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Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Aleksandra Skrajna (UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy), "Universal Principles of Nucleosome Recognition"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Dr. Satish Nair
Date
Apr 19, 2022   12:00 pm  
Speaker
Dr. Aleksandra Skrajna
Cost
Free
Contact
Cara Day
E-Mail
caraday@illinois.edu
Phone
217-333-2013
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Originating Calendar
Biochemistry Department Seminars

Nucleosomes are fundamental repeating units of chromatin, which facilitate genomic DNA packaging and serve as signal integration hubs for genome templated processes. Through a series of comprehensive proteomic screens we demonstrated that a group of acidic amino acids referred to as the acidic patch on the nucleosome disk surface is a hot spot for chromatin binding. We revealed severely disrupted chromatin binding in nucleosomes containing acidic patch mutations found in numerous cancers. Finally, we identified nucleosome binding patterns for hundreds of proteins representing diverse nuclear functions, many of which were novel chromatin binders. To follow up our screen results, we investigated mechanisms of nucleosome and DNA-free histone binding by established and novel chromatin enzymes using cryo-EM. I will discuss the nucleosome interactome screens and two structural projects that the screens inspired, the first focused on a class of JmjC-containing domain KDM2A/B histone demethylases and the second on the Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cycleosome. 

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