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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 282, Issue 36, 26132-26139, September 7, 2007

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The Chromatin Remodeling Protein, SRCAP, Is Critical for Deposition of the Histone Variant H2A.Z at Promoters^*

From the Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63104

Studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae indicate the histone variant H2A.Z is deposited at promoters by the chromatin remodeling protein Swr1 and plays a critical role in the regulation of transcription. In higher eukaryotes, however, little is known about the distribution, method of deposition, and function of H2A.Z at promoters. Using biochemical studies, we demonstrated previously that SRCAP (SNF-2-related CREB-binding protein activator protein), the human ortholog of Swr1, could catalyze deposition of H2A.Z into nucleosomes. To address whether SRCAP directs H2A.Z deposition in vivo, promoters targeted by SRCAP were identified by a chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-on-chip assay. ChIP assays on a subset of these promoters confirmed the presence of SRCAP on inactive and active promoters. The highest levels of SRCAP were observed on the active SP-1, G3BP, and FAD synthetase promoters. Detailed analyses of these promoters indicate sites of SRCAP binding overlap or occur adjacent to the sites of H2A.Z deposition. Knockdown of SRCAP levels using siRNA resulted in loss of SRCAP at these promoters, decreased deposition of H2A.Z and acetylated H2A.Z, and a decrease in levels of SP-1, G3BP, and FAD synthetase mRNA. Thus, these studies provide the first evidence that SRCAP is recruited to promoters and is critical for the deposition of H2A.Z.

Received for publication, April 24, 2007 , and in revised form, June 19, 2007.

^* This work was supported by an American Heart Association predoctoral fellowship (to M. M. W.) and by an American Heart Association grant-in-aid and National Institutes of Health Grant DK 066307 (to J. C. C.). The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement"in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

The on-line version of this article (available at http://www.jbc.org) contains supplemental sFig. 1 and Table 1.

¹ To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 South Grand Blvd., Saint Louis, MO 63104. Tel.: 314-977-6486; Fax: 314-977-6410; E-mail: Chrivia{at}slu.edu.

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