송아지 흉선 nucleohistone의 DNase 1에 對한 susceptibility와 相互作用의 cooperativity에 미치는 spermine의 效果를 nucleostone의 構造變移와 關聯시켜 調査하였다. 이들 data로 부터 nucleohistone은 遊離 DNA와는 對照的으로 spermine에 의하여 monomoclecular condensation을 일으키지 않고 intermolecular aggregation을 이루며 nucleohistone의 DNase 1과의 相互作用 cooperativity가 spermine에 의하여 增加됨을 推理할 수 있다. Nucleohistine의 histone 部分의 cooperativity에 關한 機能的 役割을 究明하기 위하여 histone 部分을 단실化시킨 DNS-nucleohistone을 製造하여 DNase 1 과의 相互作用을 調査하여 보았는바 negative cooperativity로 나타났다. 이로 부터 nucleohistone의 histone部分은 nucleohistone의 cooperativity에 影響을 미치리라고 推理할 수 있다.
Effect of spermine on the susceptibility of calf thymus nucleohistone to DNase 1, in relation to the structural change of the nucleohistone, and cooperativity of the interaction of the nucleohistone with DNase 1 was investigated. Dansylated nucleohistone, in which the histone moiety had been derivatized by dansylation, was also used to investigate functional roles of the histone moiety on the cooperativity. The data here indicate the possibility that the nucleohistone, in contrast with the DNA, may not undergo monomolecular condensation, whereas intermolecular aggregation and enhancement of the positive cooperativity of the interaction of nucleohistone with DNase 1 may be brought about by spermine. The interaction of the DNS-nucleohistone with DNase 1 showed negative cooperativity. Based on the data here, it can be speculated that the cooperativity of the nucleohistone is influenced by the histone moiety of the nucleohistone.
