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Nucleic Acids Research 2006 34(6):1836-1846; doi:10.1093/nar/gkl030
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Published online 4 April 2006

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Attenuation of DNA charge transport by compaction into a nucleosome core particle

Chad C. Bjorklund and William B. Davis*

School of Molecular Biosciences Fulmer Hall 275 Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-4660, USA

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 509 335 4930; Fax: +1 509 335 9688; Email: wbdavis{at}wsu.edu

Received January 18, 2006. Revised January 31, 2006. Accepted February 19, 2006.

The nucleosome core particle (NCP) is the fundamental building block of chromatin which compacts ~146 bp of DNA around a core histone protein octamer. The effects of NCP packaging on long-range DNA charge transport reactions have not been adequately assessed to date. Here we study DNA hole transport reactions in a 157 bp DNA duplex (AQ-157TG) incorporating multiple repeats of the DNA TG-motif, a strong NCP positioning sequence and a covalently attached Anthraquinone photooxidant. Following a thorough biophysical characterization of the structure of AQ-157TG NCPs by Exonuclease III and hydroxyl radical footprinting, we compared the dynamics of DNA charge transport in ultraviolet-irradiated free and NCP-incorporated AQ-157TG. Compaction into a NCP changes the charge transport dynamics in AQ-157TG drastically. Not only is the overall yield of oxidative lesions decreased in the NCPs, but the preferred sites of oxidative damage change as well. This NCP-dependent attenuation of DNA charge transport is attributed to DNA–protein interactions involving the folded histone core since removal of the histone tails did not perturb the charge transport dynamics in AQ-157TG NCPs.


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