title: The Histone Chaperone FACT Contributes to DNA Replication-Coupled Nucleosome Assembly.
abstract: DNA replication-coupled (RC) nucleosome assembly is mediated by histone chaperones and is fundamental for epigenetic inheritance and maintenance of genomic integrity. The mechanisms that promote this process are only partially understood. Here, we show that the histone chaperone FACT (facilitates chromatin transactions), consisting of Spt16 and Pob3, promotes newly synthesized histone H3-H4 deposition. We describe an allele of Spt16 (spt16-m) that has a defect in binding to H3-H4 and impairs their deposition onto DNA. Consistent with a direct role for FACT in RC nucleosome assembly, spt16-m displays synthetic defects with other histone chaperones associated with this process, CAF-1 and Rtt106. Importantly, we show that FACT physically associates with Rtt106 and that the acetylation of H3K56, a mark on newly synthesized H3, modulates this interaction. Therefore, FACT collaborates with CAF-1 and Rtt106 in RC nucleosome assembly.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Jiayi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Jianxun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Leng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Shuqi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Junyu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Shaofeng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Zhiyun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Jiawei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Zhongshi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Jingyang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. Electronic address: li.qing@pku.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004261:DNA Replication; D056488:Histone Chaperones / Q000378:metabolism*; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009707:Nucleosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016196:S Phase; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D035602:Transcriptional Elongation Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D056488:Histone Chaperones; D006657:Histones; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D009707:Nucleosomes; C071238:SPT16 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D035602:Transcriptional Elongation Factors