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Mechanisms of action and regulation of ATP-dependent chromatin-remodelling complexes

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Clapier, Cedric R., Iwasa, Janet, Cairns, Bradley R., Peterson, Craig L.·2017·Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

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Cells utilize diverse ATP-dependent nucleosome-remodelling complexes to carry out histone sliding, ejection or the incorporation of histone variants, suggesting that different mechanisms of action are used by the various chromatin-remodelling complex subfamilies. However, all chromatin-remodelling complex subfamilies contain an ATPase-translocase 'motor' that translocates DNA from a common location within the nucleosome. In this Review, we discuss (and illustrate with animations) an alternative, unifying mechanism of chromatin remodelling, which is based on the regulation of DNA translocation. We propose the 'hourglass' model of remodeller function, in which each remodeller subfamily utilizes diverse specialized proteins and protein domains to assist in nucleosome targeting or to differentially detect nucleosome epitopes. These modules converge to regulate a common DNA translocation mechanism, to inform the conserved ATPase 'motor' on whether and how to apply DNA translocation, which together achieve the various outcomes of chromatin remodelling: nucleosome assembly, chromatin access and nucleosome editing.

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Authors
Clapier, C. R., Iwasa, J., Cairns, B. R., & Peterson, C. L.
Affiliations
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • University of Utah (US)
  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
Corresponding author
  • Cairns, Bradley R.
  • Peterson, Craig L.
Venue
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Published
2017-05-17
Volume
18
Issue
7
Pages
407-422
ISSN
  • 1471-0072 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-0080
OpenAlex
W2614855056
Cited by
1,305
References
196
Citations by year
2026: 152 · 2025: 177 · 2024: 180 · 2023: 179 · 2022: 144 · 2021: 177 · 2020: 128 · 2019: 94 · 2018: 57 · 2017: 14
FWCI
7.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM049650, R01GM054096, R01GM060415, R35GM122519)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nuclear Structure and Function
Keywords
chromatin remodeling, DNA translocation, hourglass model, nucleosome assembly, chromatin accessibility
MeSH terms
Adenosine Triphosphate, Animals, DNA, Humans, Nucleosomes, Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly

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