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2016 ; 8
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): 135-144
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Insights into Genome Architecture Deduced from the Properties of Short Lac
Repressor-mediated DNA Loops
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Perez PJ
; Olson WK
Biophys Rev
2016[Nov]; 8
(1 Suppl
): 135-144
PMID28133491
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Genomic DNA is vastly longer than the space allotted to it in a cell. The
molecule must fold with a level of organization that satisfies the imposed
spatial constraints as well as allows for the processing of genetic information.
Key players in this organization include the negative supercoiling of DNA, which
facilitates the unwinding of the double-helical molecule, and the associations of
DNA with proteins, which partition the DNA into isolated loops, or domains. In
order to gain insight into the principles of genome organization and to visualize
the folding of spatially constrained DNA, we have developed new computational
methods to identify the preferred three-dimensional pathways of protein-mediated
DNA loops and to characterize the topological properties of these structures.
Here we focus on the levels of supercoiling and the spatial arrangements of DNA
in model nucleoprotein systems with two topological domains. We construct these
systems by anchoring DNA loops in opposing orientations on a common protein-DNA
assembly, namely the Lac repressor protein with two bound DNA operators. The
linked pieces of DNA form a covalently closed circle such that the protein
attaches to two widely spaced sites along the DNA. We examine the effects of
operator spacing, loop orientation, and long-range contacts on overall chain
configuration and topology and discuss our findings in the context of classic
experiments on the effects of supercoiling and operator spacing on Lac
repressor-mediated looping and recent work on the role of proteins as barriers
that divide genomes into independent topological domains.