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Deposition Date 2015-12-08
Release Date 2017-02-15
Last Version Date 2023-11-08
Entry Detail
PDB ID:
5B1M
Title:
The mouse nucleosome structure containing H3.1
Biological Source:
Source Organism:
Mus musculus (Taxon ID: 10090)
Homo sapiens (Taxon ID: 9606)
Method Details:
Experimental Method:
Resolution:
2.34 Å
R-Value Free:
0.25
R-Value Work:
0.21
R-Value Observed:
0.21
Space Group:
P 21 21 21
Macromolecular Entities
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Molecule:Histone H3.1
Gene (Uniprot):H3c1, H3c8, H3c10, H3c11
Chain IDs:A, E
Chain Length:139
Number of Molecules:2
Biological Source:Mus musculus
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Molecule:Histone H4
Gene (Uniprot):H4c1, H4c2, H4c3, H4c4, H4c6, H4c8, H4c9, H4c11, H4c12, Hist1h4m, H4c14, H4c16
Chain IDs:B, F
Chain Length:106
Number of Molecules:2
Biological Source:Mus musculus
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Molecule:Histone H2A type 1
Chain IDs:C, G
Chain Length:133
Number of Molecules:2
Biological Source:Mus musculus
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Molecule:Histone H2B type 3-A
Gene (Uniprot):H2bu2
Chain IDs:D, H
Chain Length:129
Number of Molecules:2
Biological Source:Mus musculus
Polymer Type:polydeoxyribonucleotide
Molecule:DNA (146-MER)
Chain IDs:I, J
Chain Length:146
Number of Molecules:2
Biological Source:Homo sapiens
Primary Citation

Abstact

Cellular differentiation is associated with dynamic chromatin remodeling in establishing a cell-type-specific epigenomic landscape. Here, we find that mouse testis-specific and replication-dependent histone H3 variant H3t is essential for very early stages of spermatogenesis. H3t gene deficiency leads to azoospermia because of the loss of haploid germ cells. When differentiating spermatogonia emerge in normal spermatogenesis, H3t appears and replaces the canonical H3 proteins. Structural and biochemical analyses reveal that H3t-containing nucleosomes are more flexible than the canonical nucleosomes. Thus, by incorporating H3t into the genome during spermatogonial differentiation, male germ cells are able to enter meiosis and beyond.

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