Testing the Effect of Histone Acetyltransferases on Local Chromatin Compaction.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)(2023)
摘要
Experiments determining the chromatin association of histone acetylases (HATs) and deacetylases (HDACs) at the genome-wide level provide precise maps of locus occupancy, but do not allow conclusions on the functional consequences of this locus-specific enrichment. Here we describe a protocol that allows tethering of HATs or HDACs to specific genomic loci upon fusion with a fluorescent protein and a DNA-binding protein such as the E. coli Lac repressor (LacI), which binds to genomically inserted lac operon sequences (lacO) via DNA/protein interactions. Integration of these lacO sequences into a genomic region of interest allows to monitor the functional consequences of HAT/HDAC targeting on chromatin (de)compaction, histone modification, and interaction with other proteins by quantitative light microscopy, as described here. As DNA-binding of LacI can be tightly controlled by the addition of galactose-derivatives, this method also allows to monitor the effects of locus-specific recruitment in a time-resolved manner.
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Acetylation,Chromatin,Histone acetyltransferases,Histone modification,Immunofluorescence,LacI/lacO
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