Sedimentation Velocity Analysis of Large Oligomeric Chromatin Complexes Using Interference Detection.

Abstract:

:Sedimentation velocity experiments measure the transport of molecules in solution under centrifugal force. Here, we describe a method for monitoring the sedimentation of very large biological molecular assemblies using the interference optical systems of the analytical ultracentrifuge. The mass, partial-specific volume, and shape of macromolecules in solution affect their sedimentation rates as reflected in the sedimentation coefficient. The sedimentation coefficient is obtained by measuring the solute concentration as a function of radial distance during centrifugation. Monitoring the concentration can be accomplished using interference optics, absorbance optics, or the fluorescence detection system, each with inherent advantages. The interference optical system captures data much faster than these other optical systems, allowing for sedimentation velocity analysis of extremely large macromolecular complexes that sediment rapidly at very low rotor speeds. Supramolecular oligomeric complexes produced by self-association of 12-mer chromatin fibers are used to illustrate the advantages of the interference optics. Using interference optics, we show that chromatin fibers self-associate at physiological divalent salt concentrations to form structures that sediment between 10,000 and 350,000S. The method for characterizing chromatin oligomers described in this chapter will be generally useful for characterization of any biological structures that are too large to be studied by the absorbance optical system.

journal_name

Methods Enzymol

journal_title

Methods in enzymology

authors

Rogge RA,Hansen JC

doi

10.1016/bs.mie.2015.05.007

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-01-01 00:00:00

pages

349-62

eissn

0076-6879

issn

1557-7988

pii

S0076-6879(15)00305-5

journal_volume

562

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