title: SWI/SNF and Asf1p cooperate to displace histones during induction of the saccharomyces cerevisiae HO promoter.
abstract: Regulation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae HO promoter has been shown to require the recruitment of chromatin-modifying and -remodeling enzymes. Despite this, relatively little is known about what changes to chromatin structure occur during the course of regulation at HO. Here, we used indirect end labeling in synchronized cultures to show that the chromatin structure is disrupted in a region that spans bp -600 to -1800 relative to the transcriptional start site. Across this region, there is a loss of canonical nucleosomes and a reduction in histone DNA cross-linking, as monitored by chromatin immunoprecipitation. The ATPase Snf2 is required for these alterations, but the histone acetyltransferase Gcn5 is not. This suggests that the SWI/SNF complex is directly involved in nucleosome removal at HO. We also present evidence indicating that the histone chaperone Asf1 assists in this. These observations suggest that SWI/SNF-related complexes in concert with histone chaperones act to remove histone octamers from DNA during the course of gene regulation.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Trust Center for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences. University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Triantafyllos
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gkikopoulos
authors.forename: Kristina M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Havas
authors.forename: Hilary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dewar
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Owen-Hughes
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D042002:Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly; D047369:Chromatin Immunoprecipitation; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000235:genetics; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism*; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D009707:Nucleosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D011485:Protein Binding; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C109731:ASF1 protein, S cerevisiae; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002843:Chromatin; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D006657:Histones; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D009707:Nucleosomes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C445179:SWI-SNF-B chromatin-remodeling complex; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C530845:HO protein, S cerevisiae; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific