Genome-wide kinetics of nucleosome turnover determined by metabolic labeling of histones.
Nucleosome disruption and replacement are crucial activities that maintain epigenomes, but these highly dynamic processes have been difficult to study. Here, we describe a direct method for measuring nucleosome turnover dynamics genome-wide. We found that nucleosome turnover is most rapid over active gene bodies, epigenetic regulatory elements, and replication origins in Drosophila cells. Nucleosomes turn over faster at sites for trithorax-group than polycomb-group protein binding, suggesting that nucleosome turnover differences underlie their opposing activities and challenging models for epigenetic inheritance that rely on stability of histone marks. Our results establish a general strategy for studying nucleosome dynamics and uncover nucleosome turnover differences across the genome that are likely to have functional importance for epigenome maintenance, gene regulation, and control of DNA replication.
Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Roger B
RB
Deal
Jorja G
JG
Henikoff
Steven
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Henikoff
D000409:Alanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D049750:Genome, Insect; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008715:Methionine / Q000378:metabolism; D015336:Molecular Probe Techniques; D009707:Nucleosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D006657:Histones; D009707:Nucleosomes; C506098:azidohomoalanine; D008715:Methionine; D000409:Alanine