The language of chromatin modification in human cancers

S Zhao, CD Allis, GG Wang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
The genetic information of human cells is stored in the context of chromatin, which is
subjected to DNA methylation and various histone modifications. Such a 'language'of …

The evolving metabolic landscape of chromatin biology and epigenetics

Z Dai, V Ramesh, JW Locasale - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Molecular inputs to chromatin via cellular metabolism are modifiers of the epigenome. These
inputs—which include both nutrient availability as a result of diet and growth factor signalling …

Functions and mechanisms of non-histone protein acetylation

T Narita, BT Weinert, C Choudhary - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2019 - nature.com
N ε-lysine acetylation was discovered more than half a century ago as a post-translational
modification of histones and has been extensively studied in the context of transcription …

Metabolic regulation of gene expression through histone acylations

BR Sabari, D Zhang, CD Allis, Y Zhao - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2017 - nature.com
Eight types of short-chain Lys acylations have recently been identified on histones:
propionylation, butyrylation, 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation, succinylation, malonylation …

Functions of bromodomain-containing proteins and their roles in homeostasis and cancer

T Fujisawa, P Filippakopoulos - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
Bromodomains (BRDs) are evolutionarily conserved protein–protein interaction modules
that are found in a wide range of proteins with diverse catalytic and scaffolding functions and …

Microbiota derived short chain fatty acids promote histone crotonylation in the colon through histone deacetylases

R Fellows, J Denizot, C Stellato, A Cuomo… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The recently discovered histone post-translational modification crotonylation connects
cellular metabolism to gene regulation. Its regulation and tissue-specific functions are poorly …

Post‐translational modifications of histones: Mechanisms, biological functions, and therapeutic targets

R Liu, J Wu, H Guo, W Yao, S Li, Y Lu, Y Jia… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Histones are DNA‐binding basic proteins found in chromosomes. After the histone
translation, its amino tail undergoes various modifications, such as methylation, acetylation …

Inhibition of ACSS2-mediated H3K9 crotonylation alleviates kidney fibrosis via IL-1β-dependent macrophage activation and tubular cell senescence

L Li, T Xiang, Y Wu, H Feng, J Liu, S Tao, F Guo, P Fu… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Histone lysine crotonylation (Kcr), a novel posttranslational modification, is widespread as
acetylation (Kac); however, its roles are largely unknown. In this study, we report that histone …

[HTML][HTML] Compartmentalised acyl-CoA metabolism and roles in chromatin regulation

S Trefely, CD Lovell, NW Snyder, KE Wellen - Molecular metabolism, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Many metabolites serve as important signalling molecules to adjust cellular
activities and functions based on nutrient availability. Links between acetyl-CoA metabolism …

Acetylation & Co: an expanding repertoire of histone acylations regulates chromatin and transcription

CE Barnes, DM English, SM Cowley - Essays in biochemistry, 2019 - portlandpress.com
Packaging the long and fragile genomes of eukaryotic species into nucleosomes is all well
and good, but how do cells gain access to the DNA again after it has been bundled away …