KAT6B is required for histone 3 lysine 9 acetylation and SOX gene expression in the developing brain

MI Bergamasco, W Abeysekera… - Life Science …, 2025 - life-science-alliance.org
Heterozygous mutations in the histone lysine acetyltransferase gene KAT6B
(MYST4/MORF/QKF) underlie neurodevelopmental disorders, but the mechanistic roles of …

KAT8 beyond Acetylation: A Survey of Its Epigenetic Regulation, Genetic Variability, and Implications for Human Health

L Yoo, D Mendoza, AJ Richard, JM Stephens - Genes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Lysine acetyltransferase 8, also known as KAT8, is an enzyme involved in epigenetic
regulation, primarily recognized for its ability to modulate histone acetylation. This review …

Kat6b modulates Oct4 and Nanog binding to chromatin in embryonic stem cells and is required for efficient neural differentiation

MS Cosentino, C Oses, CV Echegaray, C Solari… - Journal of molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Chromatin remodeling is fundamental for the dynamical changes in transcriptional programs
that occur during development and stem cell differentiation. The histone acetyltransferase …

[HTML][HTML] Stem cell plasticity, acetylation of H3K14, and de novo gene activation rely on KAT7

AJ Kueh, MI Bergamasco, A Quaglieri, B Phipson… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
In the conventional model of transcriptional activation, transcription factors bind to response
elements and recruit co-factors, including histone acetyltransferases. Contrary to this model …

Lysine acetyltransferase 8 is involved in cerebral development and syndromic intellectual disability

L Li, M Ghorbani, M Weisz-Hubshman… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Epigenetic integrity is critical for many eukaryotic cellular processes. An important question
is how different epigenetic regulators control development and influence disease. Lysine …

KAT3-dependent acetylation of cell type-specific genes maintains neuronal identity in the adult mouse brain

M Lipinski, R Muñoz-Viana, B Del Blanco… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The lysine acetyltransferases type 3 (KAT3) family members CBP and p300 are important
transcriptional co-activators, but their specific functions in adult post-mitotic neurons remain …

Neurodevelopmental functions and activities of the KAT3 class of lysine acetyltransferases

AK Shahib, M Rastegar, AJ van Wijnen… - Biochemistry and Cell …, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
The human lysine acetyltransferases KAT3A (CREBBP) and KAT3B (EP300) are essential
enzymes in gene regulation in the nucleus. Their ubiquitous expression in metazoan cell …

TIP55, a splice isoform of the KAT5 acetyltransferase, is essential for developmental gene regulation and organogenesis

D Acharya, B Nera, ZJ Milstone, L Bourke, Y Yoon… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Regulation of chromatin structure is critical for cell type-specific gene expression. Many
chromatin regulatory complexes exist in several different forms, due to alternative splicing …

Overexpression of KAT8 induces a failure in early embryonic development in mice

X Wu, S Wang, Y Guo, S Zeng - Theriogenology, 2024 - Elsevier
Embryo quality is strongly associated with subsequent embryonic developmental efficiency.
However, the detailed function of lysine acetyltransferase 8 (KAT8) during early embryonic …

The histone acetyltransferase KAT6A is recruited to unmethylated CpG islands via a DNA binding winged helix domain

LM Weber, Y Jia, B Stielow… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The lysine acetyltransferase KAT6A (MOZ, MYST3) belongs to the MYST family of chromatin
regulators, facilitating histone acetylation. Dysregulation of KAT6A has been implicated in …