TY - JOUR
TI - THE NUCLEOSOMAL CORE HISTONE OCTAMER AT 3.1-A RESOLUTION - A TRIPARTITE
PROTEIN ASSEMBLY AND A LEFT-HANDED SUPERHELIX
AU - ARENTS, G
AU - BURLINGAME, RW
AU - WANG, BC
AU - LOVE, WE
AU - MOUDRIANAKIS,
AU - EN
JO - PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
PY - 1991
VL - 88
TODO - 22
SP - 10148-10152
PB - NATL ACAD SCIENCES
SN - null
TODO - 10.1073/pnas.88.22.10148
TODO - NUCLEOSOME; CHROMATIN; HANDSHAKE MOTIF; HISTONE FOLD
TODO - The structure of the octameric histone core of the nucleosome has been
determined by x-ray crystallography to a resolution of 3.1 angstrom. The
histone octamer is a tripartite assembly in which a centrally located
(H3-H4)2 tetramer is flanked by two H2A-H2B dimers. It has a complex
outer surface; depending on the perspective, the structure appears as a
wedge or as a flat disk. The disk represents the planar projection of a
left-handed proteinaceous superhelix with almost-equal-to 28 angstrom
pitch. The diameter of the particle is 65 angstrom and the length is 60
angstrom at its maximum and almost-equal-to 10 angstrom at its minimum
extension; these dimensions are in agreement with those reported earlier
by Klug et al. [Klug, A., Rhodes, D., Smith, J., Finch, J. T. &
Thomas, J. O. (1980) Nature (London) 287, 509-516]. The folded histone
chains are elongated rather than globular and are assembled in a
characteristic “handshake” motif. The individual polypeptides share
a common central structural element of the helix-loop-helix type, which
we name the histone fold.
ER -