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==Structure of the nucleosome-bound human BCL7A==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[9qaj]] is a 14 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenopus_laevis Xenopus laevis]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=9QAJ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=9QAJ FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">Electron Microscopy, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.95&#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=9qaj FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=9qaj OCA], [https://pdbe.org/9qaj PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=9qaj RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/9qaj PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=9qaj ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/H32_XENLA H32_XENLA] Core component of nucleosome. Nucleosomes wrap and compact DNA into chromatin, limiting DNA accessibility to the cellular machineries which require DNA as a template. Histones thereby play a central role in transcription regulation, DNA repair, DNA replication and chromosomal stability. DNA accessibility is regulated via a complex set of post-translational modifications of histones, also called histone code, and nucleosome remodeling.
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Proteins of the BCL7 family (BCL7A, BCL7B, and BCL7C) are among the most recently identified subunits of the mammalian SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler complex and are absent from the unicellular version of this complex. Their function in the complex is unknown, and very limited structural information is available, despite the fact that they are mutated in several cancer types, most notably blood malignancies and hence medically relevant. Here, using cryo-electron microscopy in combination with biophysical and biochemical approaches, we show that BCL7A forms a stable, high-affinity complex with the nucleosome core particle (NCP) through binding of BCL7A with the acidic patch of the nucleosome via an arginine anchor motif. This interaction is impaired by BCL7A mutations found in cancer. Further, we determined that BCL7A contributes to the remodeling activity of the mSWI/SNF complex and we examined its function at the genomic level. Our findings reveal how BCL7 proteins interact with the NCP and help rationalize the impact of cancer-associated mutations. By providing structural information on the positioning of BCL7 on the NCP, our results broaden the understanding of the mechanism by which SWI/SNF recognizes the chromatin fiber.

Structure of the nucleosome-bound human BCL7A.,Martin F, Kazrani AA, Lafouge J, Diaz-Jimenez DM, Siebert S, Fabbro-Burtschell L, Maillard E, Lapouge K, Mertens HDT, Sauter C, Leitner A, Ochsenbein F, Blais A, Bergamin E Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Apr 10;53(7):gkaf273. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaf273. PMID:40207634<ref>PMID:40207634</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Xenopus laevis]]
[[Category: Bergamin E]]
[[Category: Martin F]]