Abstract

Phosphorylation of H2A histones in mouse testis was examined using testis tubule cultures labeled with 32PO 4. Histones were analyzed by two systems of two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, followed by autoradiography of the gels. Of the 32PO 4 detected in histones, 95% was incorporated by certain modified forms of the H2A variants H2A.1 and H2A.X. Phosphorylation sites were mapped to N- and C-terminal regions of the modified variants by SDS gel electrophoresis and autoradiography of peptides generated by cleavage of in vitro-labeled proteins with N-bromosuccinimide. Incorporation rates differed for N- and C-terminal regions from different modified forms, demonstrating a complex pattern of H2A phosphorylation in the mouse testis.

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