Question

(a) Given below is a picture of a nucleosome.
i) Label its parts 1, 2, 3
ii) Where are these nucleosomes found?
iii) How many protein molecules form its core particle?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1- 8histone core

2-dna

3-h1 histone

Answer 2

1 - histone octamer

2- it is DNA

3- H1 histone

ii) nucleosomes are found in nucleus

DNA wrap around the positive charged histone octamer to form a structure called nucleosome


iii). 8 histone protein together form histone octamer and one more histone protein H1 help to maintain the wrap