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Nucleic Acids Research Advance Access published online on August 17, 2007
Nucleic Acids Research, doi:10.1093/nar/gkm573
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Molecular Biology

Tup1-Ssn6 and Swi-Snf remodelling activities influence long-range chromatin organization upstream of the yeast SUC2 gene

Alastair B. Fleming1,2 and Sari Pennings1,3,*

1Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK, 2Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 915 Camino de Salud, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA and 3Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +44 131 242 6145; Fax: +44 131 242 6782; Email: Sari.Pennings{at}ed.ac.uk

Received March 30, 2007. Revised June 30, 2007. Accepted July 13, 2007.

The traditional model for chromatin remodelling during transcription has focused upon the remodelling of nucleosomes at gene promoters. However, in this study, we have determined that Tup1-Ssn6 and Swi-Snf chromatin remodelling activities extend far upstream of the SUC2 gene promoter into the intergenic region of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome. We mapped the nucleosomal array over a 7.5 kb region that encompassed the SUC2 gene promoter and upstream region but was devoid of other transcriptionally active genes. Nucleosome positioning over this region was determined under conditions of glucose repression and derepression, and in snf2, ssn6 and snf2 ssn6 mutant strains. A map detailing remodelling events extending as much as 5 kb upstream of the SUC2 gene promoter underlines the roles of the Tup1-Ssn6 and Swi-Snf complexes in respectively organizing and disrupting nucleosome arrays. The gene specificity of these events suggests a role in gene regulation. We propose that long-range chromatin remodelling activities of Swi-Snf and Tup1-Ssn6 may ultimately influence whether the chromosomal state of the SUC2 gene is proficient for transcription. These data raise the possibility that remodelling of extensive chromatin domains may be a general property of the Swi-Snf and Tup1-Ssn6 complexes.


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