Nucleosome acidic patch-targeting binuclear ruthenium compounds induce aberrant chromatin condensation

oleh: Gabriela E. Davey, Zenita Adhireksan, Zhujun Ma, Tina Riedel, Deepti Sharma, Sivaraman Padavattan, Daniela Rhodes, Alexander Ludwig, Sara Sandin, Benjamin S. Murray, Paul J. Dyson, Curt A. Davey

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01

Deskripsi

Histone H2A–H2B dimers in nucleosomes contain an acidic patch, a highly electronegative cleft. Here, the authors characterize a family of binuclear ruthenium compounds that selectively target the acidic patch, generating intra-nucleosomal H2A-H2B cross-links as well as inter-nucleosomal cross-links.