Quantitative analysis of Histone modifications in gene silencing
Wu, K.; Dhillon, N.; Du, K.; Kamakaka, R. T.
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Gene silencing in budding yeast is mediated by Sir protein binding to unacetylated nucleosomes to form a chromatin structure that inhibits transcription. This transcriptional silencing is characterized by the high-fidelity transmission of the silent state. Despite its relative stability, the constituent parts of the silent state are in constant flux giving rise to a model that silent loci can tolerate such fluctuations without functional consequences. However, the level of tolerance is unknown and we developed a method to measure the threshold of histone acetylation that causes the silent chromatin state to switch to the active state. We show that loss of silencing required between 50% and 75% of the unacetylated histones to be replaced with acetylated histone mimics. The precise levels of unacetylated nucleosomes required varied from locus to locus and was influenced by both silencer strength and UAS enhancer/promoter strength. Simple calculations suggest that an approximately 50% reduction in the ability of acetylases to acetylate individual nucleosomes across a large domain may be sufficient to generate a transcriptionally silent region in the nucleus.
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