(a) Draw a neat labelled diagram of a nucleosome.
(b) Mention what enables histones to acquire a positive charge.

Question

(a) Draw a neat labelled diagram of a nucleosome. (b) Mention what enables histones to acquire a positive charge.

Philoid · Accepted Answer

a.

Figure 1. Structure of nucleosome.

b. Histone acquires positive charge because of abundance ofbasic amino acid residues lysine and arginine,both of which carry positive charges in their side chains.

(a) Draw a neat labelled diagram of a nucleosome.(b) Mention what enables histones to acquire a positive charge.

(a) Draw a neat labelled diagram of a nucleosome.
(b) Mention what enables histones to acquire a positive charge.