UMMS Affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Publication Date
2020-09-02
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins | Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology | Cell Biology | Genetics and Genomics
Abstract
Transcription in eukaryotes correlates with major chromatin changes, including the replacement of old nucleosomal histones by new histones at the promoters of genes. The role of these histone exchange events in transcription remains unclear. In particular, the causal relationship between histone exchange and activator binding, preinitiation complex (PIC) assembly, and/or subsequent transcription remains unclear. Here, we provide evidence that histone exchange at gene promoters is not simply a consequence of PIC assembly or transcription but instead is mediated by activators. We further show that not all activators up-regulate gene expression by inducing histone turnover. Thus, histone exchange does not simply correlate with transcriptional activity, but instead reflects the mode of action of the activator. Last, we show that histone turnover is not only associated with activator function but also plays a role in transcriptional repression at the histone loci.
Keywords
histone exchange
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DOI of Published Version
10.1126/sciadv.abb0333
Source
Kassem S, Ferrari P, Hughes AL, Soudet J, Rando OJ, Strubin M. Histone exchange is associated with activator function at transcribed promoters and with repression at histone loci. Sci Adv. 2020 Sep 2;6(36):eabb0333. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abb0333. PMID: 32917590; PMCID: PMC7467701. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Science advances
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PubMed ID
32917590
Repository Citation
Kassem S, Ferrari P, Hughes AL, Soudet J, Rando OJ, Strubin M. (2020). Histone exchange is associated with activator function at transcribed promoters and with repression at histone loci. Open Access Articles. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb0333. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/4376
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