title: sNASP and ASF1A function through both competitive and compatible modes of histone binding.
abstract: Histone chaperones are proteins that interact with histones to regulate the thermodynamic process of nucleosome assembly. sNASP and ASF1 are conserved histone chaperones that interact with histones H3 and H4 and are found in a multi-chaperoning complex in vivo Previously we identified a short peptide motif within H3 that binds to the TPR domain of sNASP with nanomolar affinity. Interestingly, this peptide motif is sequestered within the known ASF1-H3-H4 interface, raising the question of how these two proteins are found in complex together with histones when they share the same binding site. Here, we show that sNASP contains at least two additional histone interaction sites that, unlike the TPR-H3 peptide interaction, are compatible with ASF1A binding. These surfaces allow ASF1A to form a quaternary complex with both sNASP and H3-H4. Furthermore, we demonstrate that sNASP makes a specific complex with H3 on its own in vitro, but not with H4, suggesting that it could work upstream of ASF1A. Further, we show that sNASP and ASF1A are capable of folding an H3-H4 dimer in vitro under native conditions. These findings reveal a network of binding events that may promote the entry of histones H3 and H4 into the nucleosome assembly pathway.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Center Munich, Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany a.bowman.1@warwick.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.|Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koide
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Jay S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Center Munich, Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
authors.forename: Meaghan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Colling
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Center Munich, Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
authors.forename: Daria
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zinne
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.|Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Shohei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koide
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Center Munich, Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany andreas.ladurner@med.lmu.de.|Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandt Str. 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany.|Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor Lynen Str. 17, 81377 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ladurner
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D056488:Histone Chaperones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006657:Histones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D054730:Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs; D055503:Protein Multimerization
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D056488:Histone Chaperones; D006657:Histones; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D009687:Nuclear Proteins