Saccharomyces cerevisae Rad51 and E. coli RecA are unable to disassemble nucleosomes. (A) Representative fluorescence emission spectra of 601 E-linker nucleosomes (12 nM) excited at 510 nM in the presence 130 mM KCl, ATP (250 µM) and 2 mM MgCl2 (Mg2+) with S. cerevisae Rad51 (yRad51) at 0 (black), 200 (green), 500 (orange) and 1000 nM (purple). (B) Representative fluorescence emission spectra of 601D-linker nucleosomes (12 nM) excited at 510 nM in the presence 130 mM KCl, ATP (250 µM) and 2 mM MgCl2 (Mg2+) with S. cerevisae Rad51 (yRad51) at 0 (black), 200 (green), 500 (orange) and 1000 nM (purple). (C) Representative fluorescence emission spectra of 601 E-linker nucleosomes (12 nM) excited at 510 nM in the presence 25 mM KCl, ATP (250 µM) and 2 mM Mg2+ with E. coli RecA (RecA) at 0 (black), 1 (purple), 2 (blue), 5 (red) and 10 µM (green). (D) Representative fluorescence emission spectra of 601D-linker nucleosomes (12 nM) excited at 510 nM in the presence 25 mM KCl, ATP (250 µM) and 2 mM MgCl2 (Mg2+) with E. coli RecA (RecA) at 0 (black), 1 (purple), 2 (blue), 5 (red) and 10 µM (green). (E) Representative fluorescence emission spectra of 601 E-linker nucleosomes (12 nM) excited at 510 nM in the presence 130 mM KCl, ATP (250 µM) and 2 mM Mg2+ with E. coli RecA (RecA) at 0 (black), 1 (purple), 2 (blue), 5 (red) and 10 µM (green). (F) Representative fluorescence emission spectra of 601D-linker nucleosomes (12 nM) excited at 510 nM in the presence 130 mM KCl, ATP (250 µM) and 2 mM MgCl2 (Mg2+) with E. coli RecA (RecA) at 0 (black), 1 (purple), 2 (blue), 5 (red) and 10 µM (green).