Histone post-translational modifications—cause and consequence of genome function

G Millán-Zambrano, A Burton, AJ Bannister… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Much has been learned since the early 1960s about histone post-translational modifications
(PTMs) and how they affect DNA-templated processes at the molecular level. This …

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 …

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 …

Understanding the function of mammalian sirtuins and protein lysine acylation

M Wang, H Lin - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Protein lysine acetylation is an important posttranslational modification that regulates
numerous biological processes. Targeting lysine acetylation regulatory factors, such as …

Histone acylations and chromatin dynamics: concepts, challenges, and links to metabolism

S Nitsch, L Zorro Shahidian, R Schneider - EMBO reports, 2021 - embopress.org
In eukaryotic cells, DNA is tightly packed with the help of histone proteins into chromatin.
Chromatin architecture can be modified by various post‐translational modifications of …

Protein lysine crotonylation: past, present, perspective

G Jiang, C Li, M Lu, K Lu, H Li - Cell death & disease, 2021 - nature.com
Lysine crotonylation has been discovered in histone and non-histone proteins and found to
be involved in diverse diseases and biological processes, such as neuropsychiatric disease …

Metabolites regulate cell signaling and growth via covalent modification of proteins

G Figlia, P Willnow, AA Teleman - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Metabolites affect cell growth in two different ways. First, they serve as building blocks for
biomass accumulation. Second, metabolites regulate the activity of growth-relevant …

The expanding constellation of histone post-translational modifications in the epigenetic landscape

V Cavalieri - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The emergence of a nucleosome-based chromatin structure accompanied the evolutionary
transition from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. In this scenario, histones became the heart of the …

The regulation and function of histone crotonylation

A Ntorla, JR Burgoyne - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Histone crotonylation is a newly identified epigenetic modification that has a pronounced
ability to regulate gene expression. It belongs to an expanding group of short chain lysine …

Roles of protein post-translational modifications in glucose and lipid metabolism: mechanisms and perspectives

YH Yang, R Wen, N Yang, TN Zhang, CF Liu - Molecular medicine, 2023 - Springer
The metabolism of glucose and lipids is essential for energy production in the body, and
dysregulation of the metabolic pathways of these molecules is implicated in various acute …