Both tails and the centromere targeting domain of CENP-A are required for centromere establishment.

ABSTRACT: The centromere-defined by the presence of nucleosomes containing the histone H3 variant, CENP-A-is the chromosomal locus required for the accurate segregation of chromosomes during cell division. Although the sequence determinants of human CENP-A required to maintain a centromere were reported, those that are required for early steps in establishing a new centromere are unknown. In this paper, we used gain-of-function histone H3 chimeras containing various regions unique to CENP-A to investigate early events in centromere establishment. We targeted histone H3 chimeras to chromosomally integrated Lac operator sequences by fusing each of the chimeras to the Lac repressor. Using this approach, we found surprising contributions from a small portion of the N-terminal tail and the CENP-A targeti

SUBMITTER: Logsdon GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4347640 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature