Dynamic equilibrium analysis of the (H2A-H2B-H3-H4)2 histone octamer with lower oligomers was performed in 2 M NaCl. Calculated data on the relative content of histone oligomers upon changing protein concentration in solution are given. The red shift of lambda max for histone tyrosine fluorescence spectra is shown to be due to hydrogen bond formation by tyrosyl OH-groups. Analysis of free energy changes of histone oligomers upon association (delta G = -17,37 +/- 0,14 kcal/mole) as well as the effect of urea on histone octamer dissociation made it possible to conclude that virtually all tyrosyls in octamer form hydrogen bonds. Intermolecular hydrogen bonds formed by tyrosyls contribute substantially to octamer stabilization. The (H2A-H2B) dimer positive cooperativity in association with the (H3-H4)2 tetramer was found. This cooperativity is caused by interaction between association sites with a two order increase in an apparent constant of dimers with tetramer association. The histone octamer was determined to be of asymmetric structure due to unequivolency of the two binding sites for the (H2A-H2B) dimers.
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