Release of Histone H3K4-reading transcription factors from chromosomes in mitosis is independent of adjacent H3 phosphorylation

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Histone modifications influence the recruitment of reader proteins to chromosomes to regulate events including transcription and cell division. The idea of a histone code, where combinations of modifications specify unique downstream functions, is widely accepted and can be demonstrated in vitro. For example, on synthetic peptides, phosphorylation of Histone H3 at threonine-3 (H3T3ph) prevents the binding of reader proteins that recognize trimethylation of the adjacent lysine-4 (H3K4me3), including the TAF3 component of TFIID. To study these combinatorial effects in cells, we analyzed the genome-wide distribution of H3T3ph and H3K4me2/3 during mitosis. We find that H3T3ph anti-correlates with adjacent H3K4me2/3 in cells, and that the PHD domain of TAF3 can bind H3K4me2/3 in isolated mitotic chromatin despite the presence of H3T3ph. Unlike in vitro, H3K4 readers are still displaced from chromosomes in mitosis in Haspin-depleted cells lacking H3T3ph. H3T3ph is therefore unlikely to be responsible for transcriptional downregulation during cell division.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 14(2023), 1 vom: 09. Nov., Seite 7243

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Harris, Rebecca J [VerfasserIn]
Heer, Maninder [VerfasserIn]
Levasseur, Mark D [VerfasserIn]
Cartwright, Tyrell N [VerfasserIn]
Weston, Bethany [VerfasserIn]
Mitchell, Jennifer L [VerfasserIn]
Coxhead, Jonathan M [VerfasserIn]
Gaughan, Luke [VerfasserIn]
Prendergast, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Rico, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Higgins, Jonathan M G [VerfasserIn]

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Histones
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Date Completed 13.11.2023

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-023-43115-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364372745