PREFERENTIAL BINDING OF H1E HISTONE TO GC-RICH DNA

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WELLMAN, SE [1 ]
SITTMAN, DB [1 ]
CHAIRES, JB [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MISSISSIPPI,MED CTR,DEPT BIOCHEM,JACKSON,MS 39216
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10.1021/bi00167a049
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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We have investigated the binding of a pure H1 histone, the mouse variant H1e, to a 214 bp fragment of DNA from pBR322. Binding was monitored by observing the effects of the protein on melting of the DNA and by a gel-mobility-shift assay. We found, using this highly purified system, that H1e protein binds preferentially and cooperatively to the GC-rich region of the DNA. A chemically synthesized peptide containing 25 residues, corresponding to a region of the carboxyl-terminal domain of H1e, shows the same sequence preference but does not exhibit cooperativity.
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