Distinct GCN5/PCAF-containing complexes function as co-activators and are involved in transcription factor and global histone acetylation

Z Nagy, L Tora - Oncogene, 2007 - nature.com
Transcription in eukaryotes is a tightly regulated, multistep process. Gene-specific
transcriptional activators, several different co-activators and general transcription factors are …

Transcription-associated histone modifications and cryptic transcription

M Smolle, JL Workman - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2013 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic genomes are packaged into chromatin, a highly organized structure consisting of
DNA and histone proteins. All nuclear processes take place in the context of chromatin …

CBP/p300-mediated acetylation of histone H3 on lysine 56

C Das, MS Lucia, KC Hansen, JK Tyler - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Acetylation within the globular core domain of histone H3 on lysine 56 (H3K56) has recently
been shown to have a critical role in packaging DNA into chromatin following DNA …

Multiple faces of the SAGA complex

E Koutelou, CL Hirsch, SYR Dent - Current opinion in cell biology, 2010 - Elsevier
The SAGA complex provides a paradigm for multisubunit histone modifying complexes.
Although first characterized as a histone acetyltransferase, because of the Gcn5 subunit …

CBP and Gcn5 drive zygotic genome activation independently of their catalytic activity

F Ciabrelli, L Rabbani, F Cardamone, F Zenk… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Zygotic genome activation (ZGA) is a crucial step of embryonic development. So far, little is
known about the role of chromatin factors during this process. Here, we used an in vivo RNA …

Histone modifiers in cancer: friends or foes?

I Cohen, E Poręba, K Kamieniarz… - Genes & …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Covalent modifications of histones can regulate all DNA-dependent processes. In the last
few years, it has become more and more evident that histone modifications are key players …

[HTML][HTML] Human ATAC Is a GCN5/PCAF-containing acetylase complex with a novel NC2-like histone fold module that interacts with the TATA-binding protein

YL Wang, F Faiola, M Xu, S Pan, E Martinez - Journal of Biological …, 2008 - ASBMB
Eukaryotic GCN5 acetyltransferases influence diverse biological processes by acetylating
histones and non-histone proteins and regulating chromatin and gene-specific transcription …

ATAC is a double histone acetyltransferase complex that stimulates nucleosome sliding

T Suganuma, JL Gutiérrez, B Li, L Florens… - Nature structural & …, 2008 - nature.com
The Ada2a-containing (ATAC) complex is an essential Drosophila melanogaster histone
acetyltransferase (HAT) complex that contains the transcriptional cofactors Gcn5 (KAT2) …

The GCN5: its biological functions and therapeutic potentials

ME Haque, M Jakaria, M Akther, DY Cho… - Clinical …, 2021 - portlandpress.com
General control non-depressible 5 (GCN5) or lysine acetyltransferase 2A (KAT2A) is one of
the most highly studied histone acetyltransferases. It acts as both histone acetyltransferase …

Glial sphingosine-mediated epigenetic regulation stabilizes synaptic function in Drosophila models of Alzheimer's disease

P Yin, Y Cai, T Cui, AJ Berg, T Wang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Destabilization of neural activity caused by failures of homeostatic regulation has been
hypothesized to drive the progression of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). However, the …