Sunday, June 2, 2019

Creation Moment 6/3/2019 - Smacking of Design (DESIGNER)

IF you have a "mechanism" to allow "access" occluded sites in DNA---that level of organization smacks of DESIGN--which Logically--Points to s DESIGNER.
But now thus saith the LORD that created thee,
 ...I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Isaiah 43:1

"Access to DNA packaged in nucleosomes is critical for gene regulation, DNA replication and DNA repair.
In humans, the UV-damaged DNA-binding protein (UV-DDB) complex detects UV-light-induced pyrimidine dimers throughout the genome; however, it remains unknown how these lesions are recognized in chromatin, in which nucleosomes restrict access to DNA.

Here we report cryo-electron microscopy structures of UV-DDB bound to nucleosomes bearing a 6–4 pyrimidine–pyrimidone dimer or a DNA-damage mimic in various positions. We find that UV-DDB binds UV-damaged nucleosomes at lesions located in the solvent-facing minor groove without affecting the overall nucleosome architecture.

In the case of buried lesions that face the histone core, UV-DDB changes the predominant translational register of the nucleosome and selectively binds the lesion in an accessible, exposed position. Our findings explain how UV-DDB detects occluded lesions in strongly positioned nucleosomes, and identify slide-assisted site exposure as a mechanism by which high-affinity DNA-binding proteins can access otherwise occluded sites in nucleosomal DNA."
Nature