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Nucleosome formation, where DNA is wrapped around histone proteins, is essential for genome stability. This compaction protects DNA from damage and regulates accessibility of genes. Nucleosomes must be disassembled and reassembled during DNA replication and repair. These processes require precise regulation of histone folding, transfer, and deposition by a diverse network of histone chaperones. Chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1) is a conserved histone chaperone that specifically deposits newly synthesized histones during replication-coupled and repair-coupled nucleosome assembly. The sliding clamp proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) serves as a regulatory scaffold during these processes by recruiting CAF-1 and many other proteins to sites of DNA replication and repair. 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