Question

How many histone molecules are required to wrap roughly 60000 base pairs of dna

a)24
b)2400
c)240
d)24000

Answer 1

Solution:

Histones are the protein or highly alkaline product that is used for the formation of DNA.

Different base pairs are used starting from 2 to 2000 or above depending upon the type of DNA formation.

Approx 2400 to 24000 histone molecules are used for wrapping the 60000 base pairs of the DNA.

Answer 2

Approx 2400 to 24000 histone molecules are used for wrapping the 60000 base pairs of the DNA.

Histone octamer. A histone octamer is the eight protein complex found at the center of a nucleosome core particle. It consists of two copies of each of the four core histone proteins (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4).