Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Nucleosome remodelers on track

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Two recent studies address how chromatin-remodeling enzymes alter nucleosomes and suggest that they anchor on the particle while translocating on the nucleosomal DNA.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1: A model for ATP-dependent remodeling, integrating information provided by publications referred to in the text.

References

  1. Strohner, R. et al. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 12, 683–690 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Saha, A., Wittmeyer, J. & Cairns, B.R. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 12, 747–755 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Davey, C.A., Sargent, D.F., Luger, K., Maeder, A.W. & Richmond, T.J. J. Mol. Biol. 319, 1097–1113 (2002).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Luger, K. & Richmond, T.J. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 8, 33–40 (1998).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Li, G., Levitus, M., Bustamante, C. & Widom, J. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 12, 46–53 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Becker, P.B. EMBO J. 21, 4749–4753 (2002).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Becker, P.B. & Hörz, W. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 71, 247–273 (2002).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Cairns, B.R. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. 15, 185–190 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Richmond, T.J. & Davey, C.A. Nature 423, 145–150 (2003).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Längst, G. & Becker, P.B. Mol. Cell 8, 1085–1092 (2001).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Lorch, Y., Davis, B. & Kornberg, R.D. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 1329–1332 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Aoyagi, S., Wade, P.A. & Hayes, J.J. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 30562–30568 (2003).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Fan, H.Y., He, X., Kingston, R.E. & Narlikar, G.J. Mol. Cell 11, 1311–1322 (2003).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Saha, A., Wittmeyer, J. & Cairns, B.R. Genes Dev. 16, 2120–2134 (2002).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Whitehouse, I., Stockdale, C., Flaus, A., Szczelkun, M.D. & Owen-Hughes, T. Mol. Cell. Biol. 23, 1935–1945 (2003).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Längst, G. & Becker, P.B. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1677, 58–63 (2004).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Schwanbeck, R., Xiao, H. & Wu, C. J. Biol. Chem. 279, 39933–39941 (2004).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Kagalwala, M.N., Glaus, B.J., Dang, W., Zofall, M. & Bartholomew, B. EMBO J. 23, 2092–2104 (2004).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Hamiche, A., Kang, J.G., Dennis, C., Xiao, H. & Wu, C. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98, 14316–14321 (2001).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Clapier, C.R., Nightingale, K.P. & Becker, P.B. Nucleic Acids Res. 30, 649–655 (2002).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Eberharter, A., Vetter, I., Ferreira, R. & Becker, P.B. EMBO J. 23, 4029–4039 (2004).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Smith, C.L., Horowitz-Scherer, R., Flanagan, J.F., Woodcock, C.L. & Peterson, C.L. Nat. Struct. Biol. 10, 141–145 (2003).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

I thank G. Längst for helpful discussion.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. the Adolf-Butenandt-Institut, Molekularbiologie, München, 80336, Germany

    Peter B Becker

Authors
  1. Peter B Becker
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Becker, P. Nucleosome remodelers on track. Nat Struct Mol Biol 12, 732–733 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb0905-732

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb0905-732

  • Springer Nature America, Inc.

This article is cited by

Search

Navigation