Effect of ADP-ribosylation reaction on bull testis chromatin

Faraone-Mennella, M.R.; De Lucia, F.; Palomba, L.; Quesada, P.; Farina, B.

Effect of ADP-ribosylation reaction on bull testis chromatin

1993

Faraone-Mennella, M.R. | De Lucia, F. | Palomba, L. | Quesada, P. | Farina, B.

Polynucleosomes prepared from bull testis nuclei were characterized: DNA length, by agarose gel electrophoresis, and distribution of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase activity, by incubation with 0.64mM NAD were determined. Maximal activity was found in nucleosome fractions of 3-5 units. Chromatin fragments (5-2 kbp polynucleosomes) were analysed by circular dichroism in both native and ADP-ribosylated forms. The spectrum of the endogenously ADP-ribosylated polynucleosomes, compared to the native fraction, exhibited a higher ellipticity value and a shift of the cross-over point towards the lowest wavelengths, behaving like an H1-depleted chromatin.

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AGROVOC Keywords

adenosine diphosphate animals bulls cattle cell nucleus centrifugation chemistry chromatin chromatin dna metabolism spectral analysis testes testis ultrastructure

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Biochemistry and molecular biology international

Volume 31 Issue 2 Pagination 373 - 380 ISSN 1039-9712

Other Subjects

Circular dichroism; Post-transcription modification; Poly(adp-ribose) polymerases; Density gradient; Nucleosomes; Male; Adenosine diphosphate ribose; Protein conformation

Language

English

Type

Journal Article; Text

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