[HTML][HTML] The world of protein acetylation

A Drazic, LM Myklebust, R Ree, T Arnesen - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2016 - Elsevier
Acetylation is one of the major post-translational protein modifications in the cell, with
manifold effects on the protein level as well as on the metabolome level. The acetyl group …

Protein acetylation in metabolism—metabolites and cofactors

KJ Menzies, H Zhang, E Katsyuba… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Reversible acetylation was initially described as an epigenetic mechanism regulating DNA
accessibility. Since then, this process has emerged as a controller of histone and nonhistone …

[HTML][HTML] Histone acetyltransferases: challenges in targeting bi-substrate enzymes

H Wapenaar, FJ Dekker - Clinical epigenetics, 2016 - Springer
Histone acetyltransferases (HATs) are epigenetic enzymes that install acetyl groups onto
lysine residues of cellular proteins such as histones, transcription factors, nuclear receptors …

[HTML][HTML] Direct GR binding sites potentiate clusters of TF binding across the human genome

CM Vockley, AM D'Ippolito, IC McDowell, WH Majoros… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) binds the human genome at> 10,000 sites but only
regulates the expression of hundreds of genes. To determine the functional effect of each …

[HTML][HTML] Long noncoding RNA ZEB1-AS1 acts as an oncogene in osteosarcoma by epigenetically activating ZEB1

C Liu, J Lin - American journal of translational research, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been demonstrated to be dysregulated in many
disease states and have pivotal roles in various pathophysiological processes. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] The NuA4 core complex acetylates nucleosomal histone H4 through a double recognition mechanism

P Xu, C Li, Z Chen, S Jiang, S Fan, J Wang, J Dai… - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
NuA4 catalyzes the acetylation of nucleosomes at histone H4, which is a well-established
epigenetic event, controlling many genomic processes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here …

KATching-up on small molecule modulators of lysine acetyltransferases

RP Simon, D Robaa, Z Alhalabi, W Sippl… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The reversible acetylation of lysines is one of the best characterized epigenetic
modifications. Its involvement in many key physiological and pathological processes has …

CBP/p300 acetyltransferase activity in hematologic malignancies

R Dutta, B Tiu, KM Sakamoto - Molecular genetics and metabolism, 2016 - Elsevier
CREB binding protein (CBP) and p300 are critical regulators of hematopoiesis through both
their transcriptional coactivator and acetyltransferase activities. Loss or mutation of …

Characterizing the covalent targets of a small molecule inhibitor of the lysine acetyltransferase P300

JH Shrimp, AW Sorum, JM Garlick… - ACS medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
C646 inhibits the lysine acetyltransferases (KATs) p300 and CBP and represents the most
potent and selective small molecule KAT inhibitor identified to date. To gain insights into the …

Molecular basis for histone acetyltransferase regulation by binding partners, associated domains, and autoacetylation

CE McCullough, R Marmorstein - ACS chemical biology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Acetylation is a post-translational modification (PTM) that regulates chromatin dynamics and
function. Dysregulation of acetylation or acetyltransferase activity has been correlated with …