Beyond the tail: the consequence of context in histone post-translational modification and chromatin research

EN Weinzapfel, KN Fedder-Semmes… - Biochemical …, 2024 - portlandpress.com
The role of histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) in chromatin structure and
genome function has been the subject of intense debate for more than 60 years. Though …

[HTML][HTML] DoUBLing up: ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteases in genome stability

BM Foster, Z Wang, CK Schmidt - Biochemical Journal, 2024 - portlandpress.com
Maintaining stability of the genome requires dedicated DNA repair and signalling processes
that are essential for the faithful duplication and propagation of chromosomes. These DNA …

Nucleosome conformation dictates the histone code

MR Marunde, HA Fuchs, JM Burg, IK Popova, A Vaidya… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) play a critical role in chromatin regulation. It
has been proposed that these PTMs form localized 'codes' that are read by specialized …

Structural and mechanistic basis for nucleosomal H2AK119 deubiquitination by single-subunit deubiquitinase USP16

H Ai, Z He, Z Deng, GC Chu, Q Shi, Z Tong… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Epigenetic regulators have a crucial effect on gene expression based on their manipulation
of histone modifications. Histone H2AK119 monoubiquitination (H2AK119Ub), a well …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of rare variants in 470,000 exome-sequenced UK Biobank participants implicates novel genes affecting risk of hypertension

D Curtis - Pulse, 2023 - karger.com
Introduction: A previous study of 200,000 exome-sequenced UK Biobank participants to test
for association of rare coding variants with hypertension implicated two genes at exome …

To Ub or not to Ub: The epic dilemma of histones that regulate gene expression and epigenetic cross-talk

A Dasgupta, S Nandi, S Gupta, S Roy, C Das - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2024 - Elsevier
A dynamic array of histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) regulate diverse cellular
processes in the eukaryotic chromatin. Among them, histone ubiquitination is particularly …

Can O-GIcNAc Transferase (OGT) Complex Be Used as a Target for the Treatment of Hematological Malignancies?

S Zhuang, Z Liu, J Wu, Y Yao, Z Li, Y Shen, B Yu… - Pharmaceuticals, 2024 - mdpi.com
The circulatory system is a closed conduit system throughout the body and consists of two
parts as follows: the cardiovascular system and the lymphatic system. Hematological …

Differential Modulation of Polycomb-Associated Histone Marks by cBAF, pBAF, and gBAF Complexes

M Bergwell, JY Park, JG Kirkland - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Chromatin regulators are a group of proteins that can alter the physical properties of
chromatin to make it more or less permissive to transcription by modulating another protein's …

In silico screening identifies SHPRH as a novel nucleosome acidic patch interactor

AM James, EW Schmid, JC Walter, L Farnung - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Nucleosomes are the fundamental unit of eukaryotic chromatin. Diverse factors interact with
nucleosomes to modulate chromatin architecture and facilitate DNA repair, replication …

Generation of site-specific ubiquitinated histones through chemical ligation to probe the specificities of histone deubiquitinases

NO AlAfaleq, YS Choi, BS Atanassov… - … in Epigenetics and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The attachment of mono-ubiquitin to histones as a post-translational modification plays
important roles in regulating chromatin structure and function. Like other epigenetic …