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The structural role of histone H2B from sea urchin sperm (H2Bsp) has been examined in experiments on reconstitution of chromatin from DNA and core histones taken in three variants: (1) four core histones from sea urchin sperm; (2) four core histones from calf thymus; (3) (H3, H4, H2A) from calf thymus and H2Bsp. It is shown that H2Bsp when present in reconstituted chromatin induces its aggregation. Fidelity of the reconstitution of nucleosomes has been tested using DNase I probe, one- and two-dimensional electrophoresis and electron microscopy. The reconstitutes that contain H2Bsp appear under electron microscope mainly as regular closely spaced large granules, about 450 A in diameter, which are very similar to the granules found in "native" sea urchin sperm chromatin. The reconstitutes formed by four core histones from calf thymus appear as randomly arranged particles, about 100 A in diameter. We conclude that histone H2Bsp participates in interactions between nucleosomes and is involved in the formation of the condensed supranucleosomal structure in sea urchin sperm chromatin.
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