Nucleosome distribution and linker DNA: connecting nuclear function to dynamic chromatin structureThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in a Special Issue entitled 31st Annual International Asilomar Chromatin and Chromosomes Conference, and has undergone the Journal’s usual peer review process.

Author:

Szerlong Heather J.1,Hansen Jeffrey C.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1870, USA.

Abstract

Genetic information in eukaryotes is managed by strategic hierarchical organization of chromatin structure. Primary chromatin structure describes an unfolded nucleosomal array, often referred to as “beads on a string”. Chromatin is compacted by the nonlinear rearrangement of nucleosomes to form stable secondary chromatin structures. Chromatin conformational transitions between primary and secondary structures are mediated by both nucleosome-stacking interactions and the intervening linker DNA. Chromatin model system studies find that the topography of secondary structures is sensitive to the spacing of nucleosomes within an array. Understanding the relationship between nucleosome spacing and higher order chromatin structure will likely yield important insights into the dynamic nature of secondary chromatin structure as it occurs in vivo. Genome-wide nucleosome mapping studies find the distance between nucleosomes varies, and regions of uniformly spaced nucleosomes are often interrupted by regions of nonuniform spacing. This type of organization is found at a subset of actively transcribed genes in which a nucleosome-depleted region near the transcription start site is directly adjacent to uniformly spaced nucleosomes in the coding region. Here, we evaluate secondary chromatin structure and discuss the structural and functional implications of variable nucleosome distributions in different organisms and at gene regulatory junctions.

Publisher

Canadian Science Publishing

Subject

Cell Biology,Molecular Biology,Biochemistry

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