Mapping the electrostatic potential of the nucleosome acidic patch

Author:

Zhang Heyi,Eerland Jelmer,Horn Velten,Schellevis Raymond,van Ingen Hugo

Abstract

AbstractThe nucleosome surface contains an area with negative electrostatic potential known as the acidic patch, which functions as a binding platform for various proteins to regulate chromatin biology. The dense clustering of acidic residues may impact their effective pKa and thus the electronegativity of the acidic patch, which in turn could influence nucleosome-protein interactions. We here set out to determine the pKa values of residues in and around the acidic patch in the free H2A-H2B dimer using NMR spectroscopy. We present a refined solution structure of the H2A-H2B dimer based on intermolecular distance restraints, displaying a well-defined histone-fold core. We show that the conserved histidines H2B H46 and H106 that line the acidic patch have pKa of 5.9 and 6.5, respectively, and that most acidic patch carboxyl groups have pKa values well below 5.0. For H2A D89 we find strong evidence for an elevated pKa of 5.3. Our data establish that the acidic patch is highly negatively charged at physiological pH, while protonation of H2B H106 and H2B H46 at slightly acidic pH will reduce electronegativity. These results will be valuable to understand the impact of pH changes on nucleosome-protein interactions in vitro, in silico or in vivo.

Funder

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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