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Nucleic Acids Research, 1983, Vol. 11, No. 7 2093-2110
© 1983

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Different nucleosome spacing in transcribed and non-transcribed regions of the ribosomal RNA gene in Tetrahymena thermophila

Daniel E. Gottschling, Ted E. Palen and Thomas R. Cech

Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309, USA

Received December 10, 1982. Revised March 3, 1983. Accepted March 3, 1983.

The chromatin structure of the palindromic macronuclear ribosomal RNA genes of Tetrahymena thermophila was probed with micrococcal nuclease. Independent of the state of transcriptional activity, the transcribed region had a shorter nucleosome repeat (184±3 base pairs) than the non-transcribed central spacer or bulk chromatin (both 200 base pairs). The transcribed region displayed an increased sensitivity to micrococcal nuclease in rapidly growing cells, which suggested an altered chromatin structure during transcription. At early stages of nuclease digestion, the central spacer appeared to be in a highly structured nucleosomal array. Based on the differences in nucleosome repeat distance and sensitivity to nuclease, we conclude that quite different chromatin structures are maintained in two adjacent regions of the Tetrahymena ribosomal RNA gene. The DNA of the non-transcribed terminal spacer was found to contain sequences which are highly susceptible to micrococcal nuclease, precluding any conclusions about nucleosome structure in this region.


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