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Human cytomegalovirus IE1 protein alters the higher-order chromatin structure by targeting the acidic patch of the nucleosome

  1. Qianglin Fang
  2. Ping Chen
  3. Mingzhu Wang
  4. Junnan Fang
  5. Na Yang
  6. Guohong Li
  7. Rui-Ming Xu  Is a corresponding author
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.11911
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  1. Qianglin Fang
  2. Ping Chen
  3. Mingzhu Wang
  4. Junnan Fang
  5. Na Yang
  6. Guohong Li
  7. Rui-Ming Xu
(2016)
Human cytomegalovirus IE1 protein alters the higher-order chromatin structure by targeting the acidic patch of the nucleosome
eLife 5:e11911.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.11911
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Abstract

Human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) immediate early 1 (IE1) protein associates with condensed chromatin of the host cell during mitosis. We have determined the structure of the chromatin-tethering domain (CTD) of IE1 bound to the nucleosome core particle, and discovered that IE1-CTD specifically interacts with the H2A-H2B acidic patch and impairs the compaction of higher-order chromatin structure. Our results suggest that IE1 loosens up the folding of host chromatin during hCMV infections.

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  1. Qianglin Fang

    National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  2. Ping Chen

    National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  3. Mingzhu Wang

    National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  4. Junnan Fang

    National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  5. Na Yang

    National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  6. Guohong Li

    National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  7. Rui-Ming Xu

    National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  1. Patrick Cramer, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany

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  1. Received: September 26, 2015
  2. Accepted: January 21, 2016
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: January 26, 2016 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: February 11, 2016 (version 2)
  5. Version of Record updated: March 14, 2016 (version 3)

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  1. Qianglin Fang
  2. Ping Chen
  3. Mingzhu Wang
  4. Junnan Fang
  5. Na Yang
  6. Guohong Li
  7. Rui-Ming Xu
(2016)
Human cytomegalovirus IE1 protein alters the higher-order chromatin structure by targeting the acidic patch of the nucleosome
eLife 5:e11911.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.11911

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