All 16 centromere DNAs from Saccharomyces cerevisiae show DNA curvature

Nucleic Acids Res. 1999 Mar 15;27(6):1444-9. doi: 10.1093/nar/27.6.1444.

Abstract

All 16 centromere DNA regions of Saccharomyces cerevisiae including 90 bp framing sequences on either side were cloned. These 300 bp long centromere regions were analysed by native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and found to display a reduced mobility indicative of DNA curvature. The degree of curvature is centromere dependent. The experimental data were confirmed by computer analysis of the 3-dimensional structure of the CEN DNAs. Altogether these data provide further evidence for a model for budding yeast centromeres in which CEN DNA structure could be important for the assembly, activity and/or regulation of the centromere protein-DNA complex.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Centromere / chemistry*
  • Centromere / genetics
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Computer Simulation
  • DNA, Fungal / chemistry*
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Ethidium / pharmacology
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*
  • Temperature

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal
  • Ethidium