Structural dynamics in chromatin unraveling by pioneer transcription factors

A Orsetti, D van Oosten, RG Vasarhelyi… - Biophysical …, 2024 - Springer
Pioneer transcription factors are proteins with a dual function. First, they regulate
transcription by binding to nucleosome-free DNA regulatory elements. Second, they bind to …

Structural and dynamic studies of chromatin by solid-state NMR spectroscopy

CP Jaroniec - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Chromatin is a complex of DNA with histone proteins organized into nucleosomes that
regulates genome accessibility and controls transcription, replication and repair by …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling structural and dynamical features of chromatin using NMR spectroscopy

X Shi - Magnetic Resonance Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is wrapped around histone octamers (HOs) to form
nucleosome core particles (NCPs), which in turn interact with linker DNA and linker histones …

Investigating Different Dynamic pHP1α States in Their KCl-Mediated Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation (LLPS) Using Solid-State NMR (SSNMR) and Molecular …

SY Chin, Y Chen, L Zhao, X Liu, CP Chng… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Chromatin phase separation is dynamically regulated by many factors, such as post-
translational modifications and effector proteins, and plays a critical role in genomic …

[HTML][HTML] From molecular descriptions to cellular functions of intrinsically disordered protein regions

W Chen, OA Fraser, C George, SA Showalter - Biophysics Reviews, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Molecular descriptions of intrinsically disordered protein regions (IDRs) are fundamental to
understanding their cellular functions and regulation. NMR spectroscopy has been a leading …

Capturing the Conformational Heterogeneity of HSPB1 Chaperone Oligomers at Atomic Resolution

RF Berkeley, AP Plonski, T Phan, K Grohe, L Becker… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs), including HSPB1, are essential regulators of cellular
proteostasis that interact with unfolded and partially folded proteins to prevent aberrant …

HP1α-driven Phase Separation and Repair Pathway Choice in Response to Heterochromatin Damage

D Bohra, A Mazumder - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Double-strand breaks (DSBs) pose significant threat to genomic stability and need
immediate attention from DNA Damage Response (DDR) machinery involved in …