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Reconstiuted nucleosomes containing ubiquitinated histones
Hengbin Wang
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Corresponding Author
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Posttranslational histone modifications play important roles in regulating chromatin structure and function. One example of such modifications is histone ubiquitination, which occurs predominately on H2A and H2B. Although the recent identification of the ubiquitin ligase for histone H2A has revealed important roles for H2A ubiquitination in Hox gene silencing as well as in X inactivation, the enzyme(s) involved in H2A deubiquitination and the function of H2A deubiquitination are not known. In order to identify the deubiquitinase for histone H2A, we developed an in vitro deubiquitination assay employing uH2A (ubiquitinated H2A)-containing mononucleosomes as substrates.
Hela cells stably expressing Flag-H2A,
T85 yeast strain and YKH045 yeast strain,
anti-Flag M2 resin,
Flag-peptide
Recombinant H3, H4, H2A, and H2B
Tris-HCl
Hepes-KOH
Tris-acetate
NaCl,KCl
CaCl2
Nonidet P-40(NP40)
deoxycholate
SDS
EDTA
DTT
PMSF
glycerol
Benchtop microcentrifuge and rotator.
- Purify Flag-H2A from HeLa cells stably expressing Flag-H2A and purify Flag-H2B from T85 yeast strain (provided by Dr. Shelley L. Berger) and YKH045 yeast strain (provided by Dr. Mary Ann Osley) with anti-Flag IP under denature conditions(Wang et al., 2006; Robzyk, K, 2000).
- Mix histone H2B purified from these two yeast strains at appropriate ratio to match the ratio of uH2A/H2A that were purified from HeLa cells, as judged by Coomassie blue staining. 3. Purify recombinant H3, H4, H2A, and H2B from E. coli as described (Luger et al., 1999).
- PCR amplify rhe 5s DNA fragments from the XP-10 plasmid (provided by Dr. Jeffrey J. Hayes) and the 5’ primer used for PCR amplification was biotinylated (Wang et al., 2006).
- Perform histone octamer refolding and nucleosome reconstitution as described (Dyer et al., 2004).
- To purify individual H2A, uH2A, H2B, uH2B, resolve the eluate from anti-Flag IP on a SDS-PAGE and excise gel slices containing H2A, uH2A, H2B and uH2B.
- After extensive washing, electro-elute proteins out from these gel slices and further passed through a hydroxyapatite column to remove the excess SDS.
- Combine fractions from the hydroxyapatite column and dialyze against water at 4 °C overnight and then lyophilize.
- Use an aliquot to determine the amount of proteins as revealed by Coomassie blue staining. After dissolving in histone unfolding buffer (6 M guanidinium chloride, 20 mM Tris-Hcl, pH 7.5, 5 mM DTT), perform histone octamer refolding and nucleosome reconstitution as described (Dyer et al., 2004).
3-4 weeks
Dyer, P. et al. Reconstitution of nucleosome core particles from recombinant histones and DNA. Methods in Enzymology 375, 23-44 (2004).
Luger, K., TJ, R. & Richmond, T. J. Preparation of nucleosome core particle from recombinant histones. Methods in Enzymology 304, 3-19 (1999).
Robzyk, K., J. Recht, and M. A. Osley. 2000. Rad6-dependent ubiquitination of histone H2B in yeast. Science 287:501-504.
Wang, H., L. Zhai, J. Xu, H.-Y. Joo, S. Jackson, H. Erdjument-Bromage, P. Tempst, Y. Xiong, and Y. Zhang. 2006. Histone H3 and H4 Ubiquitylation by the CUL4-DDB-ROC1 Ubiquitin Ligase Facilitates Cellular Response to DNA Damage. Molecular Cell 22:383-394.
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Regulation of cell cycle progression and gene expression by H2A deubiquitination
by Joo HY, Zhai L, Yang C, +4
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Method Article
Reconstiuted nucleosomes containing ubiquitinated histones
Hengbin Wang
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Corresponding Author
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Posted 08 Oct, 2007
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Read Full License
Posttranslational histone modifications play important roles in regulating chromatin structure and function. One example of such modifications is histone ubiquitination, which occurs predominately on H2A and H2B. Although the recent identification of the ubiquitin ligase for histone H2A has revealed important roles for H2A ubiquitination in Hox gene silencing as well as in X inactivation, the enzyme(s) involved in H2A deubiquitination and the function of H2A deubiquitination are not known. In order to identify the deubiquitinase for histone H2A, we developed an in vitro deubiquitination assay employing uH2A (ubiquitinated H2A)-containing mononucleosomes as substrates.
Hela cells stably expressing Flag-H2A,
T85 yeast strain and YKH045 yeast strain,
anti-Flag M2 resin,
Flag-peptide
Recombinant H3, H4, H2A, and H2B
Tris-HCl
Hepes-KOH
Tris-acetate
NaCl,KCl
CaCl2
Nonidet P-40(NP40)
deoxycholate
SDS
EDTA
DTT
PMSF
glycerol
Benchtop microcentrifuge and rotator.
- Purify Flag-H2A from HeLa cells stably expressing Flag-H2A and purify Flag-H2B from T85 yeast strain (provided by Dr. Shelley L. Berger) and YKH045 yeast strain (provided by Dr. Mary Ann Osley) with anti-Flag IP under denature conditions(Wang et al., 2006; Robzyk, K, 2000).
- Mix histone H2B purified from these two yeast strains at appropriate ratio to match the ratio of uH2A/H2A that were purified from HeLa cells, as judged by Coomassie blue staining. 3. Purify recombinant H3, H4, H2A, and H2B from E. coli as described (Luger et al., 1999).
- PCR amplify rhe 5s DNA fragments from the XP-10 plasmid (provided by Dr. Jeffrey J. Hayes) and the 5’ primer used for PCR amplification was biotinylated (Wang et al., 2006).
- Perform histone octamer refolding and nucleosome reconstitution as described (Dyer et al., 2004).
- To purify individual H2A, uH2A, H2B, uH2B, resolve the eluate from anti-Flag IP on a SDS-PAGE and excise gel slices containing H2A, uH2A, H2B and uH2B.
- After extensive washing, electro-elute proteins out from these gel slices and further passed through a hydroxyapatite column to remove the excess SDS.
- Combine fractions from the hydroxyapatite column and dialyze against water at 4 °C overnight and then lyophilize.
- Use an aliquot to determine the amount of proteins as revealed by Coomassie blue staining. After dissolving in histone unfolding buffer (6 M guanidinium chloride, 20 mM Tris-Hcl, pH 7.5, 5 mM DTT), perform histone octamer refolding and nucleosome reconstitution as described (Dyer et al., 2004).
3-4 weeks
Dyer, P. et al. Reconstitution of nucleosome core particles from recombinant histones and DNA. Methods in Enzymology 375, 23-44 (2004).
Luger, K., TJ, R. & Richmond, T. J. Preparation of nucleosome core particle from recombinant histones. Methods in Enzymology 304, 3-19 (1999).
Robzyk, K., J. Recht, and M. A. Osley. 2000. Rad6-dependent ubiquitination of histone H2B in yeast. Science 287:501-504.
Wang, H., L. Zhai, J. Xu, H.-Y. Joo, S. Jackson, H. Erdjument-Bromage, P. Tempst, Y. Xiong, and Y. Zhang. 2006. Histone H3 and H4 Ubiquitylation by the CUL4-DDB-ROC1 Ubiquitin Ligase Facilitates Cellular Response to DNA Damage. Molecular Cell 22:383-394.
Associated Publications
Regulation of cell cycle progression and gene expression by H2A deubiquitination
by Joo HY, Zhai L, Yang C, +4
Nature (14 September, 2007)