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Lucius H, Haberland A, Zaitsev S, Dallüge R, Schneider M, Böttger M. Structure of transfection-active histone H1/DNA complexes. Mol Biol Rep 2003; 28:157-65. [PMID: 12075934 DOI: 10.1023/a:1015230010230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Relationships between the structure of transfecting complexes of histone H1 and DNA and their transfection efficiency were studied. Transfection activity proved to be connected to complex aggregates. Low speed centrifugation of the complexes resulted in loss of the transfection activity. The complexes/aggregates were active with high efficiency in a broad range of weight input ratios r(i) (0.1 < r(i) < 30). Using atomic force microscopy (AFM), the complexes were imaged at negative, nearly electroneutral and positive charge conditions. Electroneutral complexes at r(i) = 1 showed a multitude of different complex forms. Fibrillar, network-like and branched structures were frequently present in one complex. Strongly positive charged complexes had a toroidal appearance. All these different forms contributed to the high transfection efficiency. Cellular uptake is supposed to be by phagocytosis.
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- H Lucius
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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Ivanchenko M, Zlatanova J, van Holde K. Histone H1 preferentially binds to superhelical DNA molecules of higher compaction. Biophys J 1997; 72:1388-95. [PMID: 9138584 PMCID: PMC1184521 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(97)78785-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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In chromatin, the physiological amount of H1 is one molecule per nucleosome or, roughly, one molecule per 200 bp of DNA. We observed that at such a stoichiometry, H1 selectively binds to supercoiled DNA with magnitude of sigma > or = 0.012 (both negative and positive), leaving relaxed, linear, or nicked DNA molecules unbound. When negative and positive DNA topoisomers of varying superhelicity are simultaneously present in the binding mixture, H1 selectively binds to the molecules with highest superhelicity; less supercoiled forms are gradually involved in binding upon increasing the amount of input protein. We explain this topological preference of H1 as the consequence of an increased probability for more than one H1-DNA contact provided by the supercoiling. The existence of simultaneous contacts of H1 with both intertwined DNA strands in the supercoiled DNA molecules is also inferred by topoisomerase relaxation of H1-DNA complexes that had been prefixed with glutaraldehyde.
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- M Ivanchenko
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-7305, USA
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Yaneva J, Banchev T, Zlatanova J. An indirect-labeling procedure for the study of specific interactions of proteins with DNA. Anal Biochem 1992; 200:286-90. [PMID: 1632492 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(92)90467-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A semiquantitative and reproducible indirect-labeling procedure for the study of specific protein/DNA interactions using nitrocellulose-filter-immobilized proteins and linear or superhelical DNA molecules is reported. Proteins were immobilized on nitrocellulose filters either by direct dotting or by electrotransfer from polyacrylamide electrophoretic gels. After incubation with the respective DNA (linear restriction fragments or closed circular recombinant DNA plasmids) the paper strips were washed, and specifically bound DNA was denatured by alkali and detected by hybridization with 32P-nick-translated DNA. The quantitation of the reaction was performed by scanning of the autoradiograms of the radioactive spots and determination of the area under the respective peaks. The intensity of the radioactive spots was proportional to the amount of protein present in the dot. The sensitivity of the assay depends primarily on the affinity of the respective DNA to the protein and in the case of mouse liver histone H1AB/mouse alpha-globin gene approximately 50 ng of protein per dot was enough for determination.
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- J Yaneva
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
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Zlatanova J, Yaneva J. Histone H1-DNA interactions and their relation to chromatin structure and function. DNA Cell Biol 1991; 10:239-48. [PMID: 2029335 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1991.10.239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The belief that histone H1 interacts primarily with DNA in chromatin and much less with the protein component has led to numerous studies of artificial H1-DNA complexes. This review summarizes and discusses the data on different aspects of the interaction between the linker histone and naked DNA, including cooperativity of binding, preference for supercoiled DNA, selectivity with respect to base composition and nucleotide sequence, and effect of H1 binding on the conformation of the underlying DNA. The nature of the interaction, the structure of the complexes, and the role histone H1 exerts in chromatin are also discussed.
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- J Zlatanova
- Institute of Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
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De Bernardin W, Losa R, Koller T. Formation and characterization of soluble complexes of histone H1 with supercoiled DNA. J Mol Biol 1986; 189:503-17. [PMID: 3783683 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(86)90320-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We have analyzed the interaction of rat liver histone H1 with superhelical DNA. Depending on the ratio of H1 to DNA and the concentration of salt, two different types of complexes were found. Above a critical ratio of H1 to DNA, called the aggregation point, large aggregates are formed, which have a cable-like appearance in the electron microscope. Below the aggregation point, individual soluble complexes are formed, which are the subject of this study. With increasing ionic strength, the aggregation point is shifted towards lower ratios of H1 to DNA. In the soluble complexes, H1 appears to bind along superhelically intertwined DNA strands, forming a polymer. Partial digestion of the complexes with protease suggests protection of the N-terminal tail and the globular domain of H1. Similar soluble complexes were observed with various H1 fragments but not with the core histones. In the soluble complexes, similar regions of the H1 molecule are considered to be protected from cleavage by protease, as in chromatin. Therefore, these complexes appear to be a valuable model for the interaction of H1 in chromatin fibers.
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Osipova TN, Triebel H, Bär H, Zalenskaya IA, Hartmann M. Interaction of histone H1 from sea urchin sperm with superhelical and relaxed DNA. Mol Biol Rep 1985; 10:153-8. [PMID: 4033633 DOI: 10.1007/bf00778521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Complexes of histone H1 from sea urchin sperm (H1S) and calf thymus (H1T) with superhelical DNA I and relaxed circular DNA II have been analyzed by analytical sedimentation. Similar to H1T, the highly basic and relatively arginine-rich histone H1S preferentially interacts with DNA I compared to DNA II under competition conditions. However, H1S induces a stronger aggregation of both forms of DNA than H1T. Below 0.05 M NaCl, the soluble complexes formed by both histones have similar properties, but aggregation proceeds in a different manner: H1S induces a stronger aggregation of DNA II as compared to DNA I, whereas H1T fails to aggregate DNA I. The results are explained on the basis of differences in amino acid sequence and structure of the two histones and related to the special chromatin condensing ability of histone H1S.
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Böhm KJ, Vater W, Fenske H, Unger E. Effect of microtubule-associated proteins on the protofilament number of microtubules assembled in vitro. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1984; 800:119-26. [PMID: 6743686 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(84)90049-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In order to demonstrate the effect of microtubule-associated proteins on the protofilament number of microtubules, we used different systems of microtubule formation in vitro in which these proteins are either functionally eliminated (by DNA or glycerol) or absent (purified tubulin). The results obtained by electron microscopy of ultrathin-sectioned material indicate that under standard conditions in the presence of microtubule-associated proteins microtubules are formed consisting predominantly of 14 protofilaments. In cases of deficiency of microtubule-associated proteins, the mean value of the protofilament number is lower, and the protofilament number within the microtubule population varies remarkably. On the other hand, the action of microtubule-associated proteins is enhanced by histones resulting in increased protofilament numbers. A model is proposed illustrating that the quality and the quantity of microtubule-associated proteins bound to microtubules determine the curvature between the protofilaments and restrict the variety of their binding angles. In this way the microtubule-associated proteins may be regarded as an important factor in determining the structural fidelity of microtubules.
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Böttger M, von Mickwitz CU, Scherneck S, Lindigkeit R. Interaction of histone H1 with superhelical DNA. Conformational studies and influence of ionic strength. Mol Biol Rep 1984; 10:3-8. [PMID: 6088965 DOI: 10.1007/bf00775146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The interaction of histone H1 with superhelical SV40 DNA at low ionic strength (approximately 0.02 M NaCl) results in the formation of DNP double-fibers and bundle- and cablelike twisted side-by-side associates of several of these double-fibers. On the basis of simple cylindrical or ellipsoidal models the sedimentation properties of these structures can be calculated in accordance with the experiment allowing a direct assignment of electron microscopical and hydrodynamic results. Sedimentation measurements in dependence on the ionic strength indicate a redistribution of H1 resulting in the formation of associates at 0.04 M NaCl and of aggregates at higher salt concentration. Double-fibers are present up to physiological salt concentrations.
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Zimmermann W, Scherneck S, Geissler E. Quantitative determination of papovavirus IgG antibodies in sera from cancer patients, labworkers and several groups of control persons by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/s0174-3031(83)80145-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Osipova TN, Vorob'ev VI, Böttger M, von Mickwitz CU, Scherneck S. The role of histone H2B from sea urchin sperm in the association of reconstituted minichromosomes. Mol Biol Rep 1982; 8:71-5. [PMID: 6281638 DOI: 10.1007/bf00778507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A comparative study of the condensation of reconstituted complexes of circular SV40 DNA with core histones from calf thymus and sea urchin sperm was performed using sedimentation and electron microscopic techniques. It is shown that in low ionic strength solutions both types of complexes are similar to native 'minichromosomes'. In the region from 0.08 to 0.16 M NaCl the complexes of SV40 DNA with thymus histones form small compact particles. By contrast, the compaction of the SV40 DNA complexes with sperm histones results in the formation of giant intermolecular associates. The results obtained may mean that histone H2B of sea urchin sperm participates in the formation of a higher order structure in sperm chromatin.
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Herzog RE. Cytophotometric determinations of DNA, histone, arginine, lysine, and their concentrations in eu- and heterochromatin of the cell nucleus of dysplasias, carcinoma in situ, and carcinoma of the human cervix uteri. ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY 1982; 231:91-8. [PMID: 6803683 DOI: 10.1007/bf02111659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In the cell nuclei of dysplasias, carcinoma in situ, and carcinoma the amount of DNA, histone, arginine, lysine, and their condensed areas were determined by cytophotometry. Moreover their concentrations in the euchromatic and heterochromatic areas of the nuclei were measured. Statistical analysis showed that the quantitative relations between parameters did not change during carcinogenesis. The significantly increased amount of lysine underlines the role of the lysine-rich histones in producing denser coiling of the chromatin fibril in heterochromatin.
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Liao L, Cole R. Differences among H1 histone subfractions in binding to linear and superhelical DNA. Sedimentation velocity studies. J Biol Chem 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)68569-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Böttger M, von Mickwitz CU, Scherneck S, Grade K, Lindigkeit R. Interaction of histone H1 with superhelical DNA. Sedimentation and electron microscopical studies at low salt concentration. Nucleic Acids Res 1981; 9:5253-68. [PMID: 6272216 PMCID: PMC327518 DOI: 10.1093/nar/9.20.5253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Complexes of histones H1 with superhelical SV40 DNA obtained by direct mixing were studied in 0.1 SSC buffer corresponding to 0.02 M Na+. Depending on the molar input ratio H1/DNA three classes of sedimenting species were observed: (1) a component sedimenting similar to superhelical DNA with a sedimentation coefficient s2o,w of 25 S observable up to 335 Mol H1/Mol DNA (w/w = 2); (2) a component with s2o,w = 120 S appearing at 135 Mol H1/Mol DNA and (3) growing amounts of heterogeneous aggregates greater than 1000 S. Electron micrographs revealed the 25 S component to consist of double-fibers formed from one DNA molecule and the 120 S component to consist of bundles of several such double-fibers. The aggregates represent cable-like structures. The addition of ethidium bromide to 25 S complexes induces the formation of bundles, if H1 is present in a quantity which alone is not sufficient to bring about this effect. This result indicates that ethidium bromide effects a redistribution of H1 molecules and that H1 is responsible for the bundle formation.
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Reinert KE, Geller D, Stutter E. Temperature mediated variation of DNA secondary structure in (A.T) clusters; evidence by use of the oligopeptide netropsin as a structural probe. Nucleic Acids Res 1981; 9:2335-49. [PMID: 6265870 PMCID: PMC326849 DOI: 10.1093/nar/9.10.2335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The titration viscometric investigation of the multi-mode interaction of netropsin (Nt) with (A.T) clusters of NaDNA12 and NH4DNA10 has been extended to different temperatures. The position of two boundaries on the r-scale (r= [Nt]bound/[DNA-P]) with increasing temperature steadily (rI/II) or more abruptly (rO/I) shifts to lower values. For the most (A.T) rich Nt-binding sites of modes (O), (I) and (II) this observation suggests the existence of an equilibrium between different DNA secondary structures with a different translation per base pair. The mode specific changes delta L1Nt of DNA contour length as induced by one Nt molecule proved to be almost independent of temperature. Concomitant stiffening effects increase with decreasing temperature, contrary to initial expectation. Conformational variability of (A.T) clusters may represent an essential feature in specific or selective DNA-protein interaction.
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Böttger M, Karawajew L, Scherneck S, Fenske H, Lindigkeit R. Polyelectrolyte properties of nucleoproteins. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-0728(81)80184-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Differences among subfractions of H1 histone in retention of linear and superhelical DNA on filters. J Biol Chem 1980. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)85522-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Scherneck S, Rudolph M, Geissler E, Vogel F, Lübbe L, Wählte H, Nisch G, Weickmann F, Zimmermann W. Isolation of a SV40-like Papovavirus from a human glioblastoma. Int J Cancer 1979; 24:523-31. [PMID: 93581 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910240502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A human glioblastoma multiforme (M27) tested in early cell cultures by indirect immunofluorescence staining showed SV40-related tumor (T)-antigen, 95% of the cells being positive. SV40-related viral capsid (V)-antigen was absent in all cells tested. Experiments to rescue this virus were performed by fusing M27 cells with CV-I monkey cells, which were permissive for SV40, using polyethylene glycol (PEG) as fusion factor. We succeeded in isolating virus particles SV40-GBM which electron microscopy showed to correspond in size and morphology to papovaviruses. Serological tests (hemagglutination, neutralization, fluorescent antibody) revealed that the virus is indistinguishable from SV40. Despite this apparent antigenic identity SV40-GBM differs slightly from SV40 wild type. This virus can propagate and produce CPE in both CV-I cells and primary fetal human kidney cells. Furthermore digestion of SV40-GBM DNA with the HindII/III restriction endonucleases revealed minor differences compared with the SV40 DNA. Therefore the virus SV40-GBM obtained from glioblastoma cells seems to be closely related to the SV40-PML viruses described earlier.
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Böttger M, Scherneck S, von Mickwitz CU, Fenske H, Lindigkeit R. Salt-and histone H1-induced structural changes of reconstituted minichromosomes. Nucleic Acids Res 1979; 6:3581-97. [PMID: 226940 PMCID: PMC327958 DOI: 10.1093/nar/6.11.3581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Structural changes of reconstituted SV 40 minichromosomes have been studied in relation to the salt concentration and addition of histone H1 by sedimentation and electron microscopy. Sedimentation data are represented as functions of the NaCl concentration and the Debye-Hückel electrostatic screening radius 1/alpha. The latter representation which proved to provide more information revealed three structural states of the SV 40 reconstitutes which can be additionally characterized by electron microscopy as follows: Expanded or relaxed conformation including free DNA spacers between the nucleosomes at low salt concentration (approx. 0.001 M-0.05 M NaCl), increasing condensation at moderate salt concentration (approx. 0.05 M-0.3 M NaCl) and expansion of this condensed state above approx. 0.3 M NaCl. The condensation of the reconstitutes at moderate salt concentration does not require the presence of histone H1. H1 seems to stabilize the condensed state against electrostatic expansion. The condensation might be promoted by salt-dependent conformational changes of naked superhelical DNA as revealed by sedimentation measurements.
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Lau PP, Yu SH, Spring TG, Gray HB. A rapid method for the purification of supercoiled PM2 DNA by affinity chromatography on H1 histone covalently coupled to agarose. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1979; 563:313-9. [PMID: 465493 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2787(79)90050-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A simple and rapid method is described for the purification of supercoiled PM2 DNA by affinity chromatography on columns of H1 histone covalently coupled to agarose. The method does not require the use of intercalating agents or ultracentrifugation procedures. Under the conditions most appropriate for purification, elution is carried out in a single step with buffered 0.7 M NaCl after the sample has been loaded onto the column in buffered 0.2 M NaCl. The DNA eluted at the higher salt concentration consists of supercoiled closed circular DNA at greater than 90% purity independently of the ratio of supercoiled to nicked circular DNA in the input mixture.
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Malarska K, Płucienniczak A, Skowroński J. Two modes of aggregation of artificial H1-DNA complexes depending on the rate of decrease of ionic strength. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1979; 561:324-33. [PMID: 427159 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2787(79)90141-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The properties of H1-DNA artificial complexes, formed at different rates of decrease of NaCl concentration from 0.9 to 0.15 M, were investigated. It was found that two distinct processes, both depending on the rate of the concentration decrease, lead to the formation of aggregates differing in: the ability to form sediments, the distribution of sedimentation constants, the initial turbidity and its changes during trypsin and DNAase I digestion, and the H1/DNA ratio in the sediments. The accessibility of DNA in the complexes to DNAase I and the properties of nonaccessible DNA fragments led us to the conclusion that, at the H1/DNA ratio equal 0.2, the H1 molecules are clustered along the DNA chain independently of the rate of complex formation.
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Yu SH, Lau PP, Spring TG. Chromatography of different forms of DNA on immobilized histone columns. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1978; 517:31-42. [PMID: 564204 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2787(78)90031-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Histones 1, 2A, 2B, 3, 4, and 5 from chicken erythrocytes have each been covalently immobilized on agarose beads and tested for their ability to bind DNA. Both calf thymus DNA and PM-2 viral DNA (form II, a nicked circle) bind to columns of immobilized histone at low ionic strength and can be eluted with 0.2--0.8 M NaC1, depending on the histone column. The strength of DNA binding by histone columns is in the order H5 greater than H1 greater than greater than H2B approximately H3 greater than H4 approximately H2A. About 70% of a heat-denatured calf thymus DNA sample and 100% of a supercoiled (form I) PM-2 DNA sample bind very tightly to histone columns and are released only by strong protein denaturants.
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Voordouw G, Kalif D, Eisenberg H. Studies of ColE1-plasmid DNA and its interactions with histones: sedimentation velocity studies of monodisperse complexes reconstituted with calf-thymus histones. Nucleic Acids Res 1977; 4:1207-23. [PMID: 331251 PMCID: PMC343750 DOI: 10.1093/nar/4.5.1207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Complexes between the four calf-thymus histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) and colE1-plasmid DNA have been reconstituted using the procedure of Oudet et al. ((1975), Cell 4, 281-300). The sedimentation rates of the complexes formed were studied under a variety of conditions. In 0.4 MNaCL, 0.1 M Tris pH 7.50, 0.01 M EDTA and 0.02 M NaHSO3, the final dialy-sis-solvent in the reconstitution procedure, the sedimentation coefficients s23 were found to increase when the complexes were reconstituted at increasing histone to DNA ratios. True plateau regions were reached in the case of the relaxed circular and linear forms of the plasmid DNA. The sedimenting boundaries observed for the complexes at saturation are sharp, reflecting a narrow distribution of sedimentation coefficients and a homogeneity of the complex comparable to that of the uncomplexed DNA. Studies of the dependence of s 23 on the concentration of the complex at constant DNA to histones ratio have been undertaken at salt concentrations between 0.4 and 1.5 M NaCL in the above solvent. The formation of the complexes is reversible, at least at the higher ionic strengths. At salt concentrations below 0.36 M the complex precipitates from solution. Omission of histone H4 from the reconstitution mixture abolishes complex formation.
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Bina-Stein M, Singer MF. The effect of H1 histone on the action of DNA-relaxing enzyme. Nucleic Acids Res 1977; 4:117-27. [PMID: 866171 PMCID: PMC342413 DOI: 10.1093/nar/4.1.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The action of DNA-relaxing enzyme on H1-DNA complexes was investigated. Complexes of superhelical and relaxed closed circular duplex DNA with H1 were treated with mammalian relaxing enzyme, deproteinized, and electrophoresed on agarose gels. At relatively low ratios of H1 to superhelical DNA, molecules of superhelical density intermediate between those of the starting material and relaxed DNA, the normal product, were generated. At relatively high H1 histone concentrations (H1:DNA greater than 0.4 w/w), the superhelical DNA was not relaxed. Further, no superhelical turns were introduced into relaxed closed duplex DNA at any concentration of H1 tested. Thus, the binding of H1 histone to DNA prevents the action of the relaxing enzyme. Moreover, H1 histone does not appear to unwind the DNA duplex upon binding. The implications of these observations and the previously demonstrated specificity of H1 histone for superhelical DNA are discussed in relation to the structure of chromatin.
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Evans HJ. Some facts and fancies relating to chromosome structure in man. ADVANCES IN HUMAN GENETICS 1977; 8:347-438. [PMID: 71848 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-8267-0_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Bina-Stein M, Vogel T, Singer DS, Singer MF. H5 Histone and DNA-relaxing enzyme of chicken erythrocytes. Interaction with superhelical DNA. J Biol Chem 1976. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)32858-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Singer DS, Singer MF. Studies on the interaction of H1 histone with superhelical DNA: characterization of the recognition and binding regions of H1 histones. Nucleic Acids Res 1976; 3:2531-47. [PMID: 186761 PMCID: PMC343111 DOI: 10.1093/nar/3.10.2531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The very lysine rich histone, H1, isolated from a variety of sources interacts preferentially with superhelical DNA compared to relaxed DNA duplexes. The nature of this specific interaction has been investigated by studying the ability of various purified fragments of H1 histone from calf thymus to recognize and bind superhelical DNA. The data suggest that the globular region of the H1 histone molecule (amino acid residues 72-106) is involved in the recognition of superhelical DNA. Thus, the H1 histone carboxy-terminal fragment, 72-212, resembles native H1 histone both quantitatively and qualitatively in its ability to discriminate between and bind to superhelical and relaxed DNA while the H1 histone carboxy-terminal fragment, residues 106-212, has lost this specificity, binding superhelical and relaxed DNA equally well. Furthermore, under conditions in which the globular region of the intact H1 histone has been unfolded, the molecule loses its ability to discriminate between superhelical and relaxed DNA, and binds both forms of DNA equally.
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