Name: Site Specific Lysine Acetylation of Histones for Nucleosome Reconstitution using Genetic Code Expansion in Escherichia coli (Video) | JoVE Journal
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Description: Learn site-specific lysine acetylation of histones for nucleosome reconstitution using genetic code expansion in Escherichia coli. This versatile method enables production of modified mononucleosomes for epigenetic research.

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We would like to thank Dr. Wesley Wang for laying the groundwork for this protocol and his valuable mentorship.&#160;This work was partially supported by National Institutes of Health (Grants R01GM127575 and R01GM121584) and Welch Foundation (Grant A-1715).

1.&#160;Plasmid construction
<ol>
	<li>Begin by deciding which histone protein will be acetylated and at which lysine site. Mutate the site to the amber stop codon (TAG) using site directed mutagenesis. 
	&#8203;NOTE: There are four previously designed plasmids utilized for expression of histone proteins. All four histone proteins were cloned into the pETDuet-1 vector with an N-terminal histidine tag. Histone H4 also includes a SUMO tag, the origin of replication colE1 with a copy number of approximately 40, ampicillin resistant, and a T7 promoter.
	<ol>
		<li>Design forward and reverse primers that contain a TAG mutation at the desired site (replacing an existing lysine codon with the amber stop codon) in one of the four histone protein plasmids.</li>
		<li>Use whole-plasmid PCR to amplify the TAG containing plasmid. Determine an appropriate annealing temperature for the primers. In general, the melting temperature (Tm) of the primers minus 5 &#176;C will be sufficient. If difficulty is experienced obtaining a PCR product, a temperature gradient around Tm - 5 &#176;C can be used to optimize the annealing temperature for amplification. 
		NOTE: In this experiment an in-house expressed PFU polymerase was used for 30 cycles with the following conditions: 94 &#176;C for 30 s (denaturation), annealing temperature for 30 s, and 72 &#176;C for 6 min (or 1 min per kilobase-pairs). For more details on this type of PCR method see Liu and Naismith7.</li>
		<li>Clean up the PCR product with a PCR clean up kit by following the manufacturer&#39;s protocol. Analyze the PCR product by agarose gel electrophoresis and subsequent ethidium bromide staining.</li>
		<li>Ligate the plasmid by incubating with T4 ligase overnight at 16 &#176;C.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>First transform the TAG containing plasmid (AmpR) into chemically competent Escherichia coli. Pick a minimum of 4 colonies from the transformation and purify the plasmid. Make cell stocks of each with glycerol using standard methods and store at -80 &#176;C. Send for sequencing to confirm the desired TAG mutation.</li>
	<li>Once the sequence is confirmed, co-transform the TAG-containing plasmid (AmpR) with pEVOL-AckRS (ChlR) into chemically competent CobB (the only histone lysine deacetylase known in E. coli.) deletion BL21 cells using the heat shock method. pEVOL is a plasmid with a mid-copy-number to low-copy-number p15A origin. 
	NOTE: The pEVOL series of plasmids were constructed based on previous studies that showed an increased expression of the orthogonal aaRS/tRNATyr pair was effective in decreasing protein truncation and in increasing overall yields of mutant proteins8. If CobB deletion cells are not accessible, proceed with chemically competent BL21 cells. CobB is a Sirtuin-like histone lysine deacetylase and Nicotinamide can be added at a 5 mM final concentration during histone protein expression to inhibit CobB as an alternative approach9.</li>
	<li>Make a cell stock and store at -80 &#176;C.</li>
</ol>
2. Acetylated histone protein expression
<ol>
	<li>Prepare 1 L of autoclaved 2YT media (or volume of choice) in a culture flask.</li>
	<li>Inoculate 20 mL of 2YT media containing the appropriate antibiotics with the co-transformed cell stock that has the TAG-containing plasmid (AmpR) and pEVOL-AckRS (ChlR) and grow at 37 &#176;C to OD = 0.6 (4-6 h).</li>
	<li>Add the appropriate antibiotics to the 1 L of autoclaved 2YT media and inoculate with the 20 mL starter culture. Grow at 37 &#176;C to OD = 0.6-0.8 (2-3 h).</li>
	<li>Add inducing agents and acetyllysine (AcK) to the final concentrations of IPTG 1 mM, 0.2% arabinose, and AcK 5 mM.</li>
	<li>Grow the culture at 37 &#176;C for 6-8 h.</li>
	<li>Pellet cells at 2,700 x g for 15 min.</li>
	<li>Store the cell pellet at -80 &#176;C overnight.</li>
	<li>From this step onwards keep the sample on ice all times. Dissolve the cell pellet in 50 mL of histone lysis buffer per 1 L of culture.</li>
	<li>Sonicate according to the following cycle: 1 s on, 1 s off, total on time: 3 min at 60% amplitude.</li>
	<li>Pellet inclusion bodies at 41,600 x g for 45 min.</li>
	<li>Discard the supernatant and resuspend inclusion bodies in 30 mL of histone lysis buffer. Pellet inclusion bodes at 41,600 x g for 30 min.</li>
	<li>Discard the supernatant and resuspend inclusion bodies in 30 mL of pellet wash buffer. Pellet inclusion bodies at 41,600 x g for 30 min.</li>
	<li>Discard the supernatant and dissolve inclusion bodies in 25 mL of 6 M Guanidine Hydrochloride (GuHCl) buffer. Incubate with agitation at 37 &#176;C for 1 h. 
	NOTE: If needed, inclusion bodies can be incubated with agitation overnight at 4 &#176;C.</li>
	<li>Pellet inclusion bodes at 41,600 x g for 45 min. Incubate the supernatant with 1 mL of Ni-NTA resin equilibrated with 6 M GuHCl buffer for 2 h.</li>
	<li>Proceed with Ni-NTA purification under denatured conditions. Wash the column with 3 column volumes of column wash buffer. Elute acetylated histone protein with 10 mL of elution buffer. 
	NOTE: Attempting to concentrate the protein here is an option but acetylated histones are very unpredictable and can easily precipitate. It is not recommended to concentrate past 2 mL in total volume.</li>
	<li>Extensively dialyze the acetylated histone protein against 5% acetic acid buffer to remove salts. Dialyze for 3 h at a time at&#160;4 &#176;C, exchanging for fresh buffer a minimum of 6 times. 
	NOTE: For improved protein purity, there is an option to dialyze against pure water. However, this causes significant precipitation and reduction in yield which may be undesirable for low-yielding acetylated histone proteins.</li>
	<li>Aliquot and lyophilize protein, and store indefinitely at -80 &#176;C. Wild type histone proteins generally yield 10-50 mg/L whereas acetylated histone proteins yield less than 10 mg/L depending on the specific lysine site. For example, H3K79Ac averages 5 mg/L.</li>
</ol>
3. Wild-type histone protein expression
<ol>
	<li>To assemble full nucleosomes, express all 4 histone proteins. When expressing and purifying wild type histones the protocol is the same as the acetylated histones except the following:
	<ol>
		<li>Do not perform co-transformation. Do not use pEVOL-AcKRS for wild type histone expression. Adjust antibiotics accordingly.</li>
		<li>Do not use a CobB deletion cell line or add Nicotinamide, AcK, or arabinose during induction of cellular expression.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
</ol>
4. Preparation of 601 DNA
NOTE: A previously designed optimized DNA sequence to direct nucleosome positioning is assembled with histone octamers to produce mononucleosome with high efficiency. This sequence is referred to as 601 DNA or the Widom sequence. This sequence has become the standard DNA sequence for in vitro studies of nucleosomes from chromatin remodeling assays to single molecule measurements10.
<ol>
	<li>To prepare significant quantities of 601 DNA for nucleosome assembly, transform pGEM-3z/601 into Top 10 cells and grow 10 mL of culture for plasmid amplification and extraction. Use a plasmid extraction kit and follow manufacturer&#39;s recommendation.</li>
	<li>Use an in-house expressed PFU polymerase (more efficient) for this amplification protocol. Set up a PCR reaction: For 250 &#181;L reaction, use 207.5 &#181;L autoclaved MQ H2O, 25 &#181;L 10x PFU Buffer, 5 &#181;L Forward Primer: ctggagaatcccggtgccg, 5 &#181;L Reverse Primer: acaggatgtatatatctgacacg, 5 &#181;L dNTP mix, 2.5 &#181;L PFU enzyme.&#160;We typically run 60 reactions at once to get enough DNA to assemble.</li>
	<li>Use an annealing temperature of 52 &#176;C for 30 s and an extension time of 30 s if using PFU polymerase. Otherwise follow the manufacturers recommended conditions.</li>
	<li>Once PCR is done, use a PCR clean up kit of choice to purify the PCR product.</li>
</ol>
5. Assembly of histone octamer
<ol>
	<li>Dissolve aliquots of histone protein pellets H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 so that there is a separate stock of each histone protein in GuHCl Buffer with a total volume of 100 &#181;L.</li>
	<li>Calculate the concentration of each histone protein by measuring the A280 absorbance.</li>
	<li>If absorbance is greater than 1 for any protein, dilute with GuHCl buffer to get a more accurate concentration.</li>
	<li>Combine H2A and H2B proteins in a 1:1 molar ratio and dilute to a total protein concentration of 4 &#181;g/&#181;L. Repeat for H3 and H4.</li>
	<li>Dialyze sequentially at 4 &#176;C against 2 M TE buffer overnight, 1 M TE buffer for 2 h and 0.5 M TE buffer for 5 h. 
	NOTE: The second and third steps of dialysis causes unstable conformations of protein to precipitate out. It is expected to see heavy precipitation at these steps.</li>
	<li>Remove precipitates by centrifugation at 16,800 x g at 4 &#176;C.</li>
	<li>Again, calculate the concentration of histone dimers (H2A/H2B mixture) and tetramers (H3/H4 mixture) measuring the A280 absorbance.</li>
	<li>Mix dimers and tetramers in a 1:1 molar ratio and adjust NaCl to 2 M by the addition of solid NaCl.</li>
	<li>Histone octamer can be stored at 4 &#176;C and is more stable than dimers and tetramers. Never freeze histone octamer as this can cause disassembly.</li>
	<li>If assembling with acetylated histones, simply replace the wild type protein with the acetylated protein in the procedure.</li>
</ol>
6. Nucleosome assembly
<ol>
	<li>Use 100x TE buffer and solid NaCl to adjust 601 DNA to 2M TE buffer. Add the 601 DNA in 2M TE buffer to histone octamer in a molar ratio of 0.85:1 to 0.90:1. A lower ratio of DNA may be added if free DNA is present in the gel shift analysis.</li>
	<li>Transfer the DNA-histone mixture a dialysis bag and place in about 200 mL of 2M TE buffer (or more if assembling multiple samples) and very gently stir at 4 &#176;C.</li>
	<li>Set a peristaltic pump to purge to slowly drip in no salt TE buffer. When the volume has roughly doubled, pour out half the volume. Do this at least 4 times in total. With a pump this can take 4-8 h depending on the starting volume. Nucleosomes form when the salt concentration is reduced to 150 mM (measured by salinity meter).</li>
	<li>After the salt concentration is reduced to 150 mM, dialyze against a 20 mM TE buffer overnight.</li>
	<li>Remove precipitates by centrifugation and measure the concentration of the nucleosomes by A260 reading using a plate reader.</li>
	<li>Add His-TEV protease (TEV: nucleosome 1:30, w:w ) and incubate&#160;overnight at 4 &#176;C to remove all histidine tags. Remove the histidine tag impurities from the nucleosome solution by Ni-NTA resin pull down.</li>
	<li>To position the nucleosome and homogenize the sample, incubate at 60 &#176;C for 1 h. 
	NOTE: For acetylated sites that are particularly unstable, this step may not be advisable.</li>
	<li>Store nucleosomes for short term (a few weeks) at 4 &#176;C.</li>
	<li>For long-term storage, dialyze nucleosomes against storage buffer and store at -80 &#176;C.</li>
</ol>

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It is essential to follow this protocol in every detail during an experiment. Nucleosomes are not very stable and much trial and error has gone into determining this protocol. It is key to remove precipitates at every step (or whenever observed) because particulates can easily interfere with the assembling processes. Always keep histone samples on ice. If nucleosomes are stored at 4 &#176;C for too long, they can spontaneously disassemble. Be sure to check any samples by Native PAGE if stored at 4 &#176;C for more than 2...

We have utilized PylRS and tRNAPyl to synthesize and assemble reconstituted mononucleosomes with site specific acetylated histones. PylRS has proven invaluable as a genetic code expansion tool to produce proteins with post translational modifications (PTMs) and has been genetically evolved to incorporate about 200 different ncAAs. PylRS incorporates at an amber stop codon, removing competition from other amino acids during translation. PylRS was first discovered in methanogenic archaea, and has since been utilized in chemical biology to incorporate novel reactive chemical groups into proteins1,2.
MmAcKRS1 was evolved from Methanosarcina mazei PylRS and frequently used in our laboratory for the synthesis of acetylated proteins3,4,5,6. MmAcKRS1 delivers AcK at an amber mutation site in the mRNA of choice during translation in Escherichia coli. This technique has been previously used to incorporate AcK at K4, K9, K14, K18, K23, K27, K36, K56, K64, and K79 histone H3 lysine sites to study the activity of Sirtuin 1, 2, 6, and 7 on acetylated mononucleosomes4,5,6. Here we detail this method to express acetylated histones and reconstitute acetylated nucleosomes.

<table><tbody><tr><td>0.5 M TE Buffer</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td>0.5 M NaCl, 20 mM Tris, 1 mM EDTA, pH 7.8</td></tr><tr><td>1 M TE Buffer</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td>1 M NaCl, 20 mM Tris, 1 mM EDTA, pH 7.8</td></tr><tr><td>100x TE Buffer</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2 M TE Buffer</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td>2 M NaCl, 20 mM Tris, 1 mM EDTA, pH 7.8</td></tr><tr><td>20 mM TE Buffer</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td>20 mM NaCl, 20 mM Tris, 1 mM EDTA, pH 7.8</td></tr><tr><td>6 M GuHCl</td><td></td><td></td><td>6M guanidinium chloride, 20 mM Tris, 500 mM NaCl, pH 8.0</td></tr><tr><td>Acetyllysine</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Column Wash Buffer</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td>6 M urea, 500 mM NaCl, 20 mM Tris, 20 mM imidazole pH 7.8</td></tr><tr><td>Elution Buffer</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fisherbrand&amp;nbsp;Variable-Flow Chemical Transfer Pump</td><td>Fischer Scientific</td><td>15-077-67</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>His-TEV protease</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Histone Lysis Buffer</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td>60 mM Tris, 100 mM NaCl, 0.5% Triton-X100 (v/v), 1 mM PMSF pH 8.0</td></tr><tr><td>Ni-NTA Resin</td><td></td><td></td><td>6 M urea, 500 mM NaCl, 20 mM Tris, 250 mM imidazole, pH 7.8</td></tr><tr><td>PCR Clean-Up Kit</td><td>Epoch Life Sicences</td><td>2360050</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Pellet Wash Buffer</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td>60 mM Tris, 100 mM NaCl, pH 8.0</td></tr><tr><td>petDUET-His-SUMO-TEV-H4</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>petDUET-His-TEV-H2A</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>petDUET-His-TEV-H2B</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>petDUET-His-TEV-H3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>pEVOL-AckRS</td><td>Addgene</td><td>137976</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>pGEM-3z/601</td><td>Addgene</td><td>26656</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Storage Buffer</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td>20 mM NaCl, 20 mM Tris, 20 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 20% glycerol, pH 7.8</td></tr><tr><td>Thermocycler</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

site specific lysine acetylation of histones for nucleosome reconstitution using genetic code expansion in escherichia coli

Site Specific Lysine Acetylation of Histones for Nucleosome Reconstitution using Genetic Code Expansion in Escherichia coli

Acetylated histone proteins can be easily expressed in Escherichia coli encoding a mutant, N&#949;-acetyl-lysine (AcK)-specific Methanosarcina mazi pyrrolysine tRNA-synthetase (MmAcKRS1) and its cognate tRNA (tRNAPyl) to assemble reconstituted mononucleosomes with site specific acetylated histones. MmAcKRS1 and tRNAPyl deliver AcK at an amber mutation site in the mRNA of choice during translation in Escherichia coli. This technique has been used extensively to incorporate AcK at H3 lysine sites. Pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase (PylRS) can also be easily evolved to incorporate other noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) for site specific protein modification or functionalization. Here we detail a method to incorporate AcK using the MmAcKRS1 system into histone H3 and integrate acetylated H3 proteins into reconstituted mononucleosomes. Acetylated reconstituted mononucleosomes can be used in biochemical and binding assays, structure determination, and more. Obtaining modified mononucleosomes is crucial for designing experiments related to discovering new interactions and understanding epigenetics.

Dimers, tetramers, and octamers can be assessed by running a 12% SDS PAGE gel (Figure 1 and Figure 2). Here you can see that some of the acetylated tetramers have a lower yield than others (Figure 1). In fact, the closer to the core region, the lower the yield observed. This is most likely due to the acetylation interfering with the assembling of the tetramer the closer you get to the core regions. A...

Here we present a method to express acetylated histone proteins using genetic code expansion and assemble reconstituted nucleosomes in vitro.

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This article presents a detailed experimental procedure for reconstituting nucleosome-containing DNA tethers for single-molecule correlative force and fluorescence microscopy. It further describes several downstream experiments that can be conducted to visualize the binding behavior of chromatin-interacting proteins and analyze changes in the physical properties of nucleosomes.

In Situ Nucleosome Assembly for Single-Molecule Correlative Force and Fluorescence Microscopy

This study established a method that utilizes genetic code expansion to successfully incorporate lactyl-lysine (Klac) at specific sites of the human enolase-1 (hENO1) and superfolder GFP (sfGFP) in Escherichia coli and mammalian cells.

Site-Specific Lysine Lactylation via Genetic Code Expansion in E. coli and Mammalian Cells

Learn site-specific lysine acetylation of histones for nucleosome reconstitution using genetic code expansion in Escherichia coli. This versatile method enables production of modified mononucleosomes for epigenetic research.

Site Specific Lysine Acetylation of Histones for Nucleosome Reconstitution using Genetic Code Expansion in Escherichia coli

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