[HTML][HTML] Role of H3K4 monomethylation in gene regulation

Z Wang, B Ren - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•H3K4 monomethylation (H3K4me1) is a conserved histone mark.•H3K4me1 is
implicated in various regulatory stages of gene regulation.•Data supporting and opposing a …

KMT2 family of H3K4 methyltransferases: enzymatic activity-dependent and-independent functions

HT Van, G Xie, P Dong, Z Liu, K Ge - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2 (KMT2) methyltransferases play critical roles
in gene regulation, cell differentiation, animal development, and human diseases. KMT2 …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin regulation of transcriptional enhancers and cell fate by the Sotos syndrome gene NSD1

Z Sun, Y Lin, MT Islam, R Koche, L Hedehus, D Liu… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Nuclear receptor-binding SET-domain protein 1 (NSD1), a methyltransferase that catalyzes
H3K36me2, is essential for mammalian development and is frequently dysregulated in …

H3K4me1 facilitates promoter-enhancer interactions and gene activation during embryonic stem cell differentiation

N Kubo, PB Chen, R Hu, Z Ye, H Sasaki, B Ren - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Histone H3 lysine 4 mono-methylation (H3K4me1) marks poised or active enhancers.
KMT2C (MLL3) and KMT2D (MLL4) catalyze H3K4me1, but their histone methyltransferase …

Activation, decommissioning, and dememorization: enhancers in a life cycle

X Wu, X Wu, W Xie - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Spatiotemporal regulation of cell type-specific gene expression is essential to convert a
zygote into a complex organism that contains hundreds of distinct cell types. A class of cis …

Origin, fate and function of extraembryonic tissues during mammalian development

S Thowfeequ, CW Hanna, S Srinivas - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Extraembryonic tissues have pivotal roles in morphogenesis and patterning of the early
mammalian embryo. Developmental programmes mediated through signalling pathways …

ASXLs binding to the PHD2/3 fingers of MLL4 provides a mechanism for the recruitment of BAP1 to active enhancers

Y Zhang, G Xie, JE Lee, M Zandian… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The human methyltransferase and transcriptional coactivator MLL4 and its paralog MLL3
are frequently mutated in cancer. MLL4 and MLL3 monomethylate histone H3K4 and …

Functional Roles of H3K4 Methylation in Transcriptional Regulation

H Yu, BJ Lesch - Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Histone 3 lysine 4 methylation (H3K4me) is a highly evolutionary conserved
chromatin modification associated with active transcription, and its three methylation states …

Regulation of T helper cell differentiation by the interplay between histone modification and chromatin interaction

S Liu, Y Cao, K Cui, G Ren, T Zhao, X Wang, D Wei… - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
The development and function of the immune system are controlled by temporospatial gene
expression programs, which are regulated by cis-regulatory elements, chromatin structure …

Nuclear control of vascular smooth muscle cell plasticity during vascular remodeling

IA Ahmed, M Liu, D Gomez - The American Journal of Pathology, 2024 - Elsevier
Control of vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) gene expression is an essential process for
establishing and maintaining lineage identity, contractility, and plasticity. Most mechanisms …