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Long-range single-molecule mapping of chromatin modification in eukaryotes

Weng, Z.; Ruan, F.; Chen, W.; Xie, Z.; Xie, Y.; Zhang, C.; Chen, Z.; Wang, J.; Sun, Y.; Fang, Y.; Guo, M.; Tong, Y.; Li, Y.; Tang, C.

2021-07-09 genomics
10.1101/2021.07.08.451578 bioRxiv
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The epigenetic modifications of histones are essential markers related to the development and pathogenesis of diseases, including human cancers. Mapping histone modification has emerged as the widely used tool for studying epigenetic regulation. However, existing approaches are limited by fragmentation and short-read sequencing represent the average chromatin status in samples and cannot provide information about the long-range chromatin states. We leveraged the advantage of long read sequencing to develop a method "BIND&MODIFY" for profiling the histone modification of individual DNA fibers. Our approach is based on the recombinant fused protein A-M.EcoGII, which tethers the methyltransferase M.EcoGII to the protein binding sites and locally labels the neighboring DNA regions through artificial methylations. We demonstrated that the aggregated BIND&MODIFY signal matches the bulk-level ChIP-seq and CUT&TAG, verify the single-molecule heterogenous histone modification status, and quantify the correlation between distal elements. This method could be an essential tool in future third-generation sequencing ages.

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