Interpreting the language of histone and DNA modifications

SB Rothbart, BD Strahl - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2014 - Elsevier
A major mechanism regulating the accessibility and function of eukaryotic genomes are the
covalent modifications to DNA and histone proteins that dependably package our genetic …

Protein lysine acetylation by p300/CBP

BM Dancy, PA Cole - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Since their discovery in the 1980s and 1990s, the human protein lysine acetyltransferase
encoded by the paralogous p300 and CBP genes has received much interest. p300/CBP …

A long noncoding RNA protects the heart from pathological hypertrophy

P Han, W Li, CH Lin, J Yang, C Shang, ST Nurnberg… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The role of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) in adult hearts is unknown; also unclear is how
lncRNA modulates nucleosome remodelling. An estimated 70% of mouse genes undergo …

Protein arginine methyltransferases and cancer

Y Yang, MT Bedford - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
There are nine protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) encoded in mammalian
genomes, the protein products of which catalyse three types of arginine methylation …

The PRMT5 arginine methyltransferase: many roles in development, cancer and beyond

N Stopa, JE Krebs, D Shechter - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2015 - Springer
Post-translational arginine methylation is responsible for regulation of many biological
processes. The protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5, also known as Hsl7, Jbp1 …

[HTML][HTML] Histone tail conformations: a fuzzy affair with DNA

M Ghoneim, HA Fuchs, CA Musselman - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2021 - cell.com
The core histone tails are critical in chromatin structure and signaling. Studies over the past
several decades have provided a wealth of information on the histone tails and their …

Biochemistry and regulation of the protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs)

Y Morales, T Cáceres, K May, JM Hevel - Archives of biochemistry and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Many key cellular processes can be regulated by the seemingly simple addition of one, or
two, methyl groups to arginine residues by the nine known mammalian protein arginine …

Readers of histone methylarginine marks

S Gayatri, MT Bedford - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2014 - Elsevier
Arginine methylation is a common posttranslational modification (PTM) that alters roughly
0.5% of all arginine residues in the cells. There are three types of arginine methylation …

Mammalian protein arginine methyltransferase 7 (PRMT7) specifically targets RXR sites in lysine-and arginine-rich regions

Y Feng, R Maity, JP Whitelegge, A Hadjikyriacou… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
The mammalian protein arginine methyltransferase 7 (PRMT7) has been implicated in roles
of transcriptional regulation, DNA damage repair, RNA splicing, cell differentiation, and …

Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 is a potential oncoprotein that upregulates G 1 cyclins/cyclin‐dependent kinases and the phosphoinositide 3‐kinase/AKT …

TYW Wei, CC Juan, JY Hisa, LJ Su, YCG Lee… - Cancer …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing evidence suggests that PRMT 5, a protein arginine methyltransferase, is involved
in tumorigenesis. However, no systematic research has demonstrated the cell‐transforming …