Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a cDNA encoding nucleosome assembly protein 1 (NAP-1) from soybean
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- Title
- Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a cDNA encoding nucleosome assembly protein 1 (NAP-1) from soybean
- Authors
- Hae Won Yoon; Min Chul Kim; Sang Yeoul Lee; Hwang, I; Jeong Dong Bahk; Jong Chan Hong; Yukio Ishimi; Moo Je Cho
- Date Issued
- 1995-12-15
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag
- Abstract
- NAP-1, a protein first isolated from mammalian cells, can introduce supercoils into relaxed circular DNA in the presence of purified core histones. Based on its in vitro activity, it has been suggested that NAP-1 may be involved in nucleosome assembly in vivo. We isolated a cDNA clone encoding a soybean NAP-I homolog, SNAP-1. The SNAP-1 cDNA contains an open reading frame of 358 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular weight of 41kDa. The deduced amino acid sequence of SNAP-1 shares sequence similarity with yeast NAP-1 (38%) and human hNRP (32%). Notable features of the deduced sequence are two extended acidic regions thought to be involved in histone binding. SNAP-1 expressed in Escherichia coli induces supercoiling in relaxed circular DNA, suggesting that SNAP-I may have nucleosome assembly activity. The specific activity of SNAP-1 is comparable to that of HeLa NAP-1 in an in vitro assay. Western analysis reveals that SNAP-I is expressed in the immature and young tissues that were examined, while mature tissues such as old leaves and roots, show very little or no expression. NAP-1 homologs also appear to be present in other plant species.
- Keywords
- nucleosome assembly protein-1 (NAP-1); acidic amino acid stretches; nuclear localization signal; XENOPUS-LAEVIS OOCYTES; DNA-REPLICATION INVITRO; AMINO-ACID SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE; HISTONE COMPLEXES; NUCLEOLAR PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; RNA-POLYMERASE; CELL EXTRACTS; AP-I
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/16474
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF00290572
- ISSN
- 0026-8925
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS, vol. 249, no. 5, page. 465 - 473, 1995-12-15
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