SET for life: biochemical activities and biological functions of SET domain-containing proteins

HM Herz, A Garruss, A Shilatifard - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2013 - cell.com
SET domain-containing proteins belong to a group of enzymes named after a common
domain that utilizes the cofactor S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) to achieve methylation of …

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 …

REST and stress resistance in ageing and Alzheimer's disease

T Lu, L Aron, J Zullo, Y Pan, H Kim, Y Chen, TH Yang… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Human neurons are functional over an entire lifetime, yet the mechanisms that preserve
function and protect against neurodegeneration during ageing are unknown. Here we show …

Long noncoding RNA as modular scaffold of histone modification complexes

MC Tsai, O Manor, Y Wan, N Mosammaparast… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs) regulate chromatin states and epigenetic
inheritance. Here, we show that the lincRNA HOTAIR serves as a scaffold for at least two …

Chemoproteomics profiling of HDAC inhibitors reveals selective targeting of HDAC complexes

M Bantscheff, C Hopf, MM Savitski, A Dittmann… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
The development of selective histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors with anti-cancer and
anti-inflammatory properties remains challenging in large part owing to the difficulty of …

The histone H3 lysine 9 methyltransferases G9a and GLP regulate polycomb repressive complex 2-mediated gene silencing

C Mozzetta, J Pontis, L Fritsch, P Robin, M Portoso… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
G9a/GLP and Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) are two major epigenetic silencing
machineries, which in particular methylate histone H3 on lysines 9 and 27 (H3K9 and …

A subset of the histone H3 lysine 9 methyltransferases Suv39h1, G9a, GLP, and SETDB1 participate in a multimeric complex

L Fritsch, P Robin, JRR Mathieu, M Souidi, H Hinaux… - Molecular cell, 2010 - cell.com
Summary Lysine 9 of histone 3 (H3K9) can be mono-, di-, or trimethylated, inducing distinct
effects on gene expression and chromatin compaction. H3K9 methylation can be mediated …

Relationship among DNA double‐strand break (DSB), DSB repair, and transcription prevents genome instability and cancer

A Ui, N Chiba, A Yasui - Cancer science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
DNA double‐strand break (DSB) is a serious type of DNA damage and is known to trigger
multiple responses within cells. In these responses, novel relationships among DSB, DSB …

MYC interacts with the G9a histone methyltransferase to drive transcriptional repression and tumorigenesis

WB Tu, YJ Shiah, C Lourenco, PJ Mullen, D Dingar… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
MYC is an oncogenic driver that regulates transcriptional activation and repression.
Surprisingly, mechanisms by which MYC promotes malignant transformation remain …

Eset partners with Oct4 to restrict extraembryonic trophoblast lineage potential in embryonic stem cells

P Yuan, J Han, G Guo, YL Orlov, M Huss… - Genes & …, 2009 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The histone H3 Lys 9 (H3K9) methyltransferase Eset is an epigenetic regulator critical for the
development of the inner cell mass (ICM). Although ICM-derived embryonic stem (ES) cells …