Genomic Profiling of HMGN1 Reveals an Association with Chromatin at Regulatory Regions

High mobility group (HMG) proteins interact with other architectural proteins to regulate chromatin structure. We performed genome-wide mapping experiments to examine the distribution of HMGN1 across the human genome. We discovered that HMGN1 proteins are enriched at regulatory regions such as DNase I HS sites, distal transcription factor binding sites and promoters of actively transcribed genes. YY1, the Yin Yang 1 transcription factor, is a ubiquitous transcription factor that functions either as a transcriptional activator or a repressor, depending on its interacting partner. To test the preferential localization of HMGN1 with active regulatory regions, we examined the association of transcription factor YY1 and HMGN1 in CD4+ T cells. Overall design: Examination of the genomic profile of HMGN1 and the relationship with regulatory elements in CD4+ T cells.