EdU-seq and H3 variant SNAP capture-seq in HIRA KO HeLa cells rescued with HIRA

Our previous work on the histone H3.3 chaperone HIRA revealed its importance for maintaining the targeting of H3.3 to its pre-existing sites. In concert with replication fork-coupled deposition of the replicative H3.1 variant, this establishes boundaries of H3.3/H3.1, which define early replication initiation zones, which are disrupted in the absence of HIRA (Gatto et al., 2022). We have also recently shown a role of HIRA for active gene organisation and compartment A interactions by Hi-C. Here, we performed a HIRA rescue experiment in HIRA KO HeLa cells combined with a G1/S synchronisation to assay the recovery of H3.1 and H3.3 distribution (prior to S phase entry) by SNAP capture-seq and the pattern of nascent DNA synthesis in early S phase (2h) by EdU-seq. We also include H3.3 SNAP capture-seq from an asynchronous HIRA rescue we performed to assay recovery of genome organisation by Hi-C (submitted as a separate ArrayExpress entry).