Direct measurements of the nucleosome-forming preferences of periodic DNA motifs challenge established models.
Several periodic motifs have been implicated in facilitating the bending of DNA around the histone core of the nucleosome. For example, di-nucleotides AA/TT/TA and GC at ∼10-bp periods, but offset by 5 bp, are found with higher-than-expected occurrences in aligned nucleosomal DNAs in vitro and in vivo. Additionally, regularly oscillating period-10 trinucleotide motifs non-T, A/T, G and their complements have been implicated in the formation of regular nucleosome arrays. The effects of these periodic motifs on nucleosome formation have not been systematically tested directly by competitive reconstitution assays. We show that, in general, none of these period-10 motifs, except TA, in certain sequence contexts, facilitates nucleosome formation. The influence of periodic TAs on nucleosome formation is appreciable; with some of the 200-bp DNAs out-competing bulk nucleosomal DNA by more than 400-fold. Only the nucleotides immediately flanking TA influence its nucleosome-forming ability. Period-10 TA, when flanked by a pair of permissive nucleotides, facilitates DNA bending through compression of the minor groove. The free energy change for nucleosome formation decreases linearly with the number of consecutive TAs, up to eight. We suggest how these data can be reconciled with previous findings.
Takasuka
Taichi E
TE
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Stein
Arnold
A
D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009707:Nucleosomes / Q000737:chemistry*; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000737:chemistry
D009707:Nucleosomes; D009711:Nucleotides; D004247:DNA
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