Histone acetylation modulation by small molecules: a chemical approach

M von Wantoch Rekowski, A Giannis - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2010 - Elsevier
Histone acetyltransferases (HATs) are enzymes able to acetylate lysine side chains of
histones. They play essential roles in normal cell function as well as in pathogenesis of a …

New perspectives for the regulation of acetyltransferase MOF

X Li, Y Dou - Epigenetics, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
In higher eukaryotes, histone acetyltransferase MOF (male absent on the first) is the major
enzyme that acetylates histone H4 lysine 16, a prevalent mark associated with chromatin …

Acetylation of core histones in response to HDAC inhibitors is diminished in mitotic HeLa cells

JS Patzlaff, E Terrenoire, BM Turner… - Experimental cell …, 2010 - Elsevier
Histone acetylation is a key modification that regulates chromatin accessibility. Here we
show that treatment with butyrate or other histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors does not …

Unambiguous determination of isobaric histone modifications by reversed-phase retention time and high-mass accuracy

L Yang, S Tu, C Ren, EMM Bulloch, CL Liao… - Analytical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Methylation and acetylation of lysines are crucial posttranslational modifications that
regulate gene transcription and have been shown to be misregulated in many forms of …

Lysine acetylation regulates Bruton's tyrosine kinase in B cell activation

Z Liu, A Mai, J Sun - The journal of immunology, 2010 - journals.aai.org
Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) is essential for BCR signal transduction and has diverse
functions in B cells. Although Btk has been extensively studied, the role of lysine acetylation …

Epigenetic regulation of pluripotency

EM Tomazou, A Meissner - Adv Exp Med Biol, 2010 - Springer
Epigenetic regulation refers to the mechanisms that alter gene expression patterns in the
absence of changes in the nucleotide sequence of the DNA molecule. The EHVW …

Biochemical characterization of human Ecdysoneless reveals a role in transcriptional regulation

JH Kim, CB Gurumurthy, H Band, V Band - 2010 - degruyter.com
Ecdysoneless (Ecd) is an evolutionarily conserved protein and its function is essential for
embryonic development in Drosophila and cell growth in yeast. However, its function has …

[HTML][HTML] Chemogenomic profiling of the cellular effects associated with histone H3 acetylation impairment by a quinoline-derived compound

R Ruotolo, F Tosi, S Vernarecci, P Ballario, A Mai… - Genomics, 2010 - Elsevier
We report the results of a chemogenomic profiling aimed to explore the mode of action of a
quinolic analogue of the p300 histone acetyltransferase (HAT) inhibitor anacardic acid …

Modulators (inhibitors/activators) of histone acetyltransferases

TK Kundu, K Balasubramanyam… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
The invention provides the use of certain benzoic acid and benzamide compounds as
modulators of enzymes histone acetyltransferases, which are involved in gene expression …

Epigenetic regulation: Chromatin modeling and small RNAs

V Chinnusamy, JK Zhu - Abiotic Stress Adaptation in Plants: Physiological …, 2010 - Springer
Epigenetic mechanisms, namely histone modifications and DNA methylation induced
changes in the chromatin, give rise to epigenomes, which add diversity and complexity to …