作者: Isbaal Ramos , Jaime Martín-Benito , Ron Finn , Laura Bretaña , Kerman Aloria
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摘要: Nucleoplasmin (NP) is a pentameric chaperone that regulates the condensation state of chromatin extracting specific basic proteins from sperm and depositing H2A-H2B histone dimers. It has been proposed histones could bind to either lateral or distal face structure. Here, we combine different biochemical biophysical techniques show natural, hyperphosphorylated NP can five dimers amount bound ligand depends on overall charge (phosphorylation level) chaperone. Three-dimensional reconstruction NP/H2A-H2B complex carried out by electron microscopy reveals interact with face. Limited proteolysis mass spectrometry indicate interaction results in protection fold most H2A H2B C-terminal tails. This structural information help understand function as