Retroviral integrase can efficiently utilise nucleosomes for insertion of the reverse-transcribed viral DNA. In face of the structural constraints imposed by the nucleosomal structure, integrase gains access to the scissile phosphodiester bonds by li ...
Retroviral integrase can efficiently utilise nucleosomes for insertion of the reverse-transcribed viral DNA. In face of the structural constraints imposed by the nucleosomal structure, integrase gains access to the scissile phosphodiester bonds by lifting DNA off the histone octamer at the site of integration. To clarify the mechanism of DNA looping by integrase, we determined a 3.9 Å resolution structure of the prototype foamy virus intasome engaged with a nucleosome core particle. The structural data along with complementary single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer measurements reveal twisting and sliding of the nucleosomal DNA arm proximal to the integration site. Sliding the nucleosomal DNA by approximately two base pairs along the histone octamer accommodates the necessary DNA lifting from the histone H2A-H2B subunits to allow engagement with the intasome. Thus, retroviral integration into nucleosomes involves the looping-and-sliding mechanism for nucleosomal DNA repositioning, bearing unexpected similarities to chromatin remodelers.
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Retroviral integration into nucleosomes through DNA looping and sliding along the histone octamer. Wilson, M.D.,Renault, L.,Maskell, D.P.,Ghoneim, M.,Pye, V.E.,Nans, A.,Rueda, D.S.,Cherepanov, P.,Costa, A. (2019) Nat Commun 10: 4189
Organizational Affiliation:
Chromatin structure and mobile DNA Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK. peter.cherepanov@crick.ac.uk.,Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JR, UK.,Chromatin structure and mobile DNA Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK.,Faculty of Biological Sciences, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.,Structural Biology Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK.,Single Molecule Imaging Group, MRC London Institute for Medical Science, London, W12 0NN, UK. david.rueda@imperial.ac.uk.,Molecular Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, W12 0NN, UK.,Single Molecule Imaging Group, MRC London Institute for Medical Science, London, W12 0NN, UK.,Molecular Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, W12 0NN, UK. david.rueda@imperial.ac.uk.,Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, St-Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK. peter.cherepanov@crick.ac.uk.,Macromolecular Machines Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT, London, UK.,NeCEN, University of Leiden, 2333CC, Leiden, Netherlands.,Macromolecular Machines Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT, London, UK. alessandro.costa@crick.ac.uk.
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