Chromatin replication and epigenetic cell memory

KR Stewart-Morgan, N Petryk, A Groth - Nature cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
Propagation of the chromatin landscape across cell divisions is central to epigenetic cell
memory. Mechanistic analysis of the interplay between DNA replication, the cell cycle, and …

Staying true to yourself: mechanisms of DNA methylation maintenance in mammals

N Petryk, S Bultmann, T Bartke… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation is essential to development and cellular physiology in mammals. Faulty
DNA methylation is frequently observed in human diseases like cancer and neurological …

Parental nucleosome segregation and the inheritance of cellular identity

TM Escobar, A Loyola, D Reinberg - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Gene expression programmes conferring cellular identity are achieved through the
organization of chromatin structures that either facilitate or impede transcription. Among the …

DAXX adds a de novo H3. 3K9me3 deposition pathway to the histone chaperone network

M Carraro, IA Hendriks, CM Hammond… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
A multitude of histone chaperones are required to support histones from their biosynthesis
until DNA deposition. They cooperate through the formation of histone co-chaperone …

Impaired histone inheritance promotes tumor progression

C Tian, J Zhou, X Li, Y Gao, Q Wen, X Kang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Faithful inheritance of parental histones is essential to maintain epigenetic information and
cellular identity during cell division. Parental histones are evenly deposited onto the …

Comprehensive interactome profiling of the human Hsp70 network highlights functional differentiation of J domains

BL Piette, N Alerasool, ZY Lin, J Lacoste, MHY Lam… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Hsp70s comprise a deeply conserved chaperone family that has a central role in
maintaining protein homeostasis. In humans, Hsp70 client specificity is provided by 49 …

Transcription-coupled nucleosome assembly

F Robert, C Jeronimo - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Eukaryotic transcription occurs on chromatin, where RNA polymerase II encounters
nucleosomes during elongation. These nucleosomes must unravel for the DNA to enter the …

PIF7‐mediated epigenetic reprogramming promotes the transcriptional response to shade in Arabidopsis

C Yang, T Zhu, N Zhou, S Huang, Y Zeng… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
For shade‐intolerant plants, changes in light quality through competition from neighbors
trigger shade avoidance syndrome (SAS): a series of morphological and physiological …

Histone tyrosine sulfation by SULT1B1 regulates H4R3me2a and gene transcription

W Yu, R Zhou, N Li, ZC Lei, D Guo, F Peng, Y Li… - Nature chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Tyrosine sulfation is a common posttranslational modification in mammals. To date, it has
been thought to be limited to secreted and transmembrane proteins, but little is known about …

Managing the steady state chromatin landscape by nucleosome dynamics

K Ahmad, S Henikoff… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Gene regulation arises out of dynamic competition between nucleosomes, transcription
factors, and other chromatin proteins for the opportunity to bind genomic DNA. The …