A chromatin remodelling complex involved in transcription and DNA processing

Xuetong Shen, Gaku Mizuguchi, Ali Hamiche and Carl Wu ()
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Xuetong Shen: Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Gaku Mizuguchi: Kyoto University Graduate School of Biostudies
Ali Hamiche: Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Carl Wu: Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

Nature, 2000, vol. 406, issue 6795, 541-544

Abstract: Abstract The packaging of the eukaryotic genome in chromatin presents barriers that restrict the access of enzymes that process DNA1,2. To overcome these barriers, cells possess a number of multi-protein, ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling complexes, each containing an ATPase subunit from the SNF2/SWI2 superfamily3,4. Chromatin remodelling complexes function by increasing nucleosome mobility and are clearly implicated in transcription5,6,7. Here we have analysed SNF2/SWI2- and ISWI-related proteins to identify remodelling complexes that potentially assist other DNA transactions. We purified a complex from Saccharomyces cerevisiae that contains the Ino80 ATPase8. The INO80 complex contains about 12 polypeptides including two proteins related to the bacterial RuvB DNA helicase9,10,11, which catalyses branch migration of Holliday junctions. The purified complex remodels chromatin, facilitates transcription in vitro and displays 3′ to 5′ DNA helicase activity. Mutants of ino80 show hypersensitivity to agents that cause DNA damage, in addition to defects in transcription8. These results indicate that chromatin remodelling driven by the Ino80 ATPase may be connected to transcription as well as DNA damage repair.

Date: 2000
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