HJURP binds CENP-A via a highly conserved N-terminal domain and mediates its deposition at centromeres.

The human histone H3 variant, CENP-A, replaces the conventional histone H3 in centromeric chromatin and, together with centromere-specific DNA-binding factors, directs the assembly of the kinetochore. We purified the prenucelosomal e-CENP-A complex. We found that HJURP, a member of the complex, was required for cell cycle specific targeting of CENP-A ...
to centromeres. HJURP facilitated efficient deposition of CENP-A/H4 tetramers to naked DNA in vitro. Bacterially expressed HJURP binds at a stoichiometric ratio to the CENP-A/H4 tetramer but not to the H3/H4 tetramer. The binding occurred through a conserved HJURP short N-terminal domain, termed CBD. The novel characteristic identified in vertebrates that we named TLTY box of CBD, was essential for formation of the HJURP-CENP-A/H4 complex. Our data identified HJURP as a vertebrate CENP-A chaperone and dissected its mode of interactions with CENP-A.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Autoantigens, Cell Cycle, Centromere, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone, Conserved Sequence, DNA-Binding Proteins, HeLa Cells, Histones, Humans, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Nucleosomes, Protein Binding, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, Protein Multimerization, Protein Structure, Quaternary, RNA, Small Interfering, Sequence Alignment
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
Date: Jan. 26, 2010
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