Emerging roles of linker histones in regulating chromatin structure and function

DV Fyodorov, BR Zhou, AI Skoultchi… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Together with core histones, which make up the nucleosome, the linker histone (H1) is one
of the five main histone protein families present in chromatin in eukaryotic cells. H1 binds to …

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
Post-translational modification (PTM) in histone proteins is a covalent modification which
mainly consists of methylation, phosphorylation, acetylation, ubiquitylation, SUMOylation …

Dissection of mechanisms of Chinese medicinal formula Realgar-Indigo naturalis as an effective treatment for promyelocytic leukemia

L Wang, GB Zhou, P Liu, JH Song… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
To enhance therapeutic efficacy and reduce adverse effects, practitioners of traditional
Chinese medicine (TCM) prescribe a combination of plant species/minerals, called …

Histone H1 and its isoforms: contribution to chromatin structure and function

N Happel, D Doenecke - Gene, 2009 - Elsevier
The lysine-rich H1 histone family in mammals includes eleven different subtypes, and thus it
is the most divergent class of histone proteins. The central globular H1 domain …

Histone H1 post-translational modifications: update and future perspectives

M Andrés, D García-Gomis, I Ponte, P Suau… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Histone H1 is the most variable histone and its role at the epigenetic level is less
characterized than that of core histones. In vertebrates, H1 is a multigene family, which can …

The role of linker histone H1 modifications in the regulation of gene expression and chromatin dynamics

A Izzo, R Schneider - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Linker histone H1 is a structural component of chromatin. It exists as a family of
related proteins known as variants and/or subtypes. H1. 1, H1. 2, H1. 3, H1. 4 and H1. 5 are …

Depletion of human histone H1 variants uncovers specific roles in gene expression and cell growth

M Sancho, E Diani, M Beato, A Jordan - PLoS genetics, 2008 - journals.plos.org
At least six histone H1 variants exist in somatic mammalian cells that bind to the linker DNA
and stabilize the nucleosome particle contributing to higher order chromatin compaction. In …

The dynamic mobility of histone H1 is regulated by cyclin/CDK phosphorylation

A Contreras, TK Hale, DL Stenoien… - … and cellular biology, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
The linker histone H1 is involved in maintaining higher-order chromatin structures and
displays dynamic nuclear mobility, which may be regulated by posttranslational …

Histone H1 phosphorylation occurs site-specifically during interphase and mitosis: identification of a novel phosphorylation site on histone H1

B Sarg, W Helliger, H Talasz, B Förg… - Journal of Biological …, 2006 - ASBMB
H1 histones, isolated from logarithmically growing and mitotically enriched human
lymphoblastic T-cells (CCRF-CEM), were fractionated by reversed phase and hydrophilic …

Characterization of phosphorylation sites on histone H1 isoforms by tandem mass spectrometry

BA Garcia, SA Busby, CM Barber… - Journal of proteome …, 2004 - ACS Publications
Histone H1 isoforms isolated from asynchronously grown HeLa cells were subjected to
enzymatic digestion and analyzed by nano-flow reversed-phase high performance liquid …