Nucleosome structure and dynamics are coming of age

K Zhou, G Gaullier, K Luger - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2019 - nature.com
Since the first high-resolution structure of the nucleosome was reported in 1997, the
available information on chromatin structure has increased very rapidly. Here, we review …

Energy-driven genome regulation by ATP-dependent chromatin remodellers

S Eustermann, AB Patel, KP Hopfner, Y He… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
The packaging of DNA into chromatin in eukaryotes regulates gene transcription, DNA
replication and DNA repair. ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling enzymes (re) arrange …

A structural model of the endogenous human BAF complex informs disease mechanisms

N Mashtalir, H Suzuki, DP Farrell, A Sankar, J Luo… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Mammalian SWI/SNF complexes are ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes that
regulate genomic architecture. Here, we present a structural model of the endogenously …

Principles of nucleosome recognition by chromatin factors and enzymes

RK McGinty, S Tan - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The recent torrent of structures of chromatin complexes determined by cryoelectron
microscopy provides an opportunity to discern general principles for how chromatin factors …

PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTORs trigger environmentally responsive chromatin dynamics in plants

BC Willige, M Zander, CY Yoo, A Phan, RM Garza… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The interplay between light receptors and PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTORs
(PIFs) serves as a regulatory hub that perceives and integrates environmental cues into …

Measuring DNA mechanics on the genome scale

A Basu, DG Bobrovnikov, Z Qureshi, T Kayikcioglu… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Mechanical deformations of DNA such as bending are ubiquitous and have been implicated
in diverse cellular functions. However, the lack of high-throughput tools to measure the …

Reorientation of INO80 on hexasomes reveals basis for mechanistic versatility

H Wu, EN Muñoz, LJ Hsieh, US Chio, MA Gourdet… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Unlike other chromatin remodelers, INO80 preferentially mobilizes hexasomes, which can
form during transcription. Why INO80 prefers hexasomes over nucleosomes remains …

Cryo-EM structure of SWI/SNF complex bound to a nucleosome

Y Han, AA Reyes, S Malik, Y He - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The chromatin-remodelling complex SWI/SNF is highly conserved and has critical roles in
various cellular processes, including transcription and DNA-damage repair,. It hydrolyses …

Regulation of the Dot1 histone H3K79 methyltransferase by histone H4K16 acetylation

MI Valencia-Sánchez, P De Ioannes, M Wang… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Nucleosomes—the primary, repeating unit of chromatin—package and
protect the genome while also transmitting various regulatory signals through, in part …

Nucleosome density shapes kilobase-scale regulation by a mammalian chromatin remodeler

NJ Abdulhay, LJ Hsieh, CP McNally… - Nature Structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
Nearly all essential nuclear processes act on DNA packaged into arrays of nucleosomes.
However, our understanding of how these processes (for example, DNA replication, RNA …