyriss, AJ Hodges, M Duan… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Nucleosome assembly in vivo requires assembly factors, such as histone chaperones, to
bind to histones and mediate their deposition onto DNA. In yeast, the essential histone …

Histone chaperone FACT FAcilitates Chromatin Transcription: mechanistic and structural insights

K Zhou, Y Liu, K Luger - Current opinion in structural biology, 2020 - Elsevier
The histone chaperone FACT (FAcilitates Chromatin Transcription) modulates nucleosome
structure during many processes requiring access to chromatinized DNA. Here, we review …

Histone chaperone FACT coordinates nucleosome interaction through multiple synergistic binding events

DD Winkler, UM Muthurajan, AR Hieb… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
In eukaryotic cells, DNA maintenance requires ordered disassembly and re-assembly of
chromatin templates. These processes are highly regulated and require extrinsic factors …

The histone chaperone FACT: structural insights and mechanisms for nucleosome reorganization

DD Winkler, K Luger - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2011 - ASBMB
Changes in chromatin architecture induced by epigenetic mechanisms are essential for
normal cellular processes such as gene expression, DNA repair, and cellular division …

Residues in the Nucleosome Acidic Patch Regulate Histone Occupancy and Are Important for FACT Binding in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

AJ Hodges, LM Gloss, JJ Wyrick - Genetics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The essential histone chaperone FACT plays a critical role in DNA replication, repair, and
transcription, primarily by binding to histone H2A-H2B dimers and regulating their assembly …

Electron microscopy analysis of ATP-independent nucleosome unfolding by FACT

AL Sivkina, MG Karlova, ME Valieva… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
FACT is a histone chaperone that participates in nucleosome removal and reassembly
during transcription and replication. We used electron microscopy to study FACT, FACT …

The histone chaperone FACT modulates nucleosome structure by tethering its components

T Wang, Y Liu, G Edwards, D Krzizike… - Life science …, 2018 - life-science-alliance.org
Human FAcilitates Chromatin Transcription (hFACT) is a conserved histone chaperone that
was originally described as a transcription elongation factor with potential nucleosome …