title: Nucleosome assembly by a complex of CAF-1 and acetylated histones H3/H4.
abstract: Chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1) assembles nucleosomes in a replication-dependent manner. The small subunit of CAF-1 (p48) is a member of a highly conserved subfamily of WD-repeat proteins. There are at least two members of this subfamily in both human (p46 and p48) and yeast cells (Hat2p, a subunit of the B-type H4 acetyltransferase, and Msi1p). Human p48 can bind to histone H4 in the absence of CAF-1 p150 and p60. p48, also a known subunit of a histone deacetylase, copurifies with a chromatin assembly complex (CAC), which contains the three subunits of CAF-1 (p150, p60, p48) and H3 and H4, and promotes DNA replication-dependent chromatin assembly. CAC histone H4 exhibits a novel pattern of lysine acetylation that overlaps with, but is distinct from, that reported for newly synthesized H4 isolated from nascent chromatin. Our data suggest that CAC is a key intermediate of the de novo nucleosome assembly pathway and that the p48 subunit participates in other aspects of histone metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York 11724, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verreault
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stillman
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002457:Cell Extracts; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D056504:Chromatin Assembly Factor-1; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003593:Cytoplasm; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000502:physiology; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D006657:Histones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008239:Lysine / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009707:Nucleosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: C533593:CHAF1B protein, human; C489780:CNOT8 protein, human; D002457:Cell Extracts; D002843:Chromatin; D056504:Chromatin Assembly Factor-1; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006657:Histones; D009707:Nucleosomes; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000123:Acetyltransferases; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D008239:Lysine