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Acetyl-methyllysine marks chromatin at active transcription start sites
Lu-Culligan W, Connor L, Xie Y, Ekundayo B, Rose B, Machyna M, Pintado-Urbanc A, Zimmer J, Vock I, Bhanu N, King M, Garcia B, Bleichert F, Simon M. Acetyl-methyllysine marks chromatin at active transcription start sites. Nature 2023, 622: 173-179. PMID: 37731000, PMCID: PMC10845139, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06565-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-translational modificationsLysine residuesActive transcription start sitesTranscription start siteRange of speciesChromatin biologyChromatin proteinsLysine methylationActive chromatinProteins BRD2Transcriptional initiationLysine acetylationHistone H4Start siteMammalian tissuesHuman diseasesSame residuesMethylationAcetylationChromatinResiduesProteinBiological signalsHistonesBRD2High-resolution Xist binding maps reveal two-step spreading during X-chromosome inactivation
Simon MD, Pinter SF, Fang R, Sarma K, Rutenberg-Schoenberg M, Bowman SK, Kesner BA, Maier VK, Kingston RE, Lee JT. High-resolution Xist binding maps reveal two-step spreading during X-chromosome inactivation. Nature 2013, 504: 465-469. PMID: 24162848, PMCID: PMC3904790, DOI: 10.1038/nature12719.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
The Site-Specific Installation of Methyl-Lysine Analogs into Recombinant Histones
Simon MD, Chu F, Racki LR, de la Cruz CC, Burlingame AL, Panning B, Narlikar GJ, Shokat KM. The Site-Specific Installation of Methyl-Lysine Analogs into Recombinant Histones. Cell 2007, 128: 1003-1012. PMID: 17350582, PMCID: PMC2932701, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCysteineHistonesLysineMethylationModels, MolecularNucleosomesRecombinant ProteinsXenopus ProteinsConceptsLysine methylationChromatin structureRecombinant histonesContext of chromatinHistone lysine methylationHistone lysine residuesSpecific lysine methylationNucleosome remodelingEffector proteinsPosttranslational modificationsDegree of methylationRecombinant proteinsHistonesLysine residuesMethyl lysineMethylationBiochemical mechanismsSite-specific installationProteinRapid generationNatural counterpartsChromatinPowerful toolAdaptorResidues