4JJN

Crystal structure of heterochromatin protein Sir3 in complex with a silenced yeast nucleosome


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.09 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.255 
  • R-Value Work: 0.231 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.233 

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Literature

Heterochromatin protein Sir3 induces contacts between the amino terminus of histone H4 and nucleosomal DNA.

Wang, F.Li, G.Altaf, M.Lu, C.Currie, M.A.Johnson, A.Moazed, D.

(2013) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110: 8495-8500

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1300126110
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4JJN

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The regulated binding of effector proteins to the nucleosome plays a central role in the activation and silencing of eukaryotic genes. How this binding changes the properties of chromatin to mediate gene activation or silencing is not fully understood. Here we provide evidence that association of the budding yeast silent information regulator 3 (Sir3) silencing protein with the nucleosome induces a conformational change in the amino terminus of histone H4 that promotes interactions between the conserved H4 arginines 17 and 19 (R17 and R19) and nucleosomal DNA. Substitutions of H4R17 and R19 with alanine abolish silencing in vivo, but have little or no effect on binding of Sir3 to nucleosomes or histone H4 peptides in vitro. Furthermore, in both the previously reported crystal structure of the Sir3-bromo adjacent homology (BAH) domain bound to the Xenopus laevis nucleosome core particle and the crystal structure of the Sir3-BAH domain bound to the yeast nucleosome core particle described here, H4R17 and R19 make contacts with nucleosomal DNA rather than with Sir3. These results suggest that Sir3 binding generates a more stable nucleosome by clamping H4R17 and R19 to nucleosomal DNA, and raise the possibility that such induced changes in histone-DNA contacts play major roles in the regulation of chromatin structure.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Histone H3
A, E
135Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288CMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: HHT1HHT2Histone H3N2749SIN2YBR010WYBR0201YNL031C
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Histone H4
B, F
102Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288CMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: HHF1HHF2Histone H4N2752YBR009CYBR0122YNL030W
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MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Histone H2A.2
C, G
131Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288CMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: H2A2Histone H2A.2HTA2YBL003CYBL0103
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Entity ID: 4
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Histone H2B.2
D, H
130Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288CMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: H2B2Histone H2B.2HTB2YBL002WYBL0104
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Entity ID: 5
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Regulatory protein SIR3I [auth K],
J [auth L]
382Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288CMutation(s): 1 
Gene Names: CMT1L9753.10MAR2SIR3STE8YLR442C
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Entity ID: 6
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
DNA (146-MER)K [auth I]147N/A
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DNA (146-MER)L [auth J]147N/A
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.09 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.255 
  • R-Value Work: 0.231 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.233 
  • Space Group: P 61
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 103.682α = 90
b = 103.682β = 90
c = 556.378γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
ADSCdata collection
PHASERphasing
PHENIXrefinement
XDSdata reduction
SCALAdata scaling

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2013-05-15
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2013-06-05
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2013-06-19
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2024-02-28
    Changes: Data collection, Database references