Theoretical principles of transcription factor traffic on folded chromatin
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- dc.contributor.author Cortini, Ruggero
- dc.contributor.author Filion, Guillaume
- dc.date.accessioned 2019-11-25T08:32:15Z
- dc.date.available 2019-11-25T08:32:15Z
- dc.date.issued 2018
- dc.description.abstract All organisms regulate transcription of their genes. To understand this process, a complete understanding of how transcription factors find their targets in cellular nuclei is essential. The DNA sequence and other variables are known to influence this binding, but the distribution of transcription factor binding patterns remains mostly unexplained in metazoan genomes. Here, we investigate the role of chromosome conformation in the trajectories of transcription factors. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we uncover the principles of their diffusion on chromatin. Chromosome contacts play a conflicting role: at low density they enhance transcription factor traffic, but at high density they lower it by volume exclusion. Consistently, we observe that in human cells, highly occupied targets, where protein binding is promiscuous, are found at sites engaged in chromosome loops within uncompacted chromatin. In summary, we provide a framework for understanding the search trajectories of transcription factors, highlighting the key contribution of genome conformation.
- dc.description.sponsorship We acknowledge the financial support of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa 2013–2017, SEV-2012–0208, Plan Nacional BFU2012-37168), of the CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya, of the European Research Council (ERC Synergy Grant 609989), and of the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under REA grant agreement 608959.
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- dc.identifier.citation Cortini R, Filion GJ. Theoretical principles of transcription factor traffic on folded chromatin. Nat Commun. 2018;9(1):1740. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04130-x
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04130-x
- dc.identifier.issn 2041-1723
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/42953
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Nature Research
- dc.relation.ispartof Nature Communications. 2018;9(1):1740
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- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/609989
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/608959
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- dc.subject.keyword Biological physics
- dc.subject.keyword Biopolymers in vivo
- dc.subject.keyword Chromatin structure
- dc.subject.keyword Computational models
- dc.title Theoretical principles of transcription factor traffic on folded chromatin
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