Chemical mechanisms of histone lysine and arginine modifications

BC Smith, JM Denu - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene Regulatory …, 2009 - Elsevier
Histone lysine and arginine residues are subject to a wide array of post-translational
modifications including methylation, citrullination, acetylation, ubiquitination, and …

Histone modifying enzymes: structures, mechanisms, and specificities

R Marmorstein, RC Trievel - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2009 - Elsevier
Histone modifying enzymes catalyze the addition or removal of an array of covalent
modifications in histone and non-histone proteins. Within the context of chromatin, these …

CBP/p300-mediated acetylation of histone H3 on lysine 56

C Das, MS Lucia, KC Hansen, JK Tyler - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Acetylation within the globular core domain of histone H3 on lysine 56 (H3K56) has recently
been shown to have a critical role in packaging DNA into chromatin following DNA …

Acetylation of Nrf2 by p300/CBP augments promoter-specific DNA binding of Nrf2 during the antioxidant response

Z Sun, YE Chin, DD Zhang - Molecular and cellular biology, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
To maintain intracellular redox homeostasis, genes encoding many antioxidants and
detoxification enzymes are transcriptionally upregulated upon deleterious oxidative stress …

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate, a histone acetyltransferase inhibitor, inhibits EBV-induced B lymphocyte transformation via suppression of RelA acetylation

KC Choi, MG Jung, YH Lee, JC Yoon, SH Kwon… - Cancer research, 2009 - AACR
Because the p300/CBP-mediated hyperacetylation of RelA (p65) is critical for nuclear factor-
κB (NF-κB) activation, the attenuation of p65 acetylation is a potential molecular target for the …

CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β: its role in breast cancer and associations with receptor tyrosine kinases

CA Zahnow - Expert reviews in molecular medicine, 2009 - cambridge.org
The CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins (C/EBPs) are a family of leucine-zipper transcription
factors that regulate gene expression to control cellular proliferation, differentiation …

Reversible acetylation of chromatin: implication in regulation of gene expression, disease and therapeutics

RB Selvi, TK Kundu - Biotechnology Journal: Healthcare …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The eukaryotic genome is a highly dynamic nucleoprotein complex that is comprised of
DNA, histones, nonhistone proteins and RNA, and is termed as chromatin. The dynamicity of …

Inhibition of lysine acetyltransferase KAT3B/p300 activity by a naturally occurring hydroxynaphthoquinone, plumbagin

KC Ravindra, BR Selvi, M Arif, BAA Reddy… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Lysine acetyltransferases (KATs), p300 (KAT3B), and its close homologue CREB-binding
protein (KAT3A) are probably the most widely studied KATs with well documented roles in …

Proteome-wide prediction of acetylation substrates

A Basu, KL Rose, J Zhang, RC Beavis… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Acetylation is a well-studied posttranslational modification that has been associated with a
broad spectrum of biological processes, notably gene regulation. Many studies have …

Mechanism of p300 specific histone acetyltransferase inhibition by small molecules

M Arif, SK Pradhan, T GR, BM Vedamurthy… - Journal of medicinal …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Dysfunction of histone acetyltransferases (HATs) leads to several diseases including cancer,
diabetes, and asthma. Therefore, small molecule inhibitors and activators of HATs are being …