Writing, erasing and reading histone lysine methylations

K Hyun, J Jeon, K Park, J Kim - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Histone modifications are key epigenetic regulatory features that have important roles in
many cellular events. Lysine methylations mark various sites on the tail and globular …

Understanding the language of Lys36 methylation at histone H3

EJ Wagner, PB Carpenter - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Histone side chains are post-translationally modified at multiple sites, including at Lys36 on
histone H3 (H3K36). Several enzymes from yeast and humans, including the …

Inhibitors of protein methyltransferases and demethylases

HU Kaniskan, ML Martini, J Jin - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Post-translational modifications of histones by protein methyltransferases (PMTs) and
histone demethylases (KDMs) play an important role in the regulation of gene expression …

Exome sequencing identifies somatic mutations of DNA methyltransferase gene DNMT3A in acute monocytic leukemia

XJ Yan, J Xu, ZH Gu, CM Pan, G Lu, Y Shen, JY Shi… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Abnormal epigenetic regulation has been implicated in oncogenesis. We report here the
identification of somatic mutations by exome sequencing in acute monocytic leukemia, the …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin regulation of transcriptional enhancers and cell fate by the Sotos syndrome gene NSD1

Z Sun, Y Lin, MT Islam, R Koche, L Hedehus, D Liu… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Nuclear receptor-binding SET-domain protein 1 (NSD1), a methyltransferase that catalyzes
H3K36me2, is essential for mammalian development and is frequently dysregulated in …

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 …

Biomolecular condensation of NUP98 fusion proteins drives leukemogenic gene expression

S Terlecki-Zaniewicz, T Humer, T Eder… - Nature structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
NUP98 fusion proteins cause leukemia via unknown molecular mechanisms. All NUP98
fusion proteins share an intrinsically disordered region (IDR) in the NUP98 N terminus …

NSD1 mutations generate a genome-wide DNA methylation signature

S Choufani, C Cytrynbaum, BHY Chung… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Sotos syndrome (SS) represents an important human model system for the study of
epigenetic regulation; it is an overgrowth/intellectual disability syndrome caused by …

The role of nuclear receptor–binding SET domain family histone lysine methyltransferases in cancer

RL Bennett, A Swaroop… - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
The nuclear receptor–binding SET Domain (NSD) family of histone H3 lysine 36
methyltransferases is comprised of NSD1, NSD2 (MMSET/WHSC1), and NSD3 (WHSC1L1) …

G9a/GLP histone lysine dimethyltransferase complex activity in the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex is required for gene activation and silencing during memory …

S Gupta-Agarwal, AV Franklin, T DeRamus… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Learning triggers alterations in gene transcription in brain regions such as the hippocampus
and the entorhinal cortex (EC) that are necessary for long-term memory (LTM) formation …