The C terminus of the histone chaperone Asf1 cross-links to histone H3 in yeast and promotes interaction with histones H3 and H4

BK Dennehey, S Noone, WH Liu, L Smith… - … and cellular biology, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
The central histone H3/H4 chaperone Asf1 comprises a highly conserved globular core and
a divergent C-terminal tail. While the function and structure of the Asf1 core are well known …

[PDF][PDF] Structure of the histone chaperone ASF1 bound to the histone H3 C-terminal helix and functional insights

M Agez, J Chen, R Guerois, C Van Heijenoort… - Structure, 2007 - cell.com
Asf1 is a histone chaperone that favors histone H3/H4 assembly and disassembly. We
solved the structure of the conserved domain of human ASF1A in complex with the C …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of the yeast histone H3-ASF1 interaction: implications for chaperone mechanism, species-specific interactions, and epigenetics

AJ Antczak, T Tsubota, PD Kaufman, JM Berger - BMC structural biology, 2006 - Springer
Abstract Background The histone H3/H4 chaperone Asf1 (anti-silencing function 1) is
required for the establishment and maintenance of proper chromatin structure, as well as for …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis for the histone chaperone activity of Asf1

CM English, MW Adkins, JJ Carson, MEA Churchill… - Cell, 2006 - cell.com
Summary Anti-silencing function 1 (Asf1) is a highly conserved chaperone of histones H3/H4
that assembles or disassembles chromatin during transcription, replication, and repair. The …

[PDF][PDF] Gene-specific targeting of the histone chaperone asf1 to mediate silencing

H Goodfellow, A Krejčí, Y Moshkin, CP Verrijzer… - Developmental cell, 2007 - cell.com
The histone chaperone Asf1 assists in chromatin assembly and remodeling during
replication, transcription activation, and gene silencing. However, it has been unclear to …

In vivo study of the nucleosome assembly functions of ASF1 histone chaperones in human cells

A Galvani, R Courbeyrette, M Agez… - … and cellular biology, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Histone chaperones have been implicated in nucleosome assembly and disassembly as
well as histone modification. ASF1 is a highly conserved histone H3/H4 chaperone that …

Dominant Mutants of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ASF1 Histone Chaperone Bypass the Need for CAF-1 in Transcriptional Silencing by Altering Histone and Sir …

BA Tamburini, JJ Carson, JG Linger, JK Tyler - Genetics, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Transcriptional silencing involves the formation of specialized repressive chromatin
structures. Previous studies have shown that the histone H3–H4 chaperone known as …

Structural basis for the interaction of Asf1 with histone H3 and its functional implications

F Mousson, A Lautrette, JY Thuret… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Asf1 is a conserved histone chaperone implicated in nucleosome assembly, transcriptional
silencing, and the cellular response to DNA damage. We solved the NMR solution structure …

[HTML][HTML] The conformational flexibility of the C-terminus of histone H4 promotes histone octamer and nucleosome stability and yeast viability

MS Chavez, JK Scorgie, BK Dennehey, S Noone… - Epigenetics & …, 2012 - Springer
Background The protein anti-silencing function 1 (Asf1) chaperones histones H3/H4 for
assembly into nucleosomes every cell cycle as well as during DNA transcription and repair …

[HTML][HTML] Asf1, a loveseat for a histone couple

Y Bao, X Shen - Cell, 2006 - cell.com
In this issue of Cell, English et al.(2006) present the first crystal structure of a histone
chaperone (Asf1) bound to histones (the H3/H4 heterodimer). The structure provides …