EXPOSED HYDROPHOBIC REGIONS IN HISTONE OLIGOMERS STUDIED BY FLUORESCENCE
EXPOSED HYDROPHOBIC REGIONS IN HISTONE OLIGOMERS STUDIED BY FLUORESCENCE
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DOI:
10.1016/0005-2795(80)90287-1
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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DOLCAGUASCH, M
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RAMONDABAN, J;DOLCAGUASCH, M
The interaction of the fluorescent hydrophobic probe 1-anilinoanaphthalene-8-sulfonate (ANS) with histone oligomers and with [calf thymus] histone H1 was studied. The enhancement of ANS fluorescence produced by histones H.nu. (a roughly equimolar mixture of histones H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) in 2.0 M NaCl, pH 7.5, is higher than that produced by histone H1 under identical conditions. The fact that the wavelength of maximum emission of the H1-ANS complex is larger than that of H.nu.-ANS complex indicates that histone H1 has a weaker hydrophobic character than histones H.nu.. The increase in ANS concentration produces a red shift of the emission maximum of the H.nu.-ANS complex, indicating heterogeneity in the ANS binding sites. Both the H2A-H2B and the H3-H4 complexes cause similar enhancement of the ANS fluorescence. Trypsin digestion of N-terminal sequences of histones H.nu. produces small changes in the intensity of ANS fluorescence. The hydrophobic regions of histones H.nu. to which ANS binds are not located in the N-terminal portions of histone sequences. These exposed hydrophobic regions may be important in the maintenance of chromatin structure.