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Endo Y, Takemori N, Nagy SK, Okimune KI, Kamakaka R, Onouchi H, Takasuka TE. De novo reconstitution of chromatin using wheat germ cell-free protein synthesis. FEBS Open Bio 2021; 11:1552-1564. [PMID: 33960726 PMCID: PMC8167859 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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DNA is packaged with histones to form chromatin that impinges on all nuclear processes, including transcription, replication and repair, in the eukaryotic nucleus. A complete understanding of these molecular processes requires analysis of chromatin context in vitro. Here, Drosophila four core histones were produced in a native and unmodified form using wheat germ cell‐free protein synthesis. In the assembly reaction, four unpurified core histones and three chromatin assembly factors (dNAP‐1, dAcf1 and dISWI) were incubated with template DNA. We then assessed stoichiometry with the histones, nucleosome arrays, supercoiling and the ability of the chromatin to serve as a substrate for histone‐modifying enzymes. Overall, our method provides a new avenue to produce chromatin that can be useful in a wide range of chromatin research.
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- Yaeta Endo
- Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Division of Proteomics Research Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Toon, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.,Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Global Institute for Collaborative Research and Education, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Culbertson SJ, Shogren-Knaak MA. Mechanisms of stimulation of SAGA-mediated nucleosome acetylation by a transcriptional activator. Biochem Biophys Rep 2021; 25:100884. [PMID: 33437882 PMCID: PMC7786029 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2020.100884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic gene expression requires the coordination of multiple factors to overcome the repressive nature of chromatin. However, the mechanistic details of this coordination are not well understood. The SAGA family of transcriptional coactivators interacts with DNA-binding activators to establish regions of hyperacetylation. We have previously shown that, contrary to the prevailing model in which activator protein increases SAGA affinity for nucleosome substrate, the Gal4-VP16 activator model system augments the rate of acetylation turnover for the SAGA complex from budding yeast. To better understand how this stimulation occurs, we have identified necessary components using both kinetics assays and binding interactions studies. We find that Gal4-VP16-mediated stimulation requires activator binding to DNA flanking the nucleosome, as it cannot be reproduced in trans by activator protein alone or by exogenous DNA containing the activator binding site in combination with the activator protein. Further, activator-mediated stimulation requires subunits outside of the histone acetylation (HAT) module, with the Tra1 subunit being responsible for the majority of the stimulation. Interestingly, for the HAT module alone, nucleosome acetylation is inhibited by activator proteins due to non-specific binding of the activator to the nucleosomes. This inhibition is not observed for the yeast ADA complex, a small complex comprised mostly of the HAT module, suggesting that subunits outside of the HAT module in both it and SAGA can overcome non-specific activator binding to nucleosomes. However, this activity appears distinct from activator-mediated stimulation, as ADA complex acetylation is not stimulated by Gal4-VP16. Stimulation of nucleosome acetylation by SAGA requires activator in cis Tra1 mediates the majority of activator stimulation The core HAT complex of SAGA is inhibited by activator due to non-specific binding The related ADA complex is neither stimulated nor inhibited by activator
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- Sannie J Culbertson
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, United States
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, United States
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Soffers JHM, Li X, Saraf A, Seidel CW, Florens L, Washburn MP, Abmayr SM, Workman JL. Characterization of a metazoan ADA acetyltransferase complex. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:3383-3394. [PMID: 30715476 PMCID: PMC6468242 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Revised: 12/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The Gcn5 acetyltransferase functions in multiple acetyltransferase complexes in yeast and metazoans. Yeast Gcn5 is part of the large SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5 acetyltransferase) complex and a smaller ADA acetyltransferase complex. In flies and mammals, Gcn5 (and its homolog pCAF) is part of various versions of the SAGA complex and another large acetyltransferase complex, ATAC (Ada2A containing acetyltransferase complex). However, a complex analogous to the small ADA complex in yeast has never been described in metazoans. Previous studies in Drosophila hinted at the existence of a small complex which contains Ada2b, a partner of Gcn5 in the SAGA complex. Here we have purified and characterized the composition of this complex and show that it is composed of Gcn5, Ada2b, Ada3 and Sgf29. Hence, we have named it the metazoan 'ADA complex'. We demonstrate that the fly ADA complex has histone acetylation activity on histones and nucleosome substrates. Moreover, ChIP-Sequencing experiments identified Ada2b peaks that overlap with another SAGA subunit, Spt3, as well as Ada2b peaks that do not overlap with Spt3 suggesting that the ADA complex binds chromosomal sites independent of the larger SAGA complex.
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.,Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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Pérez-Martínez ME, Benet M, Alepuz P, Tordera V. Nut1/Hos1 and Sas2/Rpd3 control the H3 acetylation of two different sets of osmotic stress-induced genes. Epigenetics 2019; 15:251-271. [PMID: 31512982 DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2019.1664229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Epigenetic information is able to interact with the cellular environment and could be especially useful for reprograming gene expression in response to a physiological perturbation. In fact the genes induced or repressed by osmotic stress undergo significant changes in terms of the levels of various histone modifications, especially in the acetylation levels of histone H3. Exposing yeast to high osmolarity results in the activation of stress-activated protein kinase Hog1, which plays a central role in gene expression control. We evaluated the connection between the presence of Hog1 and changes in histone H3 acetylation in stress-regulated genes. We found a parallel increase in the acetylation of lysines 9 and 14 of H3 in induced genes during stress, which was largely dependent on Hog1 at the genome-wide level. Conversely, we observed that acetylation decreased in repressed genes and was not dependent on Hog1. However, lack of Hog1 sometimes produced different, and even opposite, effects on the induction and acetylation of H3 of each gene. We also found that the acetylation state of lysine 9 of H3 was altered in the strains deficient in Nut1 HAT and Hos1 HDAC in the genes up-regulated during osmotic stress in an Msn2/Msn4-independent manner, while lysine 9 acetylation of H3 varied in the strains deficient in Sas2 HAT and Rpd3 HDAC for the Msn2/Msn4-dependent induced genes. The results presented here show new, unexpected participants in gene regulation processes in response to environmental perturbations.
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- María E Pérez-Martínez
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular and ERI Biotecmed, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular and ERI Biotecmed, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular and ERI Biotecmed, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular and ERI Biotecmed, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
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Kassem S, Villanyi Z, Collart MA. Not5-dependent co-translational assembly of Ada2 and Spt20 is essential for functional integrity of SAGA. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:1186-1199. [PMID: 28180299 PMCID: PMC5388395 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw1059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2016] [Revised: 10/04/2016] [Accepted: 10/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Acetylation of histones regulates gene expression in eukaryotes. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae it depends mainly upon the ADA and SAGA histone acetyltransferase complexes for which Gcn5 is the catalytic subunit. Previous screens have determined that global acetylation is reduced in cells lacking subunits of the Ccr4–Not complex, a global regulator of eukaryotic gene expression. In this study we have characterized the functional connection between the Ccr4–Not complex and SAGA. We show that SAGA mRNAs encoding a core set of SAGA subunits are tethered together for co-translational assembly of the encoded proteins. Ccr4–Not subunits bind SAGA mRNAs and promote the co-translational assembly of these subunits. This is needed for integrity of SAGA. In addition, we determine that a glycolytic enzyme, the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase Tdh3, a prototypical moonlighting protein, is tethered at this site of Ccr4–Not-dependent co-translational SAGA assembly and functions as a chaperone.
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- Sari Kassem
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Genomics Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Genomics Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Genomics Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Pelletier N, Grégoire S, Yang XJ. Assays for Acetylation and Other Acylations of Lysine Residues. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 87:14.11.1-14.11.18. [PMID: 28150880 DOI: 10.1002/cpps.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Lysine acetylation refers to addition of an acetyl moiety to the epsilon-amino group of a lysine residue and is important for regulating protein functions in various organisms from bacteria to humans. This is a reversible and precisely controlled covalent modification that either serves as an on/off switch or participates in a codified manner with other post-translational modifications to regulate different cellular and developmental processes in normal and pathological states. This unit describes methods for in vitro and in vivo determination of lysine acetylation. Such methods can be easily extended for analysis of other acylations (such as propionylation, butyrylation, crotonylation, and succinylation) that are also present in histones and many other proteins. © 2017 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- Nadine Pelletier
- Goodman Cancer Research Center and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Research Center and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Research Center and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Hizume K, Araki S, Hata K, Prieto E, Kundu TK, Yoshikawa K, Takeyasu K. Nano-scale analyses of the chromatin decompaction induced by histone acetylation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 73:149-63. [PMID: 22572182 DOI: 10.1679/aohc.73.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The acetylation of histone tails is a key factor in the maintenance of chromatin dynamics and cellular homeostasis. The hallmark of active chromatin is the hyper-acetylation of histones, which appears to result in a more open chromatin structure. Although short nucleosomal arrays have been studied, the structural dynamics of relatively long acetylated chromatin remain unclear. We have analyzed in detail the structure of long hyper-acetylated chromatin fibers using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Hyper-acetylated chromatin fibers isolated from nuclei that had been treated with Trichostatin A (TSA), an inhibitor of histone deacetylase, were found to be thinner than those from untreated nuclei. The acetylated chromatin fibers were more easily spread out of nuclei by high-salt treatment, implying that hyper-acetylation facilitates the release of chromatin fibers from compact heterochromatin regions. Chromatin fibers reconstituted in vitro from core histones and linker histone H1 became thinner upon acetylation. AFM imaging indicated that the gyration radius of the nucleosomal fiber increased after acetylation and that the hyper-acetylated nucleosomes did not aggregate at high salt concentrations, in contrast to the behavior of non-acetylated nucleosomal arrays, suggesting that acetylation increases long-range repulsions between nucleosomes. Based on these data, we considered a simple coarse grained model, which underlines the effect of remaining electric charges inside the chromatin fiber.
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- Kohji Hizume
- Laboratory of Plasma Membrane and Nuclear Signaling, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University. Kyoto, Japan.
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Arnold KM, Lee S, Denu JM. Processing mechanism and substrate selectivity of the core NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complex. Biochemistry 2011; 50:727-37. [PMID: 21182309 DOI: 10.1021/bi101355a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Esa1, an essential MYST histone acetyltransferase found in the yeast piccolo NuA4 complex (picNuA4), is responsible for genome-wide histone H4 and histone H2A acetylation. picNuA4 uniquely catalyzes the rapid tetra-acetylation of nucleosomal H4, though the molecular determinants driving picNuA4 efficiency and specificity have not been defined. Here, we show through rapid substrate trapping experiments that picNuA4 utilizes a nonprocessive mechanism in which picNuA4 dissociates from the substrate after each acetylation event. Quantitative mass spectral analyses indicate that picNuA4 randomly acetylates free and nucleosomal H4, with a small preference for lysines 5, 8, and 12 over lysine 16. Using a series of 24 histone mutants of H4 and H2A, we investigated the parameters affecting catalytic efficiency. Most strikingly, removal of lysine residues did not substantially affect the ability of picNuA4 to acetylate remaining sites, and insertion of an additional lysine into the H4 tail led to rapid quintuple acetylation. Conversion of the native H2A tail to an H4-like sequence resulted in enhanced multisite acetylation. Collectively, the results suggest picNuA4's site selectivity is dictated by accessibility on the nucleosome surface, the relative proximity from the histone fold domain, and a preference for intervening glycine residues with a minimal (n + 2) spacing between lysines. Functionally distinct from other HAT families, the proposed model for picNuA4 represents a unique mechanism of substrate recognition and multisite acetylation.
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- Kevin M Arnold
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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The budding yeast Gcn5p is a prototypic histone acetyltransferase controlling transcription of diverse genes. Here we show that Gcn5p is itself regulated by Snf1p and Spt3p. Snf1p likely controls Gcn5p via direct interaction. Mutating four residues in the Gcn5p catalytic domain, T203, S204, T211, and Y212 (TSTY), phenocopies snf1 null cells, including Gcn5p hypophosphorylation, hypoacetylation at the HIS3 promoter, and transcriptional defects of the HIS3 gene. However, overexpressing Snf1p suppresses the above phenotypes associated with the phosphodeficient TSTY mutant, suggesting that it is the interaction with Snf1p important for Gcn5p to activate HIS3. A likely mechanism by which Snf1p potentiates Gcn5p function is to antagonize Spt3p, because the HIS3 expression defects caused by snf1 knockout, or by the TSTY gcn5 mutations, can be suppressed by deleting SPT3. In vitro, Spt3p binds Gcn5p, but the interaction is drastically enhanced by the TSTY mutations, indicating that a stabilized Spt3p-Gcn5p interaction may be an underlying cause for the aforementioned HIS3 transcriptional defects. These results suggest that Gcn5p is a target regulated by the competing actions of Snf1p and Spt3p.
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Friis RMN, Wu BP, Reinke SN, Hockman DJ, Sykes BD, Schultz MC. A glycolytic burst drives glucose induction of global histone acetylation by picNuA4 and SAGA. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:3969-80. [PMID: 19406923 PMCID: PMC2709565 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Little is known about what enzyme complexes or mechanisms control global lysine acetylation in the amino-terminal tails of the histones. Here, we show that glucose induces overall acetylation of H3 K9, 18, 27 and H4 K5, 8, 12 in quiescent yeast cells mainly by stimulating two KATs, Gcn5 and Esa1. Genetic and pharmacological perturbation of carbon metabolism, combined with 1H-NMR metabolic profiling, revealed that glucose induction of KAT activity directly depends on increased glucose catabolism. Glucose-inducible Esa1 and Gcn5 activities predominantly reside in the picNuA4 and SAGA complexes, respectively, and act on chromatin by an untargeted mechanism. We conclude that direct metabolic regulation of globally acting KATs can be a potent driving force for reconfiguration of overall histone acetylation in response to a physiological cue.
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- R Magnus N Friis
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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An easy assay for histone acetyltransferase activity using a PhosphorImager. Anal Biochem 2008; 383:296-300. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2008] [Revised: 08/18/2008] [Accepted: 08/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Pelletier N, Grégoire S, Yang XJ. Analysis of protein lysine acetylation in vitro and in vivo. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN PROTEIN SCIENCE 2008; Chapter 14:14.11.1-14.11.17. [PMID: 19016432 DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps1411s54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Protein lysine acetylation, referring to acetylation of the epsilon-amino group of a lysine residue, has recently emerged as an important post-translational modification for regulating protein functions in various organisms. Like phosphorylation, lysine acetylation is a rapidly reversible and precisely controlled covalent modification that serves as a simple on/off switch or participates in a codified manner with other post-translational modifications to regulate protein functions in different cellular and developmental processes. This unit describes and discusses methods used for in vitro and in vivo determination of lysine acetylation.
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- Nadine Pelletier
- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Rosaleny LE, Ruiz-García AB, García-Martínez J, Pérez-Ortín JE, Tordera V. The Sas3p and Gcn5p histone acetyltransferases are recruited to similar genes. Genome Biol 2008; 8:R119. [PMID: 17584493 PMCID: PMC2394765 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-6-r119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2006] [Revised: 03/20/2007] [Accepted: 06/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Specific histone modifications can perform several cellular functions, for example, as signals to recruit trans-acting factors and as modulators of chromatin structure. Acetylation of Lys14 of histone H3 is the main target of many histone acetyltransferases in vitro and may play a central role in the stability of the nucleosome. This study is focused on the genome-wide binding of Saccharomyces cerevisiae histone acetyltransferases that are specific for Lys14 of histone H3. RESULTS We have used a variation of the genome-wide location analysis method, based on a macroarray platform, to identify binding sites of yeast histone acetyltransferase catalytic subunits and to correlate their positions with acetylation of Lys14 of histone H3. Our results revealed that the histone acetyltransferases Sas3p and Gcn5p are recruited to a pool of intensely transcribed genes and that there is considerable overlap between the two cohorts of Sas3p and Gcn5p bound gene pools. We also demonstrate a positive correlation between binding sites of both proteins and the acetylation state of Lys14 of histone H3. Finally, a positive correlation between the decrease of H3 Lys14 acetylation in a GCN5 deleted strain and the Gcn5p genome occupancy is shown. CONCLUSION Our data support a model in which both Gcn5p and Sas3p act as general activators of an overlapping pool of intensely transcribed genes. Since both proteins preferentially acetylate Lys14 of histone H3, our data support the hypothesis that acetylation of this specific residue facilitates the action of the transcriptional apparatus.
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- Lorena E Rosaleny
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de València, València. Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de València, València. Spain
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- Laboratori de Chips de DNA del Servei Central de Suport a la Investigació Experimental, Universitat de València, València
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de València, València. Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de València, València. Spain
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Yu C, Palumbo MJ, Lawrence CE, Morse RH. Contribution of the histone H3 and H4 amino termini to Gcn4p- and Gcn5p-mediated transcription in yeast. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:9755-64. [PMID: 16461773 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513178200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Histone amino termini are post-translationally modified by both transcriptional coactivators and corepressors, but the extent to which the relevant histone modifications contribute to gene expression, and the mechanisms by which they do so, are incompletely understood. To address this issue, we have examined the contributions of the histone H3 and H4 amino termini, and of the coactivator and histone acetyltransferase Gcn5p, to activation of a small group of Gcn4p-activated genes. The histone H3 tail exerts a modest (about 2-fold) but significant effect on activation that correlates with a requirement for Gcn5p and is distributed over multiple lysine residues. The H4 tail also plays a positive role in activation of some of those genes tested, but this does not correlate as closely with Gcn5p coactivation. Microarray experiments did not reveal a close correspondence between those genes activated by Gcn4p and genes requiring the H3 or H4 tail, and analysis of published microarray data indicates that Gcn4p-regulated genes are not in general strongly dependent on Gcn5p. However, a large fraction of genes activated by Gcn4p were found to be repressed by the H3 and H4 amino termini under non-inducing conditions, indicating that one role for Gcn4p is to overcome repression mediated by the histone tails.
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- Cailin Yu
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, New York 12201-2002, USA
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Görisch SM, Wachsmuth M, Tóth KF, Lichter P, Rippe K. Histone acetylation increases chromatin accessibility. J Cell Sci 2005; 118:5825-34. [PMID: 16317046 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In eukaryotes, the interaction of DNA with proteins and supramolecular complexes involved in gene expression is controlled by the dynamic organization of chromatin inasmuch as it defines the DNA accessibility. Here, the nuclear distribution of microinjected fluorescein-labeled dextrans of 42 kDa to 2.5 MDa molecular mass was used to characterize the chromatin accessibility in dependence on histone acetylation. Measurements of the fluorescein-dextran sizes were combined with an image correlation spectroscopy analysis, and three different interphase chromatin condensation states with apparent pore sizes of 16-20 nm, 36-56 nm and 60-100 nm were identified. A reversible change of the chromatin conformation to a uniform 60-100 nm pore size distribution was observed upon increased histone acetylation. This result identifies histone acetylation as a central factor in the dynamic regulation of chromatin accessibility during interphase. In mitotic chromosomes, the chromatin exclusion limit was 10-20 nm and independent of the histone acetylation state.
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- Sabine M Görisch
- Division of Molecular Genetics, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Fry CJ, Shogren-Knaak MA, Peterson CL. Histone H3 amino-terminal tail phosphorylation and acetylation: synergistic or independent transcriptional regulatory marks? COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2005; 69:219-26. [PMID: 16117652 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2004.69.219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- C J Fry
- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
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McManus KJ, Hendzel MJ. Using quantitative imaging microscopy to define the target substrate specificities of histone post-translational-modifying enzymes. Methods 2005; 36:351-61. [PMID: 16095916 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2005.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/30/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Until recently, identifying the specificities of enzymes that post-translationally modify core histones was performed in vitro using synthetic peptides, purified mononucleosomes or short nucleosome arrays. Unfortunately, the variable results obtained for identical enzymes are often dependent on the in vitro conditions employed. These results are consistent with the conclusion that the manner in which histone tails are presented to the modifying enzymes dramatically affects specificity. Because traditional in vitro biochemical approaches do not accurately recapitulate higher-order chromatin structure or consider the influences that additional chromatin binding proteins may have on determining the specificity of modifying enzymes, the development of new and innovative approaches is warranted. Here, we describe a novel in situ microscopy approach that accurately assesses enzyme substrate specificities through single cell measurements performed under physiologically relevant conditions. This approach couples the spatial resolving power of microscopy with robust statistical analyses to determine the substrate specificities of transiently expressed enzymes using histone modification- and residue-specific antibodies. This methodology can also be applied to measuring changes in the abundance of histone modifications as cells traverse the cell cycle.
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- Kirk J McManus
- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alta., Canada T6G 1Z2
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Tóth KF, Knoch TA, Wachsmuth M, Frank-Stöhr M, Stöhr M, Bacher CP, Müller G, Rippe K. Trichostatin A-induced histone acetylation causes decondensation of interphase chromatin. J Cell Sci 2004; 117:4277-87. [PMID: 15292402 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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The effect of trichostatin A (TSA)-induced histone acetylation on the interphase chromatin structure was visualized in vivo with a HeLa cell line stably expressing histone H2A, which was fused to enhanced yellow fluorescent protein. The globally increased histone acetylation caused a reversible decondensation of dense chromatin regions and led to a more homogeneous distribution. These structural changes were quantified by image correlation spectroscopy and by spatially resolved scaling analysis. The image analysis revealed that a chromatin reorganization on a length scale from 200 nm to >1 microm was induced consistent with the opening of condensed chromatin domains containing several Mb of DNA. The observed conformation changes could be assigned to the folding of chromatin during G1 phase by characterizing the effect of TSA on cell cycle progression and developing a protocol that allowed the identification of G1 phase cells on microscope coverslips. An analysis by flow cytometry showed that the addition of TSA led to a significant arrest of cells in S phase and induced apoptosis. The concentration dependence of both processes was studied.
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- Katalin Fejes Tóth
- Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik, AG Molekulare Biophysik, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Sklenar AR, Parthun MR. Characterization of yeast histone H3-specific type B histone acetyltransferases identifies an ADA2-independent Gcn5p activity. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2004; 5:11. [PMID: 15274751 PMCID: PMC509278 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-5-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2004] [Accepted: 07/26/2004] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Background The acetylation of the core histone NH2-terminal tails is catalyzed by histone acetyltransferases. Histone acetyltransferases can be classified into two distinct groups (type A and B) on the basis of cellular localization and substrate specificity. Type B histone acetyltransferases, originally defined as cytoplasmic enzymes that acetylate free histones, have been proposed to play a role in the assembly of chromatin through the acetylation of newly synthesized histones H3 and H4. To date, the only type B histone acetyltransferase activities identified are specific for histone H4. Results To better understand the role of histone acetylation in the assembly of chromatin structure, we have identified additional type B histone acetyltransferase activities specific for histone H3. One such activity, termed HatB3.1, acetylated histone H3 with a strong preference for free histones relative to chromatin substrates. Deletion of the GCN5 and ADA3 genes resulted in the loss of HatB3.1 activity while deletion of ADA2 had no effect. In addition, Gcn5p and Ada3p co-fractionated with partially purified HatB3.1 activity while Ada2p did not. Conclusions Yeast extracts contain several histone acetyltransferase activities that show a strong preference for free histone H3. One such activity, termed HatB3.1, appears to be a novel Gcn5p-containing complex which does not depend on the presence of Ada2p.
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- Amy R Sklenar
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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McManus KJ, Hendzel MJ. Quantitative analysis of CBP- and P300-induced histone acetylations in vivo using native chromatin. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:7611-27. [PMID: 14560007 PMCID: PMC207635 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.21.7611-7627.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2003] [Revised: 07/02/2003] [Accepted: 07/17/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In vivo, histone tails are involved in numerous interactions, including those with DNA, adjacent histones, and other, nonhistone proteins. The amino termini are also the substrates for a number of enzymes, including histone acetyltransferases (HATs), histone deacetylases, and histone methyltransferases. Traditional biochemical approaches defining the substrate specificity profiles of HATs have been performed using purified histone tails, recombinant histones, or purified mononucleosomes as substrates. It is clear that the in vivo presentation of the substrate cannot be accurately represented by using these in vitro approaches. Because of the difficulty in translating in vitro results into in vivo situations, we developed a novel single-cell HAT assay that provides quantitative measurements of endogenous HAT activity. The HAT assay is performed under in vivo conditions by using the native chromatin structure as the physiological substrate. The assay combines the spatial resolving power of laser scanning confocal microscopy with simple statistical analyses to characterize CREB binding protein (CBP)- and P300-induced changes in global histone acetylation levels at specific lysine residues. Here we show that CBP and P300 exhibit unique substrate specificity profiles, consistent with the developmental and functional differences between the two HATs.
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- Kirk J McManus
- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1Z2
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Shogren-Knaak MA, Fry CJ, Peterson CL. A native peptide ligation strategy for deciphering nucleosomal histone modifications. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:15744-8. [PMID: 12595522 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301445200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Post-translational modifications of histones influence both chromatin structure and the binding and function of chromatin-associated proteins. A major limitation to understanding these effects has been the inability to construct nucleosomes in vitro that harbor homogeneous and site-specific histone modifications. Here, we describe a native peptide ligation strategy for generating nucleosomal arrays that can harbor a wide range of desired histone modifications. As a first test of this method, we engineered model nucleosomal arrays in which each histone H3 contains a phosphorylated serine at position 10 and performed kinetic analyses of Gcn5-dependent histone acetyltransferase activities. Recombinant Gcn5 shows increased histone acetyltransferase activity on nucleosomal arrays harboring phosphorylated H3 serine 10 and is consistent with peptide studies. However, in contrast to analyses using peptide substrates, we find that the histone acetyltransferase activity of the Gcn5-containing SAGA complex is not stimulated by H3 phosphorylation in the context of nucleosomal arrays. This difference between peptide and array substrates suggests that the ability to generate specifically modified nucleosomal arrays should provide a powerful tool for understanding the effects of post-translational histone modifications.
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- Michael A Shogren-Knaak
- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 373 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Bhat RA, Riehl M, Santandrea G, Velasco R, Slocombe S, Donn G, Steinbiss HH, Thompson RD, Becker HA. Alteration of GCN5 levels in maize reveals dynamic responses to manipulating histone acetylation. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 33:455-69. [PMID: 12581304 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01642.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The role played by histone acetyltransferase (HAT), GCN5, in transcriptional co-activation has been analysed in detail in yeast and mammals. Here, we present the cloning and expression pattern of Zmgcn5, the maize homologue. The enzymatic activity of the recombinant ZmGCN5 was analysed with histone and nucleosome substrates. In situ hybridisation of developing maize kernels using Zmgcn5 as probe shows that the transcript is concentrated in rapidly dividing cells. To investigate the role of ZmGCN5 in the transcription of specific plant genes, direct protein-protein interactions were tested. A cDNA clone encoding a putative interacting partner in GCN5-adapter complexes, ZmADA2, was isolated and the interaction between ZmGCN5 and ZmADA2 was confirmed by a GST-spin down experiment. Co-immunoprecipitation of the plant transcriptional activator Opaque-2 and ZmADA2 in nuclear extracts suggests ADA2/GCN5-containing complexes to mediate transcriptional activation by binding of this bZIP factor. For a more general analysis of the effects of histone acetylation on plant gene expression, 2500 ESTs spotted on filters were hybridised with cDNA probes derived either from maize cell lines treated with Trichostatin A (TSA), or from a transgenic line expressing the ZmGCN5 antisense transcript. Several sequences showing marked changes in abundance were confirmed by RNA blot analysis. Inhibition of histone deacetylation with TSA is accompanied by a decrease in the abundance of ZmGCN5 acetylase protein, but by increases in mRNAs for histones H2A, H2B, H3 and H4. The elevated histone mRNA levels were not reflected in increasing histone protein concentrations, suggesting hyperacetylated histones arising from TSA treatment may be preferentially degraded and substituted by de novo synthesised histones. The ZmGCN5 antisense material showed suppression of the endogenous ZmGCN5 transcript and the profiling analysis revealed increased mRNA levels for H2A, H2B and H4. Furthermore, in the antisense line, a reduction in the amount of the RPD3-type HD1B-I histone deacetylase protein was observed. A model for linked regulation of histone acetylation and histone mRNA transcription is discussed.
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- Riyaz A Bhat
- Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Carl-von-Linné Weg 10, D-50829 Köln, Germany
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Langer MR, Fry CJ, Peterson CL, Denu JM. Modulating acetyl-CoA binding in the GCN5 family of histone acetyltransferases. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:27337-44. [PMID: 11994311 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m203251200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The histone acetyltransferase (HAT) GCN5 is the founding member for a family of chromatin remodeling enzymes. GCN5 is the catalytic subunit of a large multi-subunit complex that functions in the regulation of gene activation via acetylation of lysine residues within the N-terminal tails of core histone proteins. Using acetyl-CoA as a co-substrate, the high affinity binding of acetyl-CoA is a critical first step in the reaction. Here, we examine the biochemical and biological importance of a conserved hydroxyl-bearing residue in signature motif A. Interestingly, one major exception is the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GCN5, where an alanine (Ala(190)) is located in the corresponding position. In related GCN5 family structures, a hydroxyl-containing side chain residue is hydrogen-bonded to the alpha-phosphate oxygen of CoA. We demonstrate that this key hydrogen bond contributes approximately 10-fold to the binding affinity of GCN5 HATs for acetyl-CoA. Human p300/CBP-associating factor, human GCN5, and tetrahymena GCN5 displayed dissociation constants (K(d)) for acetyl-CoA of 0.64 +/- 0.12, 0.56 +/- 0.15, and 0.62 +/- 0.17 microm, respectively. In contrast, S. cerevisiae GCN5 displayed a K(d) of 8.5 microm. When Ala(190) was replaced with threonine, the A190T derivative yielded a K(d) value of 0.56 +/- 0.1 microm for acetyl-CoA, completely restoring the higher affinity binding seen with the GCN5 homologs that naturally harbor a threonine at this position. Detailed kinetic analyses revealed that the A190T derivative was otherwise catalytically indistinguishable from wild type GCN5. We also demonstrate that the A190T allele rescued the slow growth phenotype and the defect in HO transcription caused by a deletion of GCN5. Furthermore, the A190T allele supported wild type levels of transcriptionally targeted and global histone H3 acetylation. In each case, the A190T derivative behaved similarly to wild type GCN5, suggesting that the efficacy of HAT activity by GCN5 is not limited by the availability of nuclear acetyl-CoA pools.
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- Michael R Langer
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201-3098, USA
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Transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes occurs within a chromatin setting and is strongly influenced by nucleosomal barriers imposed by histone proteins. Among the well-known covalent modifications of histones, the reversible acetylation of internal lysine residues in histone amino-terminal domains has long been positively linked to transcriptional activation. Recent biochemical and genetic studies have identified several large, multisubunit enzyme complexes responsible for bringing about the targeted acetylation of histones and other factors. This review discusses our current understanding of histone acetyltransferases (HATs) or acetyltransferases (ATs): their discovery, substrate specificity, catalytic mechanism, regulation, and functional links to transcription, as well as to other chromatin-modifying activities. Recent studies underscore unexpected connections to both cellular regulatory processes underlying normal development and differentiation, as well as abnormal processes that lead to oncogenesis. Although the functions of HATs and the mechanisms by which they are regulated are only beginning to be understood, these fundamental processes are likely to have far-reaching implications for human biology and disease.
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- S Y Roth
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Balasubramanian R, Pray-Grant MG, Selleck W, Grant PA, Tan S. Role of the Ada2 and Ada3 transcriptional coactivators in histone acetylation. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:7989-95. [PMID: 11773077 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110849200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Previous studies have shown that the transcriptional coactivator protein Gcn5 functions as a catalytic histone acetyltransferase (HAT). In this work, we examine the roles of the Ada2 and Ada3 coactivator proteins that are functionally linked to Gcn5. We show that yeast Ada2, Ada3, and Gcn5 form a catalytic core of the ADA and Spt-Ada-Gcn5-acetyltransferase HAT complexes, which is necessary and sufficient in vitro for nucleosomal HAT activity and lysine specificity of the intact HAT complexes. We also demonstrate that Ada3 is necessary for Gcn5-dependent nucleosomal HAT activity in yeast extracts. Our results suggest that Ada2 potentiates the Gcn5 catalytic activity and that Ada3 facilitates nucleosomal acetylation and an expanded lysine specificity.
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- Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian
- Center for Gene Regulation, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-1014, USA
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Howe L, Auston D, Grant P, John S, Cook RG, Workman JL, Pillus L. Histone H3 specific acetyltransferases are essential for cell cycle progression. Genes Dev 2001; 15:3144-54. [PMID: 11731478 PMCID: PMC312843 DOI: 10.1101/gad.931401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Longstanding observations suggest that acetylation and/or amino-terminal tail structure of histones H3 and H4 are critical for eukaryotic cells. For Saccharomyces cerevisiae, loss of a single H4-specific histone acetyltransferase (HAT), Esa1p, results in cell cycle defects and death. In contrast, although several yeast HAT complexes preferentially acetylate histone H3, the catalytic subunits of these complexes are not essential for viability. To resolve the apparent paradox between the significance of H3 versus H4 acetylation, we tested the hypothesis that H3 modification is essential, but is accomplished through combined activities of two enzymes. We observed that Sas3p and Gcn5p HAT complexes have overlapping patterns of acetylation. Simultaneous disruption of SAS3, the homolog of the MOZ leukemia gene, and GCN5, the hGCN5/PCAF homolog, is synthetically lethal due to loss of acetyltransferase activity. This key combination of activities is specific for these two HATs because neither is synthetically lethal with mutations of other MYST family or H3-specific acetyltransferases. Further, the combined loss of GCN5 and SAS3 functions results in an extensive, global loss of H3 acetylation and arrest in the G(2)/M phase of the cell cycle. The strikingly similar effect of loss of combined essential H3 HAT activities and the loss of a single essential H4 HAT underscores the fundamental biological significance of each of these chromatin-modifying activities.
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- L Howe
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Hirschler-Laszkiewicz I, Cavanaugh A, Hu Q, Catania J, Avantaggiati ML, Rothblum LI. The role of acetylation in rDNA transcription. Nucleic Acids Res 2001; 29:4114-24. [PMID: 11600700 PMCID: PMC60214 DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.20.4114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2001] [Accepted: 08/27/2001] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Treatment of NIH 3T3 cells with trichostatin A (TSA), an inhibitor of histone deacetylase (HDAC), resulted in a dose-dependent increase in transcription from a rDNA reporter and from endogenous rRNA genes. Chromatin immunoprecipitation using anti-acetyl-histone H4 antibodies demonstrated a direct effect of TSA on the acetylation state of the ribosomal chromatin. TSA did not reverse inhibition of transcription from the rDNA reporter by retinoblastoma (Rb) protein, suggesting that the main mechanism by which Rb blocks rDNA transcription may not involve recruitment of deacetylases to rDNA chromatin. Overexpression of histone transacetylases p300, CBP and PCAF stimulated transcription in transfected NIH 3T3 cells. Recombinant p300, but not PCAF, stimulated rDNA transcription in vitro in the absence of nucleosomes, suggesting that the stimulation of rDNA transcription by TSA might have a chromatin-independent component. We found that the rDNA transcription factor UBF was acetylated in vivo. Finally, we also demonstrated the nucleolar localization of CBP. Our results suggest that the organization of ribosomal chromatin of higher eukaryotes is not static and that acetylation may be involved in affecting these dynamic changes directly through histone acetylation and/or through acetylation of UBF or one of the other components of rDNA transcription.
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- I Hirschler-Laszkiewicz
- The Henry Hood Research Program, Sigfried and Janet Weis Center for Research, The Geisinger Clinic, 100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, PA 17822-2618, USA
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Wallberg AE, Wright A, Gustafsson JA. Chromatin-remodeling complexes involved in gene activation by the glucocorticoid receptor. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 2001; 60:75-122. [PMID: 11037622 DOI: 10.1016/s0083-6729(00)60017-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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- A E Wallberg
- Karolinska Institute, Department of Biosciences, NOVUM, Huddinge, Sweden
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Kelly TJ, Qin S, Gottschling DE, Parthun MR. Type B histone acetyltransferase Hat1p participates in telomeric silencing. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:7051-8. [PMID: 10982821 PMCID: PMC86239 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.19.7051-7058.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Hat1p and Hat2p are the two subunits of a type B histone acetyltransferase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae that acetylates free histone H4 on lysine 12 in vitro. However, the role for these gene products in chromatin function has been unclear, as deletions of the HAT1 and/or HAT2 gene displayed no obvious phenotype. We have now identified a role for Hat1p and Hat2p in telomeric silencing. Telomeric silencing is the transcriptional repression of telomere-proximal genes and is mediated by a special chromatin structure. While there was no change in the level of silencing on a telomeric gene when the HAT1 or HAT2 gene was deleted, a significant silencing defect was observed when hat1Delta or hat2Delta was combined with mutations of the histone H3 NH(2)-terminal tail. Specifically, when at least two lysine residues were changed to arginine in the histone H3 tail, a hat1Delta-dependent telomeric silencing defect was observed. The most dramatic effects were seen when one of the two changes was in lysine 14. In further analysis, we found that a single lysine out of the five in the histone H3 tail was sufficient to mediate silencing. However, K14 was the best at preserving silencing, followed by K23 and then K27; K9 and K18 alone were insufficient. Mutational analysis of the histone H4 tail indicated that the role of Hat1p in telomeric silencing was mediated solely through lysine 12. Thus, in contrast to other histone acetyltransferases, Hat1p activity was required for transcriptional repression rather than gene activation.
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- T J Kelly
- The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Sendra R, Tse C, Hansen JC. The yeast histone acetyltransferase A2 complex, but not free Gcn5p, binds stably to nucleosomal arrays. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:24928-34. [PMID: 10825174 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m003783200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have investigated the structural basis for the differential catalytic function of the yeast Gcn5p-containing histone acetyltransferase (HAT) A2 complex and free recombinant yeast Gcn5p (rGcn5p). HAT A2 is shown to be a unique complex that contains Gcn5p, Ada2p, and Ada3p, but not proteins specific to other related HAT A complexes, e.g. ADA, SAGA. Nevertheless, HAT A2 produces the same unique polyacetylation pattern of nucleosomal substrates reported previously for ADA and SAGA, demonstrating that proteins specific to the ADA and SAGA complexes do not influence the enzymatic activity of Gcn5p within the HAT A2 complex. To investigate the role of substrate interactions in the differential behavior of free and complexed Gcn5p, sucrose density gradient centrifugation was used to characterize the binding of HAT A2 and free rGcn5p to intact and trypsinized nucleosomal arrays, H3/H4 tetramer arrays, and nucleosome core particles. We find that HAT A2 forms stable complexes with all nucleosomal substrates tested. In distinct contrast, rGcn5p does not interact stably with nucleosomal arrays, despite being able to specifically monoacetylate the H3 N terminus of nucleosomal substrates. Our data suggest that the ability of the HAT A2 complex to bind stably to nucleosomal arrays is functionally related to both local and global acetylation by the complexed and free forms of Gcn5p.
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- R Sendra
- Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de València, E-46100 València, Spain
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Clayton AL, Rose S, Barratt MJ, Mahadevan LC. Phosphoacetylation of histone H3 on c-fos- and c-jun-associated nucleosomes upon gene activation. EMBO J 2000; 19:3714-26. [PMID: 10899125 PMCID: PMC313972 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.14.3714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 321] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The induction of immediate-early (IE) genes, including proto-oncogenes c-fos and c-jun, correlates well with a nucleosomal response, the phosphorylation of histone H3 and HMG-14 mediated via extracellular signal regulated kinase or p38 MAP kinase cascades. Phosphorylation is targeted to a minute fraction of histone H3, which is also especially susceptible to hyperacetylation. Here, we provide direct evidence that phosphorylation and acetylation of histone H3 occur on the same histone H3 tail on nucleosomes associated with active IE gene chromatin. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays were performed using antibodies that specifically recognize the doubly-modified phosphoacetylated form of histone H3. Analysis of the associated DNA shows that histone H3 on c-fos- and c-jun-associated nucleosomes becomes doubly-modified, the same H3 tails becoming both phosphorylated and acetylated, only upon gene activation. This study reveals potential complications of occlusion when using site-specific antibodies against modified histones, and shows also that phosphorylated H3 is more sensitive to trichostatin A (TSA)-induced hyperacetylation than non-phosphorylated H3. Because MAP kinase-mediated gene induction is implicated in controlling diverse biological processes, histone H3 phosphoacetylation is likely to be of widespread significance.
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- A L Clayton
- Nuclear Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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Zhang Q, Vo N, Goodman RH. Histone binding protein RbAp48 interacts with a complex of CREB binding protein and phosphorylated CREB. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:4970-8. [PMID: 10866654 PMCID: PMC85947 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.14.4970-4978.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/1999] [Accepted: 04/24/2000] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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A CREB-CREB binding protein (CBP) complex was used as bait to screen a mouse embryo cDNA library in yeast. One of the strongest interactions identified the histone binding protein RbAp48. RbAp48 also interacted weakly with CBP alone but did not interact with phosphorylated or nonphosphorylated CREB. CBP (or its homologue p300) from HeLa cell nuclear extracts coimmunoprecipitated with RbAp48 and its homologue RbAp46 and bound to a glutathione S-transferase-RbAp48 fusion protein. This interaction was stimulated by the addition of phosphorylated CREB and allowed the association of core histones and mononucleosomes in an acetylation-dependent manner. RbAp48 lowered the K(m) of CBP histone acetylase activity and facilitated p300-mediated in vitro transcription of a chromatinized template in the presence of acetylcoenzyme A. These data indicate that the association of phosphorylated CREB with CBP promotes the binding of RbAp48 and its homologue RbAp46, allowing the formation of a complex that facilitates histone acetylation during transcriptional activation.
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- Q Zhang
- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA
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Lo WS, Trievel RC, Rojas JR, Duggan L, Hsu JY, Allis CD, Marmorstein R, Berger SL. Phosphorylation of serine 10 in histone H3 is functionally linked in vitro and in vivo to Gcn5-mediated acetylation at lysine 14. Mol Cell 2000; 5:917-26. [PMID: 10911986 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)80257-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 439] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Multiple covalent modifications exist in the amino-terminal tails of core histones, but whether a relationship exists between them is unknown. We examined the relationship between serine 10 phosphorylation and lysine 14 acetylation in histone H3 and have found that, in vitro, several HAT enzymes displayed increased activity on H3 peptides bearing phospho-Ser-10. This augmenting effect of Ser-10 phosphorylation on acetylation by yGcn5 was lost by substitution of alanine for arginine 164 [Gcn5(R164A)], a residue close to Ser-10 in the structure of the ternary tGcn5/CoA/histone H3 complex. Gcn5(R164A) had reduced activity in vivo at a subset of Gcn5-dependent promoters, and, strikingly, transcription of this same subset of genes was also impaired by substitution of serine 10 to alanine in the histone H3 tail. These observations suggest that transcriptional regulation occurs by multiple mechanistically linked covalent modifications of histones.
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- W S Lo
- Molecular Genetics Program, Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19024, USA
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The state of chromatin (the packaging of DNA in eukaryotes) has long been recognized to have major effects on levels of gene expression, and numerous chromatin-altering strategies-including ATP-dependent remodeling and histone modification-are employed in the cell to bring about transcriptional regulation. Of these, histone acetylation is one of the best characterized, as recent years have seen the identification and further study of many histone acetyltransferase (HAT) proteins and their associated complexes. Interestingly, most of these proteins were previously shown to have coactivator or other transcription-related functions. Confirmed and putative HAT proteins have been identified from various organisms from yeast to humans, and they include Gcn5-related N-acetyltransferase (GNAT) superfamily members Gcn5, PCAF, Elp3, Hpa2, and Hat1: MYST proteins Sas2, Sas3, Esa1, MOF, Tip60, MOZ, MORF, and HBO1; global coactivators p300 and CREB-binding protein; nuclear receptor coactivators SRC-1, ACTR, and TIF2; TATA-binding protein-associated factor TAF(II)250 and its homologs; and subunits of RNA polymerase III general factor TFIIIC. The acetylation and transcriptional functions of these HATs and the native complexes containing them (such as yeast SAGA, NuA4, and possibly analogous human complexes) are discussed. In addition, some of these HATs are also known to modify certain nonhistone transcription-related proteins, including high-mobility-group chromatin proteins, activators such as p53, coactivators, and general factors. Thus, we also detail these known factor acetyltransferase (FAT) substrates and the demonstrated or potential roles of their acetylation in transcriptional processes.
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- D E Sterner
- The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Herrera JE, Schiltz RL, Bustin M. The accessibility of histone H3 tails in chromatin modulates their acetylation by P300/CBP-associated factor. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:12994-9. [PMID: 10777601 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.17.12994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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P300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF) is a transcriptional coactivator with intrinsic histone acetylase activity. Reversible acetylation of the core histone tails in chromatin has been linked to transcriptional regulation. Here we investigate the mechanism whereby PCAF acetylates its target in chromatin. We demonstrate that recombinant PACF preferentially acetylates the H3 tail in oligonucleosomes, as compared with nucleosome core particles. The rate of acetylation is directly related to the length of the oligonucleosomal substrate. Using a trypsin accessibility assay, we demonstrate that the rate of acetylation is also related to the accessibility of the H3 tail in uncondensed oligonucleosomes. We suggest that PCAF, and perhaps other histone acetyltransferases, acetylate chromatin templates more efficiently than core particle subunits and that this preference arises from an increased accessibility of the H3 tail in either condensed or uncondensed oligonucleosomes. Acetylation of the H3 tails by the native PCAF complex is not affected by the length of the oligonucleosomal substrate. Our results suggest that the accessibility of the H3 tail in chromatin is a major factor affecting their rate of acetylation and that component(s) in the native PCAF complex function to modify the organization of these tails in chromatin thereby enhancing their accessibility to PCAF.
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- J E Herrera
- Protein Section, Laboratory of Metabolism, Division of Basic Science, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Herrera JE, West KL, Schiltz RL, Nakatani Y, Bustin M. Histone H1 is a specific repressor of core histone acetylation in chromatin. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:523-9. [PMID: 10611231 PMCID: PMC85122 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.2.523-529.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Although a link between histone acetylation and transcription has been established, it is not clear how acetylases function in the nucleus of the cell and how they access their targets in a chromatin fiber containing H1 and folded into a highly condensed structure. Here we show that the histone acetyltransferase (HAT) p300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF), either alone or in a nuclear complex, can readily acetylate oligonucleosomal substrates. The linker histones, H1 and H5, specifically inhibit the acetylation of mono- and oligonucleosomes and not that of free histones or histone-DNA mixtures. We demonstrate that the inhibition is due mainly to steric hindrance of H3 by the tails of linker histones and not to condensation of the chromatin fiber. Cellular PCAF, which is complexed with accessory proteins in a multiprotein complex, can overcome the linker histone repression. We suggest that linker histones hinder access of PCAF, and perhaps other HATs, to their target acetylation sites and that perturbation of the linker histone organization in chromatin is a prerequisite for efficient acetylation of the histone tails in nucleosomes.
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- J E Herrera
- Protein Section, Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Champagne N, Bertos NR, Pelletier N, Wang AH, Vezmar M, Yang Y, Heng HH, Yang XJ. Identification of a human histone acetyltransferase related to monocytic leukemia zinc finger protein. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:28528-36. [PMID: 10497217 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.40.28528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We describe here the identification and functional characterization of a novel human histone acetyltransferase, termed MORF (monocytic leukemia zinc finger protein-related factor). MORF is a 1781-residue protein displaying significant sequence similarity to MOZ (monocytic leukemia zinc finger protein). MORF is ubiquitously expressed in adult human tissues, and its gene is located at human chromosome band 10q22. MORF has intrinsic histone acetyltransferase activity. In addition to its histone acetyltransferase domain, MORF possesses a strong transcriptional repression domain at its N terminus and a highly potent activation domain at its C terminus. Therefore, MORF is a novel histone acetyltransferase that contains multiple functional domains and may be involved in both positive and negative regulation of transcription.
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- N Champagne
- Molecular Oncology Group, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A1, Canada
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Wallberg AE, Neely KE, Gustafsson JA, Workman JL, Wright AP, Grant PA. Histone acetyltransferase complexes can mediate transcriptional activation by the major glucocorticoid receptor activation domain. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:5952-9. [PMID: 10454542 PMCID: PMC84458 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.9.5952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/1999] [Accepted: 06/18/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Previous studies have shown that the Ada adapter proteins are important for glucocorticoid receptor (GR)-mediated gene activation in yeast. The N-terminal transactivation domain of GR, tau1, is dependent upon Ada2, Ada3, and Gcn5 for transactivation in vitro and in vivo. Using in vitro techniques, we demonstrate that the GR-tau1 interacts directly with the native Ada containing histone acetyltransferase (HAT) complex SAGA but not the related Ada complex. Mutations in tau1 that reduce tau1 transactivation activity in vivo lead to a reduced binding of tau1 to the SAGA complex and conversely, mutations increasing the transactivation activity of tau1 lead to an increased binding of tau1 to SAGA. In addition, the Ada-independent NuA4 HAT complex also interacts with tau1. GAL4-tau1-driven transcription from chromatin templates is stimulated by SAGA and NuA4 in an acetyl coenzyme A-dependent manner. Low-activity tau1 mutants reduce SAGA- and NuA4-stimulated transcription while high-activity tau1 mutants increase transcriptional activation, specifically from chromatin templates. Our results demonstrate that the targeting of native HAT complexes by the GR-tau1 activation domain mediates transcriptional stimulation from chromatin templates.
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- A E Wallberg
- Karolinska Institute, Department of Biosciences, NOVUM, S-14157 Huddinge, Sweden.
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Mizzen CA, Brownell JE, Cook RG, Allis CD. Histone acetyltransferases: preparation of substrates and assay procedures. Methods Enzymol 1999; 304:675-96. [PMID: 10372390 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(99)04041-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- C A Mizzen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908, USA
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Georgieva EI, Sendra R. Mobility of acetylated histones in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Anal Biochem 1999; 269:399-402. [PMID: 10222016 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1999.4050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We describe an altered mobility for acetylated histone isoforms in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Isoforms of histones H3 and H4 with a higher acetylation degree have a slightly faster electrophoretic mobility. Since acetylation neutralizes the positive charge of the epsilon-amino group of lysine, without significantly changing the molecular mass of the protein, the acetylation-dependent mobility shift could be explained by the increase of the net negative charge of the SDS-histone complexes. A possible consequence of this differential mobility for the acetylation site determination by protein microsequencing from SDS gels is discussed.
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- E I Georgieva
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de València, València, Burjassot, E-46100, Spain
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Grant PA, Eberharter A, John S, Cook RG, Turner BM, Workman JL. Expanded lysine acetylation specificity of Gcn5 in native complexes. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:5895-900. [PMID: 10026213 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.9.5895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 284] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The coactivator/adaptor protein Gcn5 is a conserved histone acetyltransferase, which functions as the catalytic subunit in multiple yeast transcriptional regulatory complexes. The ability of Gcn5 to acetylate nucleosomal histones is significantly reduced relative to its activity on free histones, where it predominantly modifies histone H3 at lysine 14. However, the association of Gcn5 in multisubunit complexes potentiates its nucleosomal histone acetyltransferase activity. Here, we show that the association of Gcn5 with other proteins in two native yeast complexes, Ada and SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5-acetyltransferase), directly confers upon Gcn5 the ability to acetylate an expanded set of lysines on H3. Furthermore Ada and SAGA have overlapping, yet distinct, patterns of acetylation, suggesting that the association of specific subunits determines site specificity.
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- P A Grant
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-4500, USA
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