Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

H2A.Z deposition by SWR1C involves multiple ATP-dependent steps

  • Jiayi Fan,
  • Andrew T. Moreno,
  • Alexander S. Baier,
  • Joseph J. Loparo,
  • Craig L. Peterson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34861-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The multi-subunit SWR1C remodeler deposits histone variant H2A.Z at nucleosomes flanking protein-coding genes. Here the authors use single-molecule and ensemble methodologies to identify three ATP-dependent phases in the H2A.Z deposition reaction.