Nucleosomal promoter variation generates gene expression noise
Nucleosomal promoter variation generates gene expression noise
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DOI：
10.1073/pnas.1417527111
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发表时间：
2014-12-16
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Boeger, Hinrich
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作者：
Brown, Christopher R.;Boeger, Hinrich
Gene product molecule numbers fluctuate over time and between cells, confounding deterministic expectations. The molecular origins of this noise of gene expression remain unknown. Recent EM analysis of single PHO5 gene molecules of yeast indicated that promoter molecules stochastically assume alternative nucleosome configurations at steady state, including the fully nucleosomal and nucleosome-free configuration. Given that distinct configurations are unequally conducive to transcription, the nucleosomal variation of promoter molecules may constitute a source of gene expression noise. This notion, however, implies an untested conjecture, namely that the nucleosomal variation arises de novo or intrinsically (i.e., that it cannot be explained as the result of the promoter's deterministic response to variation in its molecular surroundings). Here, we show-by microscopically analyzing the nucleosome configurations of two juxtaposed physically linked PHO5 promoter copies-that the configurational variation, indeed, is intrinsically stochastic and thus, a cause of gene expression noise rather than its effect.
