Characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1 Uncovers the Role of Acidic Tails in Histone Binding

Biochemistry ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prithwijit Sarkar ◽  
Naifu Zhang ◽  
Sudipta Bhattacharyya ◽  
Karlah Salvador ◽  
Sheena D’Arcy
Keyword(s):  
Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly ◽  
Histone Binding ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a cDNA encoding nucleosome assembly protein 1 (NAP-1) from soybean

1995 ◽  
Vol 249 (5) ◽  
pp. 465-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hae Won Yoon ◽  
Min Chul Kim ◽  
Sang Yeoul Lee ◽  
Inhwan Hwang ◽  
Jeong Dong Bahk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Cloning ◽  
Functional Characterization ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1

scholarly journals Assembly, Remodeling, and Histone Binding Capabilities of Yeast Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1

1998 ◽  
Vol 273 (11) ◽  
pp. 6582-6590 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Angus McQuibban ◽  
Cinzia N. Commisso-Cappelli ◽  
Peter N. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Nucleosome Assembly ◽  
Histone Binding ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1

scholarly journals Characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans Homologs of the Down Syndrome Candidate Gene DYRK1A

Genetics ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 163 (2) ◽  
pp. 571-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
William B Raich ◽  
Celine Moorman ◽  
Clay O Lacefield ◽  
Jonah Lehrer ◽  
Dusan Bartsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽  
Trisomy 21 ◽  
Gene Dosage ◽  
Inducible Promoters ◽  
C Elegans ◽  
Dual Specificity ◽  
Specificity Protein

Abstract The pathology of trisomy 21/Down syndrome includes cognitive and memory deficits. Increased expression of the dual-specificity protein kinase DYRK1A kinase (DYRK1A) appears to play a significant role in the neuropathology of Down syndrome. To shed light on the cellular role of DYRK1A and related genes we identified three DYRK/minibrain-like genes in the genome sequence of Caenorhabditis elegans, termed mbk-1, mbk-2, and hpk-1. We found these genes to be widely expressed and to localize to distinct subcellular compartments. We isolated deletion alleles in all three genes and show that loss of mbk-1, the gene most closely related to DYRK1A, causes no obvious defects, while another gene, mbk-2, is essential for viability. The overexpression of DYRK1A in Down syndrome led us to examine the effects of overexpression of its C. elegans ortholog mbk-1. We found that animals containing additional copies of the mbk-1 gene display behavioral defects in chemotaxis toward volatile chemoattractants and that the extent of these defects correlates with mbk-1 gene dosage. Using tissue-specific and inducible promoters, we show that additional copies of mbk-1 can impair olfaction cell-autonomously in mature, fully differentiated neurons and that this impairment is reversible. Our results suggest that increased gene dosage of human DYRK1A in trisomy 21 may disrupt the function of fully differentiated neurons and that this disruption is reversible.

Assembly states of the nucleosome assembly protein 1 (NAP-1) revealed by sedimentation velocity and non-denaturing MS

2011 ◽  
Vol 436 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masanori Noda ◽  
Susumu Uchiyama ◽  
Adam R. McKay ◽  
Akihiro Morimoto ◽  
Shigeki Misawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Electrostatic Interactions ◽  
Analytical Ultracentrifugation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Sedimentation Velocity ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Histone H2a ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1

Proteins often exist as ensembles of interconverting states in solution which are often difficult to quantify. In the present manuscript we show that the combination of MS under nondenaturing conditions and AUC-SV (analytical ultracentrifugation sedimentation velocity) unambiguously clarifies a distribution of states and hydrodynamic shapes of assembled oligomers for the NAP-1 (nucleosome assembly protein 1). MS established the number of associated units, which was utilized as input for the numerical analysis of AUC-SV profiles. The AUC-SV analysis revealed that less than 1% of NAP-1 monomer exists at the micromolar concentration range and that the basic assembly unit consists of dimers of yeast or human NAP-1. These dimers interact non-covalently to form even-numbered higher-assembly states, such as tetramers, hexamers, octamers and decamers. MS and AUC-SV consistently showed that the formation of the higher oligomers was suppressed with increasing ionic strength, implicating electrostatic interactions in the formation of higher oligomers. The hydrodynamic shapes of the NAP-1 tetramer estimated from AUC-SV agreed with the previously proposed assembly models built using the known three-dimensional structure of yeast NAP-1. Those of the hexamer and octamer could be represented by new models shown in the present study. Additionally, MS was used to measure the stoichiometry of the interaction between the human NAP-1 dimer and the histone H2A–H2B dimer or H3–H4 tetramer. The present study illustrates a rigorous procedure for the analysis of protein assembly and protein–protein interactions in solution.

Organization and expression of the Paramecium caudatum gene encoding nucleosome assembly protein 1

Gene ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 107-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norihito Nishiyama ◽  
Shun Sawatsubashi ◽  
Masaki Ishida ◽  
Kiyoshi Yamauchi
Keyword(s):  
Paramecium Caudatum ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1

scholarly journals Molecular characterization of hNRP, a cDNA encoding a human nucleosome-assembly-protein-I-related gene product involved in the induction of cell proliferation

1994 ◽  
Vol 297 (2) ◽  
pp. 389-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
H U Simon ◽  
G B Mills ◽  
M Kozlowski ◽  
D Hogg ◽  
D Branch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Gene Product ◽  
Thymidine Incorporation ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly ◽  
Proliferating Cells ◽  
Amino Acid Similarity ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein

We have isolated from a human thymus cDNA library a cDNA clone encoding a potential protein with 54% amino acid similarity to that encoded by a previously identified cDNA for yeast nucleosome assembly protein I (NAP-I). The deduced amino acid sequence for this newly identified cDNA, designated hNRP (human NAP-related protein), contains a potential seven-residue nuclear localization motif, three clusters of highly acidic residues and other structural features found in various proteins implicated in chromatin formation. When expressed as a fusion protein in Escherichia coli, hNRP reacted specifically with a monoclonal antibody raised against human NAP-I. The hNRP transcript was detected in all tissues and cell lines studied, but levels were somewhat increased in rapidly proliferating cells. Moreover, levels of both hNRP mRNA and protein increased rapidly in cultured T-lymphocytes induced to proliferate by incubation with phorbol ester and ionomycin. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate/ionomycin-induced increases in both hNRP mRNA and mitogenesis, as measured by thymidine incorporation, were markedly inhibited, however, in cells treated with an hNRP antisense oligonucleotide. These results demonstrate a correlation between induction of hNRP expression and mitogenesis and taken together with the structural similarities between hNRP and yeast NAP-I suggest that the hNRP gene product participates in DNA replication and thereby plays an important role in the process of cell proliferation.

Self-Association of the Yeast Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1

Biochemistry ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 43 (32) ◽  
pp. 10592-10599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. McBryant ◽  
Olve B. Peersen
Keyword(s):  
Nucleosome Assembly ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1 ◽  
Self Association

Biochemical and Biophysical Characterisation of Higher Oligomeric Structure of Rat Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-69
Author(s):  
Divya Reddy ◽  
Saikat Bhattacharya ◽  
Vinod Jani ◽  
Uddhavesh Sonavane ◽  
Rajendra Joshi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nucleosome Assembly ◽  
Oligomeric Structure ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1
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