Mechanisms of action and regulation of ATP-dependent chromatin-remodelling complexes

CR Clapier, J Iwasa, BR Cairns… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Cells utilize diverse ATP-dependent nucleosome-remodelling complexes to carry out
histone sliding, ejection or the incorporation of histone variants, suggesting that different …

Sentinels of chromatin: chromodomain helicase DNA-binding proteins in development and disease

A Alendar, A Berns - Genes & Development, 2021 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Chromatin is highly dynamic, undergoing continuous global changes in its structure and
type of histone and DNA modifications governed by processes such as transcription, repair …

The interaction landscape between transcription factors and the nucleosome

F Zhu, L Farnung, E Kaasinen, B Sahu, Y Yin, B Wei… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Nucleosomes cover most of the genome and are thought to be displaced by transcription
factors in regions that direct gene expression. However, the modes of interaction between …

Structural basis of nucleosome transcription mediated by Chd1 and FACT

L Farnung, M Ochmann, M Engeholm… - Nature Structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
Efficient transcription of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) through nucleosomes requires the help of
various factors. Here we show biochemically that Pol II transcription through a nucleosome …

Nucleosome–Chd1 structure and implications for chromatin remodelling

L Farnung, SM Vos, C Wigge, P Cramer - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Chromatin-remodelling factors change nucleosome positioning and facilitate DNA
transcription, replication, and repair. The conserved remodelling factor chromodomain …

Structure and regulation of the human INO80–nucleosome complex

R Ayala, O Willhoft, RJ Aramayo, M Wilkinson… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Access to DNA within nucleosomes is required for a variety of processes in cells including
transcription, replication and repair. Consequently, cells encode multiple systems that …

Mechanism of DNA translocation underlying chromatin remodelling by Snf2

M Li, X Xia, Y Tian, Q Jia, X Liu, Y Lu, M Li, X Li, Z Chen - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Chromatin remodellers include diverse enzymes with distinct biological functions, but
nucleosome-sliding activity appears to be a common theme,. Among the remodelling …

Bi-directional nucleosome sliding by the Chd1 chromatin remodeler integrates intrinsic sequence-dependent and ATP-dependent nucleosome positioning

S Park, GB Brandani, T Ha… - Nucleic acids research, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Chromatin remodelers use a helicase-type ATPase motor to shift DNA around the histone
core. Although not directly reading out the DNA sequence, some chromatin remodelers …

Structure of transcribing RNA polymerase II-nucleosome complex

L Farnung, SM Vos, P Cramer - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Transcription of eukaryotic protein-coding genes requires passage of RNA polymerase II
(Pol II) through nucleosomes, but it is unclear how this is achieved. Here we report the cryo …

Nucleosome recognition and DNA distortion by the Chd1 remodeler in a nucleotide-free state

IM Nodelman, S Das, AM Faustino, SD Fried… - Nature structural & …, 2022 - nature.com
Chromatin remodelers are ATP-dependent enzymes that reorganize nucleosomes within all
eukaryotic genomes. Here we report a complex of the Chd1 remodeler bound to a …