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==The nucleosome containing human H2A.Z.2==
<StructureSection load='3waa' size='340' side='right'caption='[[3waa]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 3.20&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3waa]] is a 10 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3WAA OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3WAA FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 3.2&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3waa FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3waa OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3waa PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3waa RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3waa PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3waa ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/H31_HUMAN H31_HUMAN] 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
The histone H2A.Z variant is widely conserved among eukaryotes. Two isoforms, H2A.Z.1 and H2A.Z.2, have been identified in vertebrates and may have distinct functions in cell growth and gene expression. However, no structural differences between H2A.Z.1 and H2A.Z.2 have been reported. In the present study, the crystal structures of nucleosomes containing human H2A.Z.1 and H2A.Z.2 were determined. The structures of the L1 loop regions were found to clearly differ between H2A.Z.1 and H2A.Z.2, although their amino-acid sequences in this region are identical. This structural polymorphism may have been induced by a substitution that evolutionally occurred at the position of amino acid 38 and by the flexible nature of the L1 loops of H2A.Z.1 and H2A.Z.2. It was also found that in living cells nucleosomal H2A.Z.1 exchanges more rapidly than H2A.Z.2. A mutational analysis revealed that the amino-acid difference at position 38 is at least partially responsible for the distinctive dynamics of H2A.Z.1 and H2A.Z.2. These findings provide important new information for understanding the differences in the regulation and functions of H2A.Z.1 and H2A.Z.2 in cells.

Structural polymorphism in the L1 loop regions of human H2A.Z.1 and H2A.Z.2.,Horikoshi N, Sato K, Shimada K, Arimura Y, Osakabe A, Tachiwana H, Hayashi-Takanaka Y, Iwasaki W, Kagawa W, Harata M, Kimura H, Kurumizaka H Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2013 Dec;69(Pt 12):2431-9. doi:, 10.1107/S090744491302252X. Epub 2013 Nov 19. PMID:24311584<ref>PMID:24311584</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Histone 3D structures|Histone 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Arimura Y]]
[[Category: Harata M]]
[[Category: Horikoshi N]]
[[Category: Iwasaki W]]
[[Category: Kagawa W]]
[[Category: Kimura H]]
[[Category: Kurumizaka H]]
[[Category: Osakabe A]]
[[Category: Sato K]]
[[Category: Shimada K]]
[[Category: Tachiwana H]]