SWI/SNF-A (BAF) chromatin remodeling complex

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Function

  • ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling complex
  • roles in
  • able to create a stable, altered form of chromatin that constrains fewer negative supercoils than normal; this change in supercoiling would be due to the conversion of up to 1/2 of the nucleosomes on polynucleosomal arrays into asymmetric structures, termed altosomes, each composed of 2 histone octamers

Structure

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References

  1. UniProt :accession Q8NFD5, Q15813