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Deposition Date 2022-06-17
Release Date 2023-08-16
Last Version Date 2023-09-06
Entry Detail
PDB ID:
7Y5K
Keywords:
REPLICATION
Title:
Crystal structure of human CAF-1 core complex in spacegroup C2221
Biological Source:
Source Organism:
Homo sapiens (Taxon ID: 9606)
Host Organism:
Spodoptera frugiperda
Method Details:
Experimental Method:
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Resolution:
3.48 Å
R-Value Free:
0.25
R-Value Work:
0.22
R-Value Observed:
0.22
Space Group:
C 2 2 21
7Y5K validation report
Macromolecular Entities
Structures with similar UniProt ID
Protein Blast
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Molecule:Chromatin assembly factor 1 subunit A
Gene (Uniprot):CHAF1A
Chain IDs:A
Chain Length:273
Number of Molecules:1
Biological Source:Homo sapiens
UniProt ID:Q13111 Pfam ID:PF12253
Structures with similar UniProt ID
Protein Blast
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Molecule:Chromatin assembly factor 1 subunit B
Gene (Uniprot):CHAF1B
Chain IDs:C (auth: B)
Chain Length:419
Number of Molecules:1
Biological Source:Homo sapiens
UniProt ID:Q13112 Pfam ID:PF00400
Structures with similar UniProt ID
Protein Blast
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Molecule:Histone-binding protein RBBP4
Gene (Uniprot):RBBP4
Chain IDs:B (auth: C)
Chain Length:425
Number of Molecules:1
Biological Source:Homo sapiens
UniProt ID:Q09028 Pfam ID:PF12265, PF00400
Ligand Molecules
GOL
Primary Citation
Structural insights into histone binding and nucleosome assembly by chromatin assembly factor-1.
Science 381 eadd8673 eadd8673 (2023)
PMID: 37616371 DOI: 10.1126/science.add8673

Abstact

Chromatin inheritance entails de novo nucleosome assembly after DNA replication by chromatin assembly factor-1 (CAF-1). Yet direct knowledge about CAF-1's histone binding mode and nucleosome assembly process is lacking. In this work, we report the crystal structure of human CAF-1 in the absence of histones and the cryo-electron microscopy structure of CAF-1 in complex with histones H3 and H4. One histone H3-H4 heterodimer is bound by one CAF-1 complex mainly through the p60 subunit and the acidic domain of the p150 subunit. We also observed a dimeric CAF-1-H3-H4 supercomplex in which two H3-H4 heterodimers are poised for tetramer assembly and discovered that CAF-1 facilitates right-handed DNA wrapping of H3-H4 tetramers. These findings signify the involvement of DNA in H3-H4 tetramer formation and suggest a right-handed nucleosome precursor in chromatin replication.

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