Nucleosomal Context of Binding Sites Influences Transcription Factor Binding Affinity and Gene Regulation

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摘要 Transcriptionfactor(TF)bindingtoitsDNAtargetsiteplaysanessentialroleingeneregulation.Thelocation,orientationandspacingoftranscriptionfactorbindingsites(TFBSs)alsoaffectregulatoryfunctionoftheTF.However,hownucleosomalcontextofTFBSsinfluencesTFbindingandsubsequentgeneregulationremainstobeelucidated.Usinggenome-widenucleosomepositioningandTFbindingdatainbuddingyeast,wefoundthatbindingaffinitiesofTFstoDNAtendtodecreasewithincreasingnucleosomeoccupancyoftheassociatedbindingsites.WefurtherdemonstratedthatnucleosomalcontextofbindingsitesiscorrelatedwithgeneregulationofthecorrespondingTF.Nucleosome-depletedTFBSsarelinkedtohighgeneactivityandlowexpressionnoise,whereasnucleosome-coveredTFBSsareassociatedwithlowgeneactivityandhighexpressionnoise.Moreover,nucleosome-coveredTFBSstendtodisruptcoexpressionofthecorrespondingTFtargetgenes.WeconcludethatnucleosomalcontextofbindingsitesinfluencesTFbindingaffinity,subsequentlyaffectingtheregulationofTFsontheirtargetgenes.ThisemphasizestheneedtoincludenucleosomalcontextofTFBSsinmodelinggeneregulation.
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出版日期 2009年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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