摘要
Transcriptionfactor(TF)bindingtoitsDNAtargetsiteplaysanessentialroleingeneregulation.Thelocation,orientationandspacingoftranscriptionfactorbindingsites(TFBSs)alsoaffectregulatoryfunctionoftheTF.However,hownucleosomalcontextofTFBSsinfluencesTFbindingandsubsequentgeneregulationremainstobeelucidated.Usinggenome-widenucleosomepositioningandTFbindingdatainbuddingyeast,wefoundthatbindingaffinitiesofTFstoDNAtendtodecreasewithincreasingnucleosomeoccupancyoftheassociatedbindingsites.WefurtherdemonstratedthatnucleosomalcontextofbindingsitesiscorrelatedwithgeneregulationofthecorrespondingTF.Nucleosome-depletedTFBSsarelinkedtohighgeneactivityandlowexpressionnoise,whereasnucleosome-coveredTFBSsareassociatedwithlowgeneactivityandhighexpressionnoise.Moreover,nucleosome-coveredTFBSstendtodisruptcoexpressionofthecorrespondingTFtargetgenes.WeconcludethatnucleosomalcontextofbindingsitesinfluencesTFbindingaffinity,subsequentlyaffectingtheregulationofTFsontheirtargetgenes.ThisemphasizestheneedtoincludenucleosomalcontextofTFBSsinmodelinggeneregulation.
出版日期
2009年04月14日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)