7V9K

Telomeric tetranucleosome


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 8.10 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Literature

Columnar structure of human telomeric chromatin.

Soman, A.Wong, S.Y.Korolev, N.Surya, W.Lattmann, S.Vogirala, V.K.Chen, Q.Berezhnoy, N.V.van Noort, J.Rhodes, D.Nordenskiold, L.

(2022) Nature 609: 1048-1055

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05236-5
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    7V90, 7V96, 7V9C, 7V9J, 7V9K, 7V9S, 7VA4

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Telomeres, the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes, play pivotal parts in ageing and cancer and are targets of DNA damage and the DNA damage response 1-5 . Little is known about the structure of telomeric chromatin at the molecular level. Here we used negative stain electron microscopy and single-molecule magnetic tweezers to characterize 3-kbp-long telomeric chromatin fibres. We also obtained the cryogenic electron microscopy structure of the condensed telomeric tetranucleosome and its dinucleosome unit. The structure displayed close stacking of nucleosomes with a columnar arrangement, and an unusually short nucleosome repeat  length that comprised about 132 bp DNA wound in a continuous superhelix around histone octamers. This columnar structure is primarily stabilized by the H2A carboxy-terminal and histone amino-terminal tails in a synergistic manner. The columnar conformation results in exposure of the DNA helix, which may make it susceptible to both DNA damage and the DNA damage response. The conformation also exists in an alternative open state, in which one nucleosome is unstacked and flipped out, which exposes the acidic patch of the histone surface. The structural features revealed in this work suggest mechanisms by which protein factors involved in telomere maintenance can access telomeric chromatin in its compact form.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Histone H3.1136Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Histone H4103Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
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Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Histone H2A type 1-B/E130Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
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Entity ID: 4
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Histone H2B type 1-K99Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: H2BC12H2BFTHIRIP1HIST1H2BK
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GTEx:  ENSG00000197903 
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Entity ID: 5
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DNA (539-mer)GA [auth I]539Homo sapiens
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DNA (539-mer)HA [auth J]539Homo sapiens
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 8.10 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 
EM Software:
TaskSoftware PackageVersion
MODEL REFINEMENTREFMAC
MODEL REFINEMENTCoot
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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

  • Released Date: 2022-07-27 
  • Deposition Author(s): Soman, A.

Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
Ministry of Education (MoE, Singapore)Singapore--

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2022-07-27
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2022-09-21
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2022-10-05
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2022-10-12
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.4: 2024-06-12
    Changes: Data collection, Refinement description