Abstract
Derivative melting profiles of calf thymus mononucleosomes have been examined for changes resulting from variations in solvent pH and ionic strength, histone H1 content, and DNA size. Samples of mononucleosomes were found to rearrange during freeze-drying to form an altered monomer and a series of noncovalent multimers. The derivative melting profiles of these particles differ significantly from those for the untreated monomer and dimer. The noncovalent dimer exhibited a new melting transition at 66 degrees C involving approximately 18 base pairs of DNA normally associated with the highest melting transition. Mononucleosomes were reconstituted from 6 M guanidine hydrochloride to give particles with physical properties including melting profile which were virtually indistinguishable from those of the starting material. This result confirms the notion that no structural domains exist in the histone core that can be irreversible denatured by noncovalent perturbations.
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