The histone H3 family and its deposition pathways

D Ray-Gallet, G Almouzni - Histone Mutations and Cancer, 2021 - Springer
Within the cell nucleus, the organization of the eukaryotic DNA into chromatin uses histones
as components of its building block, the nucleosome. This chromatin organization …

Potential coordination role between O-GlcNAcylation and epigenetics

D Wu, Y Cai, J Jin - Protein & cell, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Dynamic changes of the post-translational O-GlcNAc modification (O-GlcNAcylation) are
controlled by O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) transferase (OGT) and the …

Genome-Wide CRISPR-Cas9 Screen Reveals Selective Vulnerability of ATRX-Mutant Cancers to WEE1 Inhibition

J Liang, H Zhao, BH Diplas, S Liu, J Liu, D Wang, Y Lu… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
The tumor suppressor gene ATRX is frequently mutated in a variety of tumors including
gliomas and liver cancers, which are highly unresponsive to current therapies. Here, we …

Structure of the Hir histone chaperone complex

HJ Kim, MR Szurgot, T van Eeuwen, MD Ricketts… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
The evolutionarily conserved HIRA/Hir histone chaperone complex and ASF1a/Asf1 co-
chaperone cooperate to deposit histone (H3/H4) 2 tetramers on DNA for replication …

HIRA complex presets transcriptional potential through coordinating depositions of the histone variants H3. 3 and H2A. Z on the poised genes in mESCs

Y Yang, L Zhang, C Xiong, J Chen, L Wang… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Histone variants have been implicated in regulating chromatin dynamics and genome
functions. Previously, we have shown that histone variant H3. 3 actively marks enhancers …

Functional activity of the H3. 3 histone chaperone complex HIRA requires trimerization of the HIRA subunit

D Ray-Gallet, MD Ricketts, Y Sato, K Gupta… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The HIRA histone chaperone complex deposits the histone variant H3. 3 onto chromatin in a
DNA synthesis-independent manner. It comprises three identified subunits, HIRA, UBN1 and …

HIRA stabilizes skeletal muscle lineage identity

J Esteves de Lima, R Bou Akar, L Machado, Y Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The epigenetic mechanisms coordinating the maintenance of adult cellular lineages and the
inhibition of alternative cell fates remain poorly understood. Here we show that targeted …

Differential Expression of Histone H3.3 Genes and Their Role in Modulating Temperature Stress Response in Caenorhabditis elegans

K Delaney, J Mailler, JM Wenda, C Gabus… - Genetics, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Histone H3. 3, a major variant of canonical histone H3, is highly conserved and
essential for viability or fertility in most lineages. In Caenorhabditis elegans, H3. 3 is …

[HTML][HTML] The histone variant H3. 3 claims its place in the crowded scene of epigenetics

D Bano, A Piazzesi, P Salomoni, P Nicotera - Aging (Albany NY), 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Histones are evolutionarily conserved DNA-binding proteins. As scaffolding molecules, they
significantly regulate the DNA packaging into the nucleus of all eukaryotic cells. As docking …

Recurrent herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection modulates neuronal aging marks in in vitro and in vivo models

G Napoletani, V Protto, ME Marcocci… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) is a widespread neurotropic virus establishing a life-long
latent infection in neurons with periodic reactivations. Recent studies linked HSV-1 to …