Role of histone-modifying enzymes and their complexes in regulation of chromatin biology

R DesJarlais, PJ Tummino - Biochemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
structural and functional characteristics of this enzyme subclass. PRMT4, which catalyzes
the asymmetric dimethylation of H3R17 and H3R26, is a transcription co-activator of nuclear …

Reevaluating the roles of histone-modifying enzymes and their associated chromatin modifications in transcriptional regulation

MAJ Morgan, A Shilatifard - Nature genetics, 2020 - nature.com
histone modifications and their associated enzymes. One current viewpoint, based largely
on correlative evidence, posits that histone modifications … ligase with specificity for H2AK119 (…

The structural basis of histone modifying enzyme specificity and promiscuity: implications for metabolic regulation and drug design

TJ Kamerzell, B Mikell, L Chen, H Elias, B Dawn… - … Chemistry and Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
… Herein, we highlight the structural and functional consequences of histone modifying enzymes.
Because of their ubiquitous role in various disease states, we also describe several drug …

Probing chromatin-modifying enzymes with chemical tools

W Fischle, D Schwarzer - ACS Chemical Biology, 2016 - ACS Publications
enzymes and in some cases the modified amino acid. Probe-specificity is commonly mediated
by integration of histone-… In several cases, linkers that mediate specificity for an isoform or …

A short guide to histone deacetylases including recent progress on class II enzymes

SY Park, JS Kim - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2020 - nature.com
… the interaction between histones and DNA. The acetylated histone modification affects the
… Therefore, the improvement of HDAC isoform specificity is likely one of the most pressing …

Histone acetyltransferases: challenges in targeting bi-substrate enzymes

H Wapenaar, FJ Dekker - Clinical epigenetics, 2016 - Springer
… The HAT isoenzymes have various substrate specificities for histone or non-histone proteins…
all four histone subtypes (histone H2A, H2B, H3, and H4), but KAT6A acetylates only histone

Targeting histone methylation for cancer therapy: enzymes, inhibitors, biological activity and perspectives

Y Song, F Wu, J Wu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2016 - Springer
Histone modifying enzymes are therefore potential drug targets for these diseases [3, 4]. Small
molecule inhibitors of histoneHistone H3 and H4 lysine substrate-specificity of HMTs and …

Evaluation of post-translational modifications in histone proteins: A review on histone modification defects in developmental and neurological disorders

S Ramazi, A Allahverdi, J Zahiri - Journal of biosciences, 2020 - Springer
… , proline isomerization, and ubiquitination by specific modifying enzymes. But other … activities
operate on a genome-wide basis with minimal specificity for particular chromosomal regions…

Histone deacetylase 6 structure and molecular basis of catalysis and inhibition

Y Hai, DW Christianson - Nature chemical biology, 2016 - nature.com
specificity for zCD1 was somewhat more relaxed. We describe the structural basis for the strict
substrate specificity … illuminated the structural basis of substrate specificity and catalysis for …

Histone modifications and their role in epigenetics of atopy and allergic diseases

B Alaskhar Alhamwe, R Khalaila, J Wolf… - Allergy, Asthma & …, 2018 - Springer
… between histone modifications and allergic phenotypes. Inhibitors of histone-modifying enzymes
may … H4ac levels at the glucocorticoid response element upstream of the dual specificity