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 …

The four causes: the functional architecture of centromeres and kinetochores

AD McAinsh, AL Marston - Annual review of genetics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Kinetochores are molecular machines that power chromosome segregation during the
mitotic and meiotic cell divisions of all eukaryotes. Aristotle explains how we think we have …

Structure of the human inner kinetochore bound to a centromeric CENP-A nucleosome

S Yatskevich, KW Muir, D Bellini, Z Zhang, J Yang… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Kinetochores assemble onto specialized centromeric CENP-A (centromere protein A)
nucleosomes (CENP-ANuc) to mediate attachments between chromosomes and the mitotic …

Structure of the human inner kinetochore CCAN complex and its significance for human centromere organization

ME Pesenti, T Raisch, D Conti, K Walstein, I Hoffmann… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Centromeres are specialized chromosome loci that seed the kinetochore, a large protein
complex that effects chromosome segregation. A 16-subunit complex, the constitutive …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of the inner kinetochore CCAN complex assembled onto a centromeric nucleosome

K Yan, J Yang, Z Zhang, SH McLaughlin, L Chang… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, accurate chromosome segregation in mitosis and meiosis maintains genome
stability and prevents aneuploidy. Kinetochores are large protein complexes that, by …

Contributions of histone variants in nucleosome structure and function

H Kurumizaka, T Kujirai, Y Takizawa - Journal of molecular biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Chromatin compacts genomic DNA in eukaryotes. The primary chromatin unit is the
nucleosome core particle, composed of four pairs of the core histones, H2A, H2B, H3, and …

CENP-N promotes the compaction of centromeric chromatin

K Zhou, M Gebala, D Woods, K Sundararajan… - Nature structural & …, 2022 - nature.com
The histone variant CENP-A is the epigenetic determinant for the centromere, where it is
interspersed with canonical H3 to form a specialized chromatin structure that nucleates the …

Structural mechanism of LIN28B nucleosome targeting by OCT4

R Guan, T Lian, BR Zhou, D Wheeler, Y Bai - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Pioneer transcription factors are essential for cell fate changes by targeting closed
chromatin. OCT4 is a crucial pioneer factor that can induce cell reprogramming. However …

The IRF2/CENP-N/AKT signaling axis promotes proliferation, cell cycling and apoptosis resistance in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells by increasing aerobic glycolysis

CL Qi, ML Huang, Y Zou, R Yang, Y Jiang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Centromere protein N (CENP-N) has been reported to be highly
expressed in malignancies, but its role and mechanism in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) …

The centromere comes into focus: from CENP-A nucleosomes to kinetochore connections with the spindle

K Kixmoeller, PK Allu, BE Black - Open biology, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Eukaryotic chromosome segregation relies upon specific connections from DNA to the
microtubule-based spindle that forms at cell division. The chromosomal locus that directs …