Epigenetics and aging

S Pal, JK Tyler - Science advances, 2016 - science.org
Over the past decade, a growing number of studies have revealed that progressive changes
to epigenetic information accompany aging in both dividing and nondividing cells …

Post-translational modifications of histones that influence nucleosome dynamics

GD Bowman, MG Poirier - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nucleosomes are efficient DNA-packaging units. The fundamental protein unit of the
nucleosome is the histone dimer, a simple α-helical domain possessing a highly basic …

An epigenetic framework for neurodevelopmental disorders: from pathogenesis to potential therapy

MJ Millan - Neuropharmacology, 2013 - Elsevier
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are characterized by aberrant and delayed early-life
development of the brain, leading to deficits in language, cognition, motor behaviour and …

Architecture of the RNA polymerase II-Paf1C-TFIIS transcription elongation complex

Y Xu, C Bernecky, CT Lee, KC Maier, B Schwalb… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The conserved polymerase-associated factor 1 complex (Paf1C) plays multiple roles in
chromatin transcription and genomic regulation. Paf1C comprises the five subunits Paf1 …

Mechanistic insights into histone deposition and nucleosome assembly by the chromatin assembly factor-1

PV Sauer, Y Gu, WH Liu, F Mattiroli… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Eukaryotic chromatin is a highly dynamic structure with essential roles in virtually all DNA-
dependent cellular processes. Nucleosomes are a barrier to DNA access, and during DNA …

CAF-1-induced oligomerization of histones H3/H4 and mutually exclusive interactions with Asf1 guide H3/H4 transitions among histone chaperones and DNA

WH Liu, SC Roemer, AM Port… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Anti-silencing function 1 (Asf1) and Chromatin Assembly Factor 1 (CAF-1)
chaperone histones H3/H4 during the assembly of nucleosomes on newly replicated DNA …

The Cac1 subunit of histone chaperone CAF-1 organizes CAF-1-H3/H4 architecture and tetramerizes histones

WH Liu, SC Roemer, Y Zhou, ZJ Shen, BK Dennehey… - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
The histone chaperone Chromatin Assembly Factor 1 (CAF-1) deposits tetrameric (H3/H4) 2
histones onto newly-synthesized DNA during DNA replication. To understand the …

[HTML][HTML] Glutamylation of Npm2 and Nap1 acidic disordered regions increases DNA charge mimicry to enhance chaperone efficiency

BM Lorton, C Warren, H Ilyas, P Nandigrami, S Hegde… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Histone chaperones–structurally diverse, non-catalytic proteins enriched with acidic
intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs)–protect histones from spurious nucleic acid …

Dynamic intramolecular regulation of the histone chaperone nucleoplasmin controls histone binding and release

C Warren, T Matsui, JM Karp, T Onikubo… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Nucleoplasmin (Npm) is a highly conserved histone chaperone responsible for the maternal
storage and zygotic release of histones H2A/H2B. Npm contains a pentameric N-terminal …

The histone chaperone sNASP binds a conserved peptide motif within the globular core of histone H3 through its TPR repeats

A Bowman, L Lercher, HR Singh, D Zinne… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Eukaryotic chromatin is a complex yet dynamic structure, which is regulated in part by the
assembly and disassembly of nucleosomes. Key to this process is a group of proteins …