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Zhang X, Zhou Y, Liu Y, Li B, Tian S, Zhang Z. Research Progress on the Mechanism and Function of Histone Acetylation Regulating the Interaction between Pathogenic Fungi and Plant Hosts. J Fungi (Basel) 2024; 10:522. [PMID: 39194848 DOI: 10.3390/jof10080522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2024] [Revised: 07/24/2024] [Accepted: 07/24/2024] [Indexed: 08/29/2024] Open
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Histone acetylation is a crucial epigenetic modification, one that holds the key to regulating gene expression by meticulously modulating the conformation of chromatin. Most histone acetylation enzymes (HATs) and deacetylation enzymes (HDACs) in fungi were originally discovered in yeast. The functions and mechanisms of HATs and HDACs in yeast that have been documented offer us an excellent entry point for gaining insights into these two types of enzymes. In the interaction between plants and pathogenic fungi, histone acetylation assumes a critical role, governing fungal pathogenicity and plant immunity. This review paper delves deep into the recent advancements in understanding how histone acetylation shapes the interaction between plants and fungi. It explores how this epigenetic modification influences the intricate balance of power between these two kingdoms of life, highlighting the intricate network of interactions and the subtle shifts in these interactions that can lead to either mutual coexistence or hostile confrontation.
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- Xiaokang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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Hu SJ, Zheng H, Li XP, Li ZX, Xu C, Li J, Liu JH, Hu WX, Zhao XY, Wang JJ, Qiu L. Ada2 and Ada3 Regulate Hyphal Growth, Asexual Development, and Pathogenicity in Beauveria bassiana by Maintaining Gcn5 Acetyltransferase Activity. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0028123. [PMID: 37052485 PMCID: PMC10269768 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00281-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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The histone acetyltransferase (HAT) Gcn5 ortholog is essential for a variety of fungi. Here, we characterize the roles of Ada2 and Ada3, which are functionally linked to Gcn5, in the insect-pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. Loss of Ada2 and Ada3 led to severe hyphal growth defects on rich and minimal media and drastic decreases in blastospore yield and conidiation capacity, with abnormal conidia-producing structures. ΔAda2 and ΔAda3 exhibited a delay in conidial germination and increased sensitivity to multiple chemical stresses and heat shock. Nearly all their pathogenicity was lost, and their ability to secrete extracellular enzymes, Pr1 proteases and chitinases for cuticle degradation was reduced. A yeast two-hybrid assay demonstrated that Ada2 binds to Ada3 and directly interacts with Gcn5, confirming the existence of a yeast-like Ada3-Ada2-Gcn5 HAT complex in this fungus. Additionally, deletion of the Ada genes reduced the activity of Gcn5, especially in the ΔAda2 strain, which was consistent with the acetylation level of histone H3 determined by Western blotting. These results illustrate the dependence of Gcn5 enzyme activity on Ada2 and Ada3 in fungal hyphal growth, asexual development, multiple stress responses, and pathogenicity in B. bassiana. IMPORTANCE The histone acetyltransferase Gcn5 ortholog contributes significantly to the growth and development of various fungi. In this study, we found that Ada2 and Ada3 have critical regulatory effects on Gcn5 enzyme activity and influence the acetylation of histone H3. Deletion of Ada2 or Ada3 decreased the fungal growth rate and asexual conidial yield and increased susceptibility to multiple stresses in Beauveria bassiana. Importantly, Ada genes are vital virulence factors, and their deletion caused the most virulence loss, mainly by inhibiting the activity of a series of hydrolytic enzymes and the dimorphic transition ability. These findings provide a new perspective on the function of the Gcn5 acetyltransferase complex in pathogens.
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- Shun-Juan Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, China
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, China
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, China
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Gu Q, Wang Y, Zhao X, Yuan B, Zhang M, Tan Z, Zhang X, Chen Y, Wu H, Luo Y, Keller NP, Gao X, Ma Z. Inhibition of histone acetyltransferase GCN5 by a transcription factor FgPacC controls fungal adaption to host-derived iron stress. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:6190-6210. [PMID: 35687128 PMCID: PMC9226496 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Poaceae plants can locally accumulate iron to suppress pathogen infection. It remains unknown how pathogens overcome host-derived iron stress during their successful infections. Here, we report that Fusarium graminearum (Fg), a destructive fungal pathogen of cereal crops, is challenged by host-derived high-iron stress. Fg infection induces host alkalinization, and the pH-dependent transcription factor FgPacC undergoes a proteolytic cleavage into the functional isoform named FgPacC30 under alkaline host environment. Subsequently FgPacC30 binds to a GCCAR(R = A/G)G element at the promoters of the genes involved in iron uptake and inhibits their expression, leading to adaption of Fg to high-iron stress. Mechanistically, FgPacC30 binds to FgGcn5 protein, a catalytic subunit of Spt-Ada-Gcn5 Acetyltransferase (SAGA) complex, leading to deregulation of histone acetylation at H3K18 and H2BK11, and repression of iron uptake genes. Moreover, we identified a protein kinase FgHal4, which is highly induced by extracellular high-iron stress and protects FgPacC30 against 26S proteasome-dependent degradation by promoting FgPacC30 phosphorylation at Ser2. Collectively, this study uncovers a novel inhibitory mechanism of the SAGA complex by a transcription factor that enables a fungal pathogen to adapt to dynamic microenvironments during infection.
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- Qin Gu
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Diseases and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Diseases and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Diseases and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Diseases and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Diseases and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Diseases and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Diseases and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Diseases and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Eco-Agricultural Biotechnology around Hongze Lake, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Regional Modern Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Huaiyin Normal University, Huai'an, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Diseases and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, the Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Global profiling of regulatory elements in the histone benzoylation pathway. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1369. [PMID: 35296687 PMCID: PMC8927147 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29057-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Lysine benzoylation (Kbz) is a recently discovered post-translational modification associated with active transcription. However, the proteins for maintaining and interpreting Kbz and the physiological roles of Kbz remain elusive. Here, we systematically characterize writer, eraser, and reader proteins of histone Kbz in S. cerevisiae using proteomic, biochemical, and structural approaches. Our study identifies 27 Kbz sites on yeast histones that can be regulated by cellular metabolic states. The Spt-Ada-Gcn5 acetyltransferase (SAGA) complex and NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase Hst2 could function as the writer and eraser of histone Kbz, respectively. Crystal structures of Hst2 complexes reveal the molecular basis for Kbz recognition and catalysis by Hst2. In addition, we demonstrate that a subset of YEATS domains and bromodomains serve as Kbz readers, and structural analyses reveal how YEATS and bromodomains recognize Kbz marks. Moreover, the proteome-wide screening of Kbz-modified proteins identifies 207 Kbz sites on 149 non-histone proteins enriched in ribosome biogenesis, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, and rRNA processing pathways. Our studies identify regulatory elements for the Kbz pathway and provide a framework for dissecting the biological functions of lysine benzoylation. Lysine benzoylation (Kbz) is a recently discovered histone modification. Here, the authors characterize writers, erasers and readers of histone Kbz in S. cerevisiae and identify non-histone proteins bearing Kbz, laying foundations to dissect the roles of Kbz in diverse cellular processes.
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Soffers JHM, Alcantara SGM, Li X, Shao W, Seidel CW, Li H, Zeitlinger J, Abmayr SM, Workman JL. The SAGA core module is critical during Drosophila oogenesis and is broadly recruited to promoters. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009668. [PMID: 34807910 PMCID: PMC8648115 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2021] [Revised: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The Spt/Ada-Gcn5 Acetyltransferase (SAGA) coactivator complex has multiple modules with different enzymatic and non-enzymatic functions. How each module contributes to gene expression is not well understood. During Drosophila oogenesis, the enzymatic functions are not equally required, which may indicate that different genes require different enzymatic functions. An analogy for this phenomenon is the handyman principle: while a handyman has many tools, which tool he uses depends on what requires maintenance. Here we analyzed the role of the non-enzymatic core module during Drosophila oogenesis, which interacts with TBP. We show that depletion of SAGA-specific core subunits blocked egg chamber development at earlier stages than depletion of enzymatic subunits. These results, as well as additional genetic analyses, point to an interaction with TBP and suggest a differential role of SAGA modules at different promoter types. However, SAGA subunits co-occupied all promoter types of active genes in ChIP-seq and ChIP-nexus experiments, and the complex was not specifically associated with distinct promoter types in the ovary. The high-resolution genomic binding profiles were congruent with SAGA recruitment by activators upstream of the start site, and retention on chromatin by interactions with modified histones downstream of the start site. Our data illustrate that a distinct genetic requirement for specific components may conceal the fact that the entire complex is physically present and suggests that the biological context defines which module functions are critical. Embryonic development critically relies on the differential expression of genes in different tissues. This involves the dynamic interplay between DNA, sequence-specific transcription factors, coactivators and chromatin remodelers, which guide the transcription machinery to the appropriate promoters for productive transcription. To understand how this happens at the molecular level, we need to understand when and how coactivator complexes such as SAGA function. SAGA consists of multiple modules with well characterized enzymatic functions. This study shows that the non-enzymatic core module of SAGA is required for Drosophila oogenesis, while the enzymatic functions are largely dispensable. Despite this differential requirement, SAGA subunits appear to be broadly recruited to all promoter types, consistent with the biochemical integrity of the complex. These results suggest that genetic requirements for different modules depend on the developmental demands.
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- Jelly H. M. Soffers
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
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Zhang S, Guo Y, Chen S, Li H. The Histone Acetyltransferase CfGcn5 Regulates Growth, Development, and Pathogenicity in the Anthracnose Fungus Colletotrichum fructicola on the Tea-Oil Tree. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:680415. [PMID: 34248895 PMCID: PMC8260702 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.680415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The tea-oil tree (Camellia oleifera Abel.) is a commercial edible-oil tree in China, and anthracnose commonly occurs in its plantations, causing great losses annually. We have previously revealed that CfSnf1 is essential for pathogenicity in Colletotrichum fructicola, the major pathogen of anthracnose on the tea-oil tree. Here, we identified CfGcn5 as the homolog of yeast histone acetyltransferase ScGcn5, which cooperates with ScSnf1 to modify histone H3 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Targeted gene deletion revealed that CfGcn5 is important in fungi growth, conidiation, and responses to environmental stresses. Pathogenicity assays indicated that CfGcn5 is essential for C. fructicola virulence both in unwounded and wounded tea-oil tree leaves. Further, we found that CfGcn5 is localized to the nucleus and this specific localization is dependent on both NLS region and HAT domain. Moreover, we provided evidence showing that the nuclear localization is essential but not sufficient for the full function of CfGcn5, and the NLS, HAT, and Bromo domains were proven to be important for normal CfGcn5 functions. Taken together, our studies not only illustrate the key functions of CfGcn5 in growth, development, and pathogenicity but also highlight the relationship between its locations with functions in C. fructicola.
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- Shengpei Zhang
- College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of National Forestry, Grassland Administration on Control of Artificial Forest Diseases and Pests in South China, Changsha, China.,Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Control of Forest Diseases and Pests, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory for Non-wood Forest Cultivation and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of National Forestry, Grassland Administration on Control of Artificial Forest Diseases and Pests in South China, Changsha, China.,Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Control of Forest Diseases and Pests, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory for Non-wood Forest Cultivation and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of National Forestry, Grassland Administration on Control of Artificial Forest Diseases and Pests in South China, Changsha, China.,Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Control of Forest Diseases and Pests, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory for Non-wood Forest Cultivation and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of National Forestry, Grassland Administration on Control of Artificial Forest Diseases and Pests in South China, Changsha, China.,Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Control of Forest Diseases and Pests, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory for Non-wood Forest Cultivation and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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Soffers JHM, Workman JL. The SAGA chromatin-modifying complex: the sum of its parts is greater than the whole. Genes Dev 2021; 34:1287-1303. [PMID: 33004486 PMCID: PMC7528701 DOI: 10.1101/gad.341156.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In this review, Soffers and Workman discuss the initial discovery of the canonical SAGA complex, the subsequent studies that have shaped our view on the internal organization of its subunits into modules, and the latest structural work that visualizes the modules and provides insights into their function. There are many large protein complexes involved in transcription in a chromatin context. However, recent studies on the SAGA coactivator complex are generating new paradigms for how the components of these complexes function, both independently and in concert. This review highlights the initial discovery of the canonical SAGA complex 23 years ago, our evolving understanding of its modular structure and the relevance of its modular nature for its coactivator function in gene regulation.
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- Jelly H M Soffers
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA
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Grant PA, Winston F, Berger SL. The biochemical and genetic discovery of the SAGA complex. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2020; 1864:194669. [PMID: 33338653 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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One of the major advances in our understanding of gene regulation in eukaryotes was the discovery of factors that regulate transcription by controlling chromatin structure. Prominent among these discoveries was the demonstration that Gcn5 is a histone acetyltransferase, establishing a direct connection between transcriptional activation and histone acetylation. This breakthrough was soon followed by the purification of a protein complex that contains Gcn5, the SAGA complex. In this article, we review the early genetic and biochemical experiments that led to the discovery of SAGA and the elucidation of its multiple activities.
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- Patrick A Grant
- Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States of America.
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Penn Epigenetics Institute, Department of Biology, Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States of America
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Espinola-Lopez JM, Tan S. The Ada2/Ada3/Gcn5/Sgf29 histone acetyltransferase module. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2020; 1864:194629. [PMID: 32890768 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2020] [Revised: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Histone post-translational modifications are essential for the regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes. Gcn5 (KAT2A) is a histone acetyltransferase that catalyzes the post-translational modification at multiple positions of histone H3 through the transfer of acetyl groups to the free amino group of lysine residues. Gcn5 catalyzes histone acetylation in the context of a HAT module containing the Ada2, Ada3 and Sgf29 subunits of the parent megadalton SAGA transcriptional coactivator complex. Biochemical and structural studies have elucidated mechanisms for Gcn5's acetyl- and other acyltransferase activities on histone substrates, for histone H3 phosphorylation and histone H3 methylation crosstalks with histone H3 acetylation, and for how Ada2 increases Gcn5's histone acetyltransferase activity. Other studies have identified Ada2 isoforms in SAGA-related complexes and characterized variant Gcn5 HAT modules containing these Ada2 isoforms. In this review, we highlight biochemical and structural studies of Gcn5 and its functional interactions with Ada2, Ada3 and Sgf29.
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- Jose M Espinola-Lopez
- Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
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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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Kotak J, Kendig A, Cann K, Shaffer J, Hark A, McCain E. Disruption of the histone acetyltransferase GCN5 and the transcriptional coactivator ADA2b affect trichome density in Arabidopsis thaliana. MICROPUBLICATION BIOLOGY 2019; 2019. [PMID: 32550424 PMCID: PMC7252293 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Jenna Kotak
- Biology Department, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 18104, USA.,Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry Department, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Biology Department, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 18104, USA
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- Biology Department, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 18104, USA
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- Biology Department, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 18104, USA.,Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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- Biology Department, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 18104, USA
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- Biology Department, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 18104, USA
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Fambrini M, Pugliesi C. The Dynamic Genetic-Hormonal Regulatory Network Controlling the Trichome Development in Leaves. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 8:E253. [PMID: 31357744 PMCID: PMC6724107 DOI: 10.3390/plants8080253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Plant trichomes are outgrowths developed from an epidermal pavement cells of leaves and other organs. Trichomes (also called 'hairs') play well-recognized roles in defense against insect herbivores, forming a physical barrier that obstructs insect movement and mediating chemical defenses. In addition, trichomes can act as a mechanosensory switch, transducing mechanical stimuli (e.g., insect movement) into physiological signals, helping the plant to respond to insect attacks. Hairs can also modulate plant responses to abiotic stresses, such as water loss, an excess of light and temperature, and reflect light to protect plants against UV radiation. The structure of trichomes is species-specific and this trait is generally related to their function. These outgrowths are easily analyzed and their origin represents an outstanding subject to study epidermal cell fate and patterning in plant organs. In leaves, the developmental control of the trichomatous complement has highlighted a regulatory network based on four fundamental elements: (i) genes that activate and/or modify the normal cell cycle of epidermal pavement cells (i.e., endoreduplication cycles); (ii) transcription factors that create an activator/repressor complex with a central role in determining cell fate, initiation, and differentiation of an epidermal cell in trichomes; (iii) evidence that underlines the interplay of the aforesaid complex with different classes of phytohormones; (iv) epigenetic mechanisms involved in trichome development. Here, we reviewed the role of genes in the development of trichomes, as well as the interaction between genes and hormones. Furthermore, we reported basic studies about the regulation of the cell cycle and the complexity of trichomes. Finally, this review focused on the epigenetic factors involved in the initiation and development of hairs, mainly on leaves.
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- Marco Fambrini
- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (DAFE), University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto, 80-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (DAFE), University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto, 80-56124 Pisa, Italy.
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Structural basis for activation of SAGA histone acetyltransferase Gcn5 by partner subunit Ada2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:10010-10015. [PMID: 30224453 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1805343115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The Gcn5 histone acetyltransferase (HAT) subunit of the SAGA transcriptional coactivator complex catalyzes acetylation of histone H3 and H2B N-terminal tails, posttranslational modifications associated with gene activation. Binding of the SAGA subunit partner Ada2 to Gcn5 activates Gcn5's intrinsically weak HAT activity on histone proteins, but the mechanism for this activation by the Ada2 SANT domain has remained elusive. We have employed Fab antibody fragments as crystallization chaperones to determine crystal structures of a yeast Ada2/Gcn5 complex. Our structural and biochemical results indicate that the Ada2 SANT domain does not activate Gcn5's activity by directly affecting histone peptide binding as previously proposed. Instead, the Ada2 SANT domain enhances Gcn5 binding of the enzymatic cosubstrate acetyl-CoA. This finding suggests a mechanism for regulating chromatin modification enzyme activity: controlling binding of the modification cosubstrate instead of the histone substrate.
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Kotak J, Saisana M, Gegas V, Pechlivani N, Kaldis A, Papoutsoglou P, Makris A, Burns J, Kendig AL, Sheikh M, Kuschner CE, Whitney G, Caiola H, Doonan JH, Vlachonasios KE, McCain ER, Hark AT. The histone acetyltransferase GCN5 and the transcriptional coactivator ADA2b affect leaf development and trichome morphogenesis in Arabidopsis. PLANTA 2018; 248:613-628. [PMID: 29846775 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-018-2923-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The histone acetyltransferase GCN5 and associated transcriptional coactivator ADA2b are required to couple endoreduplication and trichome branching. Mutation of ADA2b also disrupts the relationship between ploidy and leaf cell size. Dynamic chromatin structure has been established as a general mechanism by which gene function is temporally and spatially regulated, but specific chromatin modifier function is less well understood. To address this question, we have investigated the role of the histone acetyltransferase GCN5 and the associated coactivator ADA2b in developmental events in Arabidopsis thaliana. Arabidopsis plants with T-DNA insertions in GCN5 (also known as HAG1) or ADA2b (also known as PROPORZ1) display pleiotropic phenotypes including dwarfism and floral defects affecting fertility. We undertook a detailed characterization of gcn5 and ada2b phenotypic effects in rosette leaves and trichomes to establish a role for epigenetic control in these developmental processes. ADA2b and GCN5 play specific roles in leaf tissue, affecting cell growth and division in rosette leaves often in complex and even opposite directions. Leaves of gcn5 plants display overall reduced ploidy levels, while ada2b-1 leaves show increased ploidy. Endoreduplication leading to increased ploidy is also known to contribute to normal trichome morphogenesis. We demonstrate that gcn5 and ada2b mutants display alterations in the number and patterning of trichome branches, with ada2b-1 and gcn5-1 trichomes being significantly less branched, while gcn5-6 trichomes show increased branching. Elongation of the trichome stalk and branches also vary in different mutant backgrounds, with stalk length having an inverse relationship with branch number. Taken together, our data indicate that, in Arabidopsis, leaves and trichomes ADA2b and GCN5 are required to couple nuclear content with cell growth and morphogenesis.
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- Jenna Kotak
- Biology Department, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, USA
- Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry Department, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Botany, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- National Plant Phenomics Centre, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
- Limagrain UK Ltd, Joseph Nickerson Research Centre, Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, UK
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- Department of Botany, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Botany, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Botany, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Botany, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Biology Department, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, USA
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- Biology Department, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, USA
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- Biology Department, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, USA
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- National Plant Phenomics Centre, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Biology Department, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, USA.
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Martel A, Brar H, Mayer BF, Charron JB. Diversification of the Histone Acetyltransferase GCN5 through Alternative Splicing in Brachypodium distachyon. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:2176. [PMID: 29312415 PMCID: PMC5743026 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.02176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The epigenetic modulatory SAGA complex is involved in various developmental and stress responsive pathways in plants. Alternative transcripts of the SAGA complex's enzymatic subunit GCN5 have been identified in Brachypodium distachyon. These splice variants differ based on the presence and integrity of their conserved domain sequences: the histone acetyltransferase domain, responsible for catalytic activity, and the bromodomain, involved in acetyl-lysine binding and genomic loci targeting. GCN5 is the wild-type transcript, while alternative splice sites result in the following transcriptional variants: L-GCN5, which is missing the bromodomain and S-GCN5, which lacks the bromodomain as well as certain motifs of the histone acetyltransferase domain. Absolute mRNA quantification revealed that, across eight B. distachyon accessions, GCN5 was the dominant transcript isoform, accounting for up to 90% of the entire transcript pool, followed by L-GCN5 and S-GCN5. A cycloheximide treatment further revealed that the S-GCN5 splice variant was degraded through the nonsense-mediated decay pathway. All alternative BdGCN5 transcripts displayed similar transcript profiles, being induced during early exposure to heat and displaying higher levels of accumulation in the crown, compared to aerial tissues. All predicted protein isoforms localize to the nucleus, which lends weight to their purported epigenetic functions. S-GCN5 was incapable of forming an in vivo protein interaction with ADA2, the transcriptional adaptor that links the histone acetyltransferase subunit to the SAGA complex, while both GCN5 and L-GCN5 interacted with ADA2, which suggests that a complete histone acetyltransferase domain is required for BdGCN5-BdADA2 interaction in vivo. Thus, there has been a diversification in BdGCN5 through alternative splicing that has resulted in differences in conserved domain composition, transcript fate and in vivo protein interaction partners. Furthermore, our results suggest that B. distachyon may harbor compositionally distinct SAGA-like complexes that differ based on their histone acetyltransferase subunit.
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Church M, Smith KC, Alhussain MM, Pennings S, Fleming AB. Sas3 and Ada2(Gcn5)-dependent histone H3 acetylation is required for transcription elongation at the de-repressed FLO1 gene. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:4413-4430. [PMID: 28115623 PMCID: PMC5416777 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae FLO1 gene encodes a cell wall protein that imparts cell-cell adhesion. FLO1 transcription is regulated via the antagonistic activities of the Tup1-Cyc8 co-repressor and Swi-Snf co-activator complexes. Tup1-Cyc8 represses transcription through the organization of strongly positioned, hypoacetylated nucleosomes across gene promoters. Swi-Snf catalyzes remodeling of these nucleosomes in a mechanism involving histone acetylation that is poorly understood. Here, we show that FLO1 de-repression is accompanied by Swi-Snf recruitment, promoter histone eviction and Sas3 and Ada2(Gcn5)-dependent histone H3K14 acetylation. In the absence of H3K14 acetylation, Swi-Snf recruitment and histone eviction proceed, but transcription is reduced, suggesting these processes, while essential, are not sufficient for de-repression. Further analysis in the absence of H3K14 acetylation reveals RNAP II recruitment at the FLO1 promoter still occurs, but RNAP II is absent from the gene-coding region, demonstrating Sas3 and Ada2-dependent histone H3 acetylation is required for transcription elongation. Analysis of the transcription kinetics at other genes reveals shared mechanisms coupled to a distinct role for histone H3 acetylation, essential at FLO1, downstream of initiation. We propose histone H3 acetylation in the coding region provides rate-limiting control during the transition from initiation to elongation which dictates whether the gene is permissive for transcription.
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- Michael Church
- School of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
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- School of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Kong L, Qiu X, Kang J, Wang Y, Chen H, Huang J, Qiu M, Zhao Y, Kong G, Ma Z, Wang Y, Ye W, Dong S, Ma W, Wang Y. A Phytophthora Effector Manipulates Host Histone Acetylation and Reprograms Defense Gene Expression to Promote Infection. Curr Biol 2017; 27:981-991. [PMID: 28318979 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2017] [Revised: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Immune response during pathogen infection requires extensive transcription reprogramming. A fundamental mechanism of transcriptional regulation is histone acetylation. However, how pathogens interfere with this process to promote disease remains largely unknown. Here we demonstrate that the cytoplasmic effector PsAvh23 produced by the soybean pathogen Phytophthora sojae acts as a modulator of histone acetyltransferase (HAT) in plants. PsAvh23 binds to the ADA2 subunit of the HAT complex SAGA and disrupts its assembly by interfering with the association of ADA2 with the catalytic subunit GCN5. As such, PsAvh23 suppresses H3K9 acetylation mediated by the ADA2/GCN5 module and increases plant susceptibility. Expression of PsAvh23 or silencing of GmADA2/GmGCN5 resulted in misregulation of defense-related genes, most likely due to decreased H3K9 acetylation levels at the corresponding loci. This study highlights an effective counter-defense mechanism by which a pathogen effector suppresses the activation of defense genes by interfering with the function of the HAT complex during infection.
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- Liang Kong
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China; Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China; The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China; The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China; The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China.
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China; The Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China.
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Poulios S, Vlachonasios KE. Synergistic action of histone acetyltransferase GCN5 and receptor CLAVATA1 negatively affects ethylene responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2016; 67:905-18. [PMID: 26596766 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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GENERAL CONTROL NON-REPRESSIBLE 5 (GCN5) is a histone acetyltransferase (HAT) and the catalytic subunit of several multicomponent HAT complexes that acetylate lysine residues of histone H3. Mutants in AtGCN5 display pleiotropic developmental defects including aberrant meristem function. Shoot apical meristem (SAM) maintenance is regulated by CLAVATA1 (CLV1), a receptor kinase that controls the size of the shoot and floral meristems. Upon activation through CLV3 binding, CLV1 signals to the transcription factor WUSCHEL (WUS), restricting WUS expression and thus the meristem size. We hypothesized that GCN5 and CLV1 act together to affect SAM function. Using genetic and molecular approaches, we generated and characterized clv gcn5 mutants. Surprisingly, the clv1-1 gcn5-1 double mutant exhibited constitutive ethylene responses, suggesting that GCN5 and CLV signaling act synergistically to inhibit ethylene responses in Arabidopsis. This genetic and molecular interaction was mediated by ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE 3/ EIN3-LIKE1 (EIN3/EIL1) transcription factors. Our data suggest that signals from the CLV transduction pathway reach the GCN5-containing complexes in the nucleus and alter the histone acetylation status of ethylene-responsive genes, thus translating the CLV information to transcriptional activity and uncovering a link between histone acetylation and SAM maintenance in the complex mode of ethylene signaling.
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- Stylianos Poulios
- Department of Botany, School of Biology, Faculty of Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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- Department of Botany, School of Biology, Faculty of Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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Lee SS, Park HJ, Yoon DH, Kim BG, Ahn JC, Luan S, Cho HS. Rice cyclophilin OsCYP18-2 is translocated to the nucleus by an interaction with SKIP and enhances drought tolerance in rice and Arabidopsis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2015; 38:2071-87. [PMID: 25847193 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2014] [Revised: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Cyclophilin 18-2 (CYP18-2) genes, homologues of human peptidyl-prolyl isomerase-like 1 (PPiL1), are conserved across multicellular organisms and Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Although PPiL1 is known to interact with ski-interacting protein (SKIP), a transcriptional co-regulator and spliceosomal component, there have been no functional analyses of PPiL1 homologues in plants. Rice cyclophilin 18-2 (OsCYP18-2) bound directly to amino acids 56-95 of OsSKIP and its binding was independent of cyclosporin A, a cyclophilin-binding drug. Moreover, OsCYP18-2 exhibited PPIase activity regardless of its interaction with OsSKIP. Therefore, the binding site for OsCYP18-2's interaction with SKIP was distinct from the PPIase active site. OsCYP18-2's interaction with SKIP full-length protein enabled OsCYP18-2's translocation from the cytoplasm into the nucleus and AtSKIP interacted in planta with both AtCYP18-2 and OsCYP18-2. Drought and salt stress induced similar expression of OsCYP18-2 and OsSKIP. Overexpression of OsCYP18-2 in transgenic rice and Arabidopsis thaliana plants enhanced drought tolerance and altered expression and pre-mRNA splicing patterns of stress-related genes in Arabidopsis under drought conditions. Furthermore, OsCYP18-2 caused transcriptional activation with/without OsSKIP in the GAL4 system of yeast; thus the OsSKIP-OsCYP18-2 interaction has an important role in the transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of stress-related genes and increases tolerance to drought stress.
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- Sang Sook Lee
- Sustainable Bioresource Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, 305-806, Korea
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- Sustainable Bioresource Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, 305-806, Korea
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- Sustainable Bioresource Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, 305-806, Korea
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Seonam University, Namwon, 590-170, Korea
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- Divisions of Bio-Crops Development, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, 441-707, Korea
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- Sustainable Bioresource Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, 305-806, Korea
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Seonam University, Namwon, 590-170, Korea
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 73072, USA
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- Sustainable Bioresource Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, 305-806, Korea
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Chang P, Fan X, Chen J. Function and subcellular localization of Gcn5, a histone acetyltransferase in Candida albicans. Fungal Genet Biol 2015; 81:132-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2014] [Revised: 01/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Schraut KG, Jakob SB, Weidner MT, Schmitt AG, Scholz CJ, Strekalova T, El Hajj N, Eijssen LMT, Domschke K, Reif A, Haaf T, Ortega G, Steinbusch HWM, Lesch KP, Van den Hove DL. Prenatal stress-induced programming of genome-wide promoter DNA methylation in 5-HTT-deficient mice. Transl Psychiatry 2014; 4:e473. [PMID: 25335169 PMCID: PMC4350514 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2014.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT/SLC6A4)-linked polymorphic region has been suggested to have a modulatory role in mediating effects of early-life stress exposure on psychopathology rendering carriers of the low-expression short (s)-variant more vulnerable to environmental adversity in later life. The underlying molecular mechanisms of this gene-by-environment interaction are not well understood, but epigenetic regulation including differential DNA methylation has been postulated to have a critical role. Recently, we used a maternal restraint stress paradigm of prenatal stress (PS) in 5-HTT-deficient mice and showed that the effects on behavior and gene expression were particularly marked in the hippocampus of female 5-Htt+/- offspring. Here, we examined to which extent these effects are mediated by differential methylation of DNA. For this purpose, we performed a genome-wide hippocampal DNA methylation screening using methylated-DNA immunoprecipitation (MeDIP) on Affymetrix GeneChip Mouse Promoter 1.0 R arrays. Using hippocampal DNA from the same mice as assessed before enabled us to correlate gene-specific DNA methylation, mRNA expression and behavior. We found that 5-Htt genotype, PS and their interaction differentially affected the DNA methylation signature of numerous genes, a subset of which showed overlap with the expression profiles of the corresponding transcripts. For example, a differentially methylated region in the gene encoding myelin basic protein (Mbp) was associated with its expression in a 5-Htt-, PS- and 5-Htt × PS-dependent manner. Subsequent fine-mapping of this Mbp locus linked the methylation status of two specific CpG sites to Mbp expression and anxiety-related behavior. In conclusion, hippocampal DNA methylation patterns and expression profiles of female prenatally stressed 5-Htt+/- mice suggest that distinct molecular mechanisms, some of which are promoter methylation-dependent, contribute to the behavioral effects of the 5-Htt genotype, PS exposure and their interaction.
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- K G Schraut
- Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational Neuroscience, Center of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational Neuroscience, Center of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational Neuroscience, Center of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany,Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Microarray Applications, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands,Institute for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics-BiGCaT, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational Neuroscience, Center of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational Neuroscience, Center of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany,Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands,Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wuerzburg, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany. E-mail:
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- Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Laboratory of Translational Neuroscience, Center of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany,Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Cieniewicz AM, Moreland L, Ringel AE, Mackintosh SG, Raman A, Gilbert TM, Wolberger C, Tackett AJ, Taverna SD. The bromodomain of Gcn5 regulates site specificity of lysine acetylation on histone H3. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 13:2896-910. [PMID: 25106422 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m114.038174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In yeast, the conserved histone acetyltransferase (HAT) Gcn5 associates with Ada2 and Ada3 to form the catalytic module of the ADA and SAGA transcriptional coactivator complexes. Gcn5 also contains an acetyl-lysine binding bromodomain that has been implicated in regulating nucleosomal acetylation in vitro, as well as at gene promoters in cells. However, the contribution of the Gcn5 bromodomain in regulating site specificity of HAT activity remains unclear. Here, we used a combined acid-urea gel and quantitative mass spectrometry approach to compare the HAT activity of wild-type and Gcn5 bromodomain-mutant ADA subcomplexes (Gcn5-Ada2-Ada3). Wild-type ADA subcomplex acetylated H3 lysines with the following specificity; H3K14 > H3K23 > H3K9 ≈ H3K18 > H3K27 > H3K36. However, when the Gcn5 bromodomain was defective in acetyl-lysine binding, the ADA subcomplex demonstrated altered site-specific acetylation on free and nucleosomal H3, with H3K18ac being the most severely diminished. H3K18ac was also severely diminished on H3K14R, but not H3K23R, substrates in wild-type HAT reactions, further suggesting that Gcn5-catalyzed acetylation of H3K14 and bromodomain binding to H3K14ac are important steps preceding H3K18ac. In sum, this work details a previously uncharacterized cross-talk between the Gcn5 bromodomain "reader" function and enzymatic HAT activity that might ultimately affect gene expression. Future studies of how mutations in bromodomains or other histone post-translational modification readers can affect chromatin-templated enzymatic activities will yield unprecedented insight into a potential "histone/epigenetic code." MS data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD001167.
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- Anne M Cieniewicz
- From the ‡Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; §Center for Epigenetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- ¶Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
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- ‖Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; **Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- ¶Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
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- From the ‡Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; §Center for Epigenetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- From the ‡Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; §Center for Epigenetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- §Center for Epigenetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; ‖Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; **Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- ¶Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205;
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- From the ‡Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; §Center for Epigenetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205;
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Unexpected function of the glucanosyltransferase Gas1 in the DNA damage response linked to histone H3 acetyltransferases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2014; 196:1029-39. [PMID: 24532730 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.113.158824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Chromatin organization and structure are crucial for transcriptional regulation, DNA replication, and damage repair. Although initially characterized in remodeling cell wall glucans, the β-1,3-glucanosyltransferase Gas1 was recently discovered to regulate transcriptional silencing in a manner separable from its activity at the cell wall. However, the function of Gas1 in modulating chromatin remains largely unexplored. Our genetic characterization revealed that GAS1 had critical interactions with genes encoding the histone H3 lysine acetyltransferases Gcn5 and Sas3. Specifically, whereas the gas1 gcn5 double mutant was synthetically lethal, deletion of both GAS1 and SAS3 restored silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The loss of GAS1 also led to broad DNA damage sensitivity with reduced Rad53 phosphorylation and defective cell cycle checkpoint activation following exposure to select genotoxins. Deletion of SAS3 in the gas1 background restored both Rad53 phosphorylation and checkpoint activation following exposure to genotoxins that trigger the DNA replication checkpoint. Our analysis thus uncovers previously unsuspected functions for both Gas1 and Sas3 in DNA damage response and cell cycle regulation.
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Kamata K, Goswami G, Kashio S, Urano T, Nakagawa R, Uchida H, Oki M. The N-terminus and Tudor domains of Sgf29 are important for its heterochromatin boundary formation function. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 155:159-71. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvt108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Josling GA, Selvarajah SA, Petter M, Duffy MF. The role of bromodomain proteins in regulating gene expression. Genes (Basel) 2012; 3:320-43. [PMID: 24704920 PMCID: PMC3899951 DOI: 10.3390/genes3020320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2012] [Revised: 05/11/2012] [Accepted: 05/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Histone modifications are important in regulating gene expression in eukaryotes. Of the numerous histone modifications which have been identified, acetylation is one of the best characterised and is generally associated with active genes. Histone acetylation can directly affect chromatin structure by neutralising charges on the histone tail, and can also function as a binding site for proteins which can directly or indirectly regulate transcription. Bromodomains specifically bind to acetylated lysine residues on histone tails, and bromodomain proteins play an important role in anchoring the complexes of which they are a part to acetylated chromatin. Bromodomain proteins are involved in a diverse range of functions, such as acetylating histones, remodeling chromatin, and recruiting other factors necessary for transcription. These proteins thus play a critical role in the regulation of transcription.
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- Gabrielle A Josling
- Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
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- Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
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- Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
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- Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
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Spedale G, Timmers HTM, Pijnappel WWMP. ATAC-king the complexity of SAGA during evolution. Genes Dev 2012; 26:527-41. [PMID: 22426530 DOI: 10.1101/gad.184705.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The yeast SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5-acetyltransferase) coactivator complex exerts functions in gene expression, including activator interaction, histone acetylation, histone deubiquitination, mRNA export, chromatin recognition, and regulation of the basal transcription machinery. These diverse functions involve distinct modules within this multiprotein complex. It has now become clear that yeast SAGA has diverged during metazoan evolution into two related complexes, SAGA and ATAC, which exist in two flavors in vertebrates. The compositions of metazoan ATAC and SAGA complexes have been characterized, and functional analyses indicate that these complexes have important but distinct roles in transcription, histone modification, signaling pathways, and cell cycle regulation.
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- Gianpiero Spedale
- Molecular Cancer Research, Netherlands Proteomics Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Neumann FR, Dion V, Gehlen LR, Tsai-Pflugfelder M, Schmid R, Taddei A, Gasser SM. Targeted INO80 enhances subnuclear chromatin movement and ectopic homologous recombination. Genes Dev 2012; 26:369-83. [PMID: 22345518 DOI: 10.1101/gad.176156.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chromatin in the interphase nucleus moves in a constrained random walk. Despite extensive study, the molecular causes of such movement and its impact on DNA-based reactions are unclear. Using high-precision live fluorescence microscopy in budding yeast, we quantified the movement of tagged chromosomal loci to which transcriptional activators or nucleosome remodeling complexes were targeted. We found that local binding of the transcriptional activator VP16, but not of the Gal4 acidic domain, enhances chromatin mobility. The increase in movement did not correlate strictly with RNA polymerase II (PolII) elongation, but could be phenocopied by targeting the INO80 remodeler to the locus. Enhanced chromatin mobility required Ino80's ATPase activity. Consistently, the INO80-dependent remodeling of nucleosomes upon transcriptional activation of the endogenous PHO5 promoter enhanced chromatin movement locally. Finally, increased mobility at a double-strand break was also shown to depend in part on the INO80 complex. This correlated with increased rates of spontaneous gene conversion. We propose that local chromatin remodeling and nucleosome eviction increase large-scale chromatin movements by enhancing the flexibility of the chromatin fiber.
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- Frank R Neumann
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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Shukla A, Lahudkar S, Durairaj G, Bhaumik SR. Sgf29p facilitates the recruitment of TATA box binding protein but does not alter SAGA's global structural integrity in vivo. Biochemistry 2012; 51:706-14. [PMID: 22224423 DOI: 10.1021/bi201708z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Although Sgf29p has been biochemically implicated as a component of SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5 acetyltransferase), its precise mechanism of action in transcription is not clearly understood in vivo. Here, using a formaldehyde-based in vivo cross-linking and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay in conjunction with transcriptional and mutational analyses, we show that Sgf29p along with other SAGA components is recruited to the upstream activating sequence (UAS) of a SAGA-regulated gene, GAL1, in an activation domain-dependent manner. However, Sgf29p does not alter the recruitment of Spt20p that maintains the overall structural and functional integrity of SAGA. The recruitment of other SAGA components such as TAF10p, TAF12p, and Ubp8p to the GAL1 UAS is also not altered in the absence of Sgf29p. Interestingly, we find that the recruitment of TBP (TATA box binding protein that nucleates the assembly of general transcription factors to form the preinitiation complex for transcriptional initiation) to the core promoter of GAL1 is weakened in Δsgf29. Likewise, Sgf29p also enhances the recruitment of TBP to other SAGA-regulated promoters. Such weakening of recruitment of TBP to these promoters subsequently decreases the level of transcription. Taken together, these results support the idea that SAGA-associated Sgf29p facilitates the recruitment of TBP (and hence transcription) without altering the global structural integrity of SAGA in vivo.
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- Abhijit Shukla
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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The reversible acetylation of specific lysine residues on core histones regulates gene transcription in eukaryotes. Since the discovery of GCN5 as the first transcription-regulating histone acetyltransferase (HAT), a variety of HATs have now been identified and shown to acetylate different sites on histones as well as on non-histone proteins, including transcription regulators. In general, purified recombinant HATs expressed in bacteria or in insect cells are able to acetylate free histones and sometimes other substrates in vitro. However, such activity is often restricted to certain substrates and/or is very weak on physiological substrates, such as nucleosomes. Moreover, it does not reflect the actual scenario inside the cell, where HATs generally associate with other proteins to form stable multisubunit complexes. Importantly, these peripheral proteins significantly influence the functions of the catalytic HAT subunit by regulating its intrinsic catalytic activity and/or by modulating its target substrate selectivity. In this chapter, we describe detailed methods for the rapid (two step) and efficient purification of large, multiprotein HAT complexes from nuclear extracts of mammalian epitope-tagged cell lines, including protocols for the generation and large-scale suspension culture of these cell lines. These methods have been used to purify and characterize different human GCN5 HAT complexes that retain activity toward their physiological substrates in vitro.
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Vlachonasios KE, Kaldis A, Nikoloudi A, Tsementzi D. The role of transcriptional coactivator ADA2b in Arabidopsis abiotic stress responses. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2011; 6:1475-8. [PMID: 21897124 PMCID: PMC3256374 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.10.17695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2011] [Accepted: 08/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Plant growth and crop production can be greatly affected by common environmental stresses such as drought, high salinity and low temperatures. Gene expression is affected by several abiotic stresses. Stress-inducible genes are regulated by transcription factors and epigenetic mechanisms such as histone modifications. In this Mini-Review, we have explored the role of transcriptional adaptor ADA2b in Arabidopsis responses to abiotic stress. ADA2b is required for the expression of genes involved in abiotic stress either by controlling H3 and H4 acetylation in the case of salt stress or affecting nucleosome occupancy in low temperatures response.
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- Konstantinos E Vlachonasios
- Department of Botany, School of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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A novel assay identifies transcript elongation roles for the Nup84 complex and RNA processing factors. EMBO J 2011; 30:1953-64. [PMID: 21478823 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2010] [Accepted: 03/09/2011] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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To clarify the role of a number of mRNA processing factors in transcription elongation, we developed an in vivo assay for direct analysis of elongation on chromatin. The assay relies on two substrates containing two G-less cassettes separated by either a long and GC-rich or a short and GC-poor DNA sequence (G-less-based run-on (GLRO) assay). We demonstrate that PAF, THSC/TREX-2, SAGA, the exosome component Rrp6 and two subunits of cleavage factor IA (Rna14 and Rna15) are required for efficient transcription elongation, in contrast to some results obtained using other assays. Next, we undertook a mutant screen and found out that the Nup84 nucleoporin complex is also required for transcription elongation, as confirmed by the GLRO assay and RNA polymerase II chromatin immunoprecipitations. Therefore, in addition to showing that the GLRO assay is a sensitive and reliable method for the analysis of elongation in vivo, this study provides evidence for a new role of the Nup84 complex and a number of mRNA processing factors in transcription elongation that supports a connection of pre-mRNA processing and nuclear export with transcription elongation.
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Pavangadkar K, Thomashow MF, Triezenberg SJ. Histone dynamics and roles of histone acetyltransferases during cold-induced gene regulation in Arabidopsis. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 74:183-200. [PMID: 20661629 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-010-9665-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2010] [Accepted: 07/07/2010] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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In Arabidopsis, CBF transcription factors bind to and activate certain cold-regulated (COR) gene promoters during cold acclimation. Consistent with the prevailing model that histone acetylation and nucleosomal depletion correspond with transcriptionally active genes, we now report that H3 acetylation increases and nucleosome occupancy decreases at COR gene promoters upon cold acclimation. Overexpression of CBF1 resulted in a constitutive increase in H3 acetylation and decrease in nucleosome occupancy, consistent with the constitutive activation of COR gene expression. Overexpression of a truncated form of CBF2 lacking its transcriptional activation domain resulted in a cold-stimulated increase in H3 acetylation, but no change in nucleosomal occupancy or COR gene expression, indicating that histone acetylation is congruent with but not sufficient for cold-activation of COR gene expression. Plants homozygous for T-DNA disruption alleles of GCN5 (encoding a histone acetyltransferase) or ADA2b (a GCN5-interacting protein) show diminished expression of COR genes during cold acclimation. Contrary to expectations, H3 acetylation at COR gene promoters was stimulated upon cold acclimation in ada2b and gcn5 plants as in wild type plants, but the decrease in nucleosome occupancy was diminished. Thus, GCN5 is not the HAT responsible for histone acetylation at COR gene promoters during cold acclimation. Several other HAT mutant plants were also tested; although some do affect COR gene expression, none affected histone acetylation. Therefore, H3 acetylation at the COR gene promoters is not solely dependent on any of the HATs tested.
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Bhaumik SR. Distinct regulatory mechanisms of eukaryotic transcriptional activation by SAGA and TFIID. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2010; 1809:97-108. [PMID: 20800707 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2010.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2009] [Revised: 08/18/2010] [Accepted: 08/19/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A growing number of human diseases are linked to abnormal gene expression which is largely controlled at the level of transcriptional initiation. The gene-specific activator promotes the initiation of transcription through its interaction with one or more components of the transcriptional initiation machinery, hence leading to stimulated transcriptional initiation or activation. However, all activator proteins do not target the same component(s) of the transcriptional initiation machinery. Rather, they can have different target specificities, and thus, can lead to distinct mechanisms of transcriptional activation. Two such distinct mechanisms of transcriptional activation in yeast are mediated by the SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5-Acetyltransferase) and TFIID (Transcription factor IID) complexes, and are termed as "SAGA-dependent" and "TFIID-dependent" transcriptional activation, respectively. SAGA is the target of the activator in case of SAGA-dependent transcriptional activation, while the targeting of TFIID by the activator leads to TFIID-dependent transcriptional activation. Both the SAGA and TFIID complexes are highly conserved from yeast to human, and play crucial roles in gene activation among eukaryotes. The regulatory mechanisms of eukaryotic transcriptional activation by SAGA and TFIID are discussed here. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled The 26S Proteasome: When degradation is just not enough!
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- Sukesh R Bhaumik
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Illnois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA.
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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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The cellular role of the Ada2 coactivator is currently understood in the context of the SAGA histone acetyltransferase (HAT) complex, where Ada2 increases the HAT activity of Gcn5 and interacts with transcriptional activators. Here we report a new function for Ada2 in promoting transcriptional silencing at telomeres and ribosomal DNA. This silencing function is the first characterized role for Ada2 distinct from its involvement with Gcn5. Ada2 binds telomeric chromatin and the silencing protein Sir2 in vivo. Loss of ADA2 causes the spreading of Sir2 and Sir3 into subtelomeric regions and decreased histone H4 K16 acetylation. This previously uncharacterized boundary activity of Ada2 is functionally similar to, but mechanistically distinct from, that of the MYST family HAT Sas2. Mounting evidence in the literature indicates that boundary activities create chromosomal domains important for regulating gene expression in response to environmental changes. Consistent with this, we show that upon nutritional changes, Ada2 occupancy increases at a subtelomeric region proximal to a SAGA-inducible gene and causes derepression of a silenced telomeric reporter gene. Thus, Ada2, likely in the context of SAGA, is positioned at chromosomal termini to participate in both transcriptional repression and activation in response to nutrient signaling.
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Sellam A, Askew C, Epp E, Lavoie H, Whiteway M, Nantel A. Genome-wide mapping of the coactivator Ada2p yields insight into the functional roles of SAGA/ADA complex in Candida albicans. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 20:2389-400. [PMID: 19279142 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-11-1093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The SAGA/ADA coactivator complex, which regulates numerous cellular processes by coordinating histone acetylation, is widely conserved throughout eukaryotes, and analysis of the Candida albicans genome identifies the components of this complex in the fungal pathogen. We investigated the multiple functions of SAGA/ADA in C. albicans by determining the genome-wide occupancy of Ada2p using chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP). Ada2p is recruited to 200 promoters upstream of genes involved in different stress-response functions and metabolic processes. Phenotypic and transcriptomic analysis of ada2 mutant showed that Ada2p is required for the responses to oxidative stress, as well as to treatments with tunicamycin and fluconazole. Ada2p recruitment to the promoters of oxidative resistance genes is mediated by the transcription factor Cap1p, and coactivator function were also established for Gal4p, which recruits Ada2p to the promoters of glycolysis and pyruvate metabolism genes. Cooccupancy of Ada2p and the drug resistance regulator Mrr1p on the promoters of core resistance genes characterizing drug resistance in clinical strains was also demonstrated. Ada2p recruitment to the promoters of these genes were shown to be completely dependent on Mrr1p. Furthermore, ADA2 deletion causes a decrease in H3K9 acetylation levels of target genes, thus illustrating its importance for histone acetyl transferase activity.
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- Adnane Sellam
- Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montréal, QC, H4P 2R2, Canada
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Chimenti F, Bizzarri B, Maccioni E, Secci D, Bolasco A, Chimenti P, Fioravanti R, Granese A, Carradori S, Tosi F, Ballario P, Vernarecci S, Filetici P. A novel histone acetyltransferase inhibitor modulating Gcn5 network: cyclopentylidene-[4-(4'-chlorophenyl)thiazol-2-yl)hydrazone. J Med Chem 2009; 52:530-6. [PMID: 19099397 DOI: 10.1021/jm800885d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Acetylation is a key modulator of genome accessibility through decondensation of the chromatin structure. The balance between acetylation and opposite deacetylation is, in fact, a prerequisite for several cell functions and differentiation. To find modulators of the histone acetyltransferase Gcn5p, we performed a phenotypic screening on a set of newly synthesized molecules derived from thiazole in budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We selected compounds that induce growth inhibition in yeast strains deleted in genes encoding known histone acetyltransferases. A novel molecule CPTH2, cyclopentylidene-[4-(4'-chlorophenyl)thiazol-2-yl)hydrazone, was selected based on its inhibitory effect on the growth of a gcn5Delta strain. We demonstrated a specific chemical-genetic interaction between CPTH2 and HAT Gcn5p, indicating that CPTH2 inhibits the Gcn5p dependent functional network. CPTH2 inhibited an in vitro HAT reaction, which is reverted by increasing concentration of histone H3. In vivo, it decreased acetylation of bulk histone H3 at the specific H3-AcK14 site. On the whole, our results demonstrate that CPTH2 is a novel HAT inhibitor modulating Gcn5p network in vitro and in vivo.
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- Franco Chimenti
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, P. le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Hark AT, Vlachonasios KE, Pavangadkar KA, Rao S, Gordon H, Adamakis ID, Kaldis A, Thomashow MF, Triezenberg SJ. Two Arabidopsis orthologs of the transcriptional coactivator ADA2 have distinct biological functions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2009; 1789:117-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2008.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2008] [Revised: 08/26/2008] [Accepted: 09/09/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Pascual-García P, Govind CK, Queralt E, Cuenca-Bono B, Llopis A, Chavez S, Hinnebusch AG, Rodríguez-Navarro S. Sus1 is recruited to coding regions and functions during transcription elongation in association with SAGA and TREX2. Genes Dev 2008; 22:2811-22. [PMID: 18923079 DOI: 10.1101/gad.483308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Gene transcription, RNA biogenesis, and mRNA transport constitute a complicated process essential for all eukaryotic cells. The transcription/export factor Sus1 plays a key role in coupling transcription activation with mRNA export, and it resides in both the SAGA and TREX2 complexes. Moreover, Sus1 is responsible for GAL1 gene gating at the nuclear periphery, which is important for its transcriptional status. Here, we show that Sus1 is required during transcription elongation and is associated with the elongating form of RNA Polymerase II (RNAP II) phosphorylated on Ser5 and Ser2 of the C-terminal domain (CTD). In addition, Sus1 copurifies with the essential mRNA export factors Yra1 and Mex67, which bind to the mRNA cotranscriptionally. Consistently, ChIP analysis reveals that Sus1 is present at coding regions dependent on transcription in a manner stimulated by Kin28-dependent CTD phosphorylation. Strikingly, eliminating the TREX2 component Sac3 or the SAGA subunit Ubp8 partially impairs Sus1 targeting to coding sequences and upstream activating sequences (UAS). We found, unexpectedly, that Sgf73 is necessary for association of Sus1 with both SAGA and TREX2, and that its absence dramatically reduces Sus1 occupancy of UAS and ORF sequences. Our results reveal that Sus1 plays a key role in coordinating gene transcription and mRNA export by working at the interface between the SAGA and TREX2 complexes during transcription elongation.
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Blanco-García N, Asensio-Juan E, de la Cruz X, Martínez-Balbás MA. Autoacetylation regulates P/CAF nuclear localization. J Biol Chem 2008; 284:1343-52. [PMID: 19015268 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m806075200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Acetylation is a posttranslational modification that alters the biological activities of proteins by affecting their association with other proteins or DNA, their catalytic activities, or their subcellular distribution. The acetyltransferase P/CAF is autoacetylated and acetylated by p300 in vivo. P/CAF autoacetylation is an intramolecular or intermolecular event. Intramolecular acetylation targets five lysines within the nuclear localization signal at the P/CAF C terminus. We analyzed how the subcellular distribution of P/CAF is regulated by intramolecular autoacetylation and found that a P/CAF mutant lacking histone acetyltransferase activity accumulated primarily in the cytoplasm. This cytoplasmic fraction of P/CAF is enriched for nonautoacetylated P/CAF. In addition, P/CAF deacetylation by HDAC3 and in a minor degree by HDAC1, HDAC2, or HDAC4 leads to cytoplasmic accumulation of P/CAF. Importantly, our data show that P/CAF accumulates in the cytoplasm during apoptosis. These results reveal the molecular mechanism of autoacetylation control of P/CAF nuclear translocation and suggest a novel pathway by which P/CAF activity is controlled in vivo.
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- Noemí Blanco-García
- Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Baldiri i Reixac 15-21, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Acetylation of Rsc4p by Gcn5p is essential in the absence of histone H3 acetylation. Mol Cell Biol 2008; 28:6967-72. [PMID: 18809572 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00570-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Rsc4p, a subunit of the RSC chromatin-remodeling complex, is acetylated at lysine 25 by Gcn5p, a well-characterized histone acetyltransferase (HAT). Mutation of lysine 25 does not result in a significant growth defect, and therefore whether this modification is important for the function of the essential RSC complex was unknown. In a search to uncover the molecular basis for the lethality resulting from loss of multiple histone H3-specific HATs, we determined that loss of Rsc4p acetylation is lethal in strains lacking histone H3 acetylation. Phenotype comparison of mutants with arginine and glutamine substitutions of acetylatable lysines within the histone H3 tail suggests that it is a failure to neutralize the charge of the H3 tail that is lethal in strains lacking Rsc4p acetylation. We also demonstrate that Rsc4p acetylation does not require any of the known Gcn5p-dependent HAT complexes and thus represents a truly novel function for Gcn5p. These results demonstrate for the first time the vital and yet redundant functions of histone H3 and Rsc4p acetylation in maintaining cell viability.
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Haenni SS, Hassa PO, Altmeyer M, Fey M, Imhof R, Hottiger MO. Identification of lysines 36 and 37 of PARP-2 as targets for acetylation and auto-ADP-ribosylation. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2008; 40:2274-83. [PMID: 18436469 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2007] [Revised: 03/05/2008] [Accepted: 03/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Poly-ADP-ribose polymerase-2 (PARP-2) was described to regulate cellular functions comprising DNA surveillance, inflammation and cell differentiation by co-regulating different transcription factors. Using an in vitro and in vivo approach, we identified PARP-2 as a new substrate for the histone acetyltransferases PCAF and GCN5L. Site directed mutagenesis indicated that lysines 36 and 37, located in the nuclear localization signal of PARP-2, are the main targets for PCAF and GCN5L activity in vitro. Interestingly, acetylation of the same two PARP-2 residues reduces the DNA binding and enzymatic activity of PARP-2. Finally, PARP-2 with mutated lysines 36 and 37 showed reduced auto-mono-ADP-ribosylation when compared to wild type PARP-2. Together, our results provide evidence that acetylation of PARP-2 is a key post-translational modification that may regulate DNA binding and consequently also the enzymatic activity of PARP-2.
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- Sandra S Haenni
- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Nucleosome positioning and histone H3 acetylation are independent processes in the Aspergillus nidulans prnD-prnB bidirectional promoter. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2008; 7:656-63. [PMID: 18296621 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00184-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In Aspergillus nidulans, proline can be used as a carbon and nitrogen source, and its metabolism requires the integration of three signals, including proline induction and nitrogen and carbon metabolite derepression. We have previously shown that the bidirectional promoter in the prnD-prnB intergenic region undergoes drastic chromatin rearrangements such that proline induction leads to the loss of positioned nucleosomes, whereas simultaneous carbon and nitrogen metabolite repression results in the partial repositioning of these nucleosomes. In the proline cluster, the inhibition of deacetylases by trichostatin A leads to partial derepression and is associated with a lack of nucleosome positioning. Here, we investigate the effect of histone acetylation in the proline cluster using strains deleted of essential components of putative A. nidulans histone acetyltransferase complexes, namely, gcnE and adaB, the orthologues of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GCN5 and ADA2 genes, respectively. Surprisingly, GcnE and AdaB are not required for transcriptional activation and chromatin remodeling but are required for the repression of prnB and prnD and for the repositioning of nucleosomes in the divergent promoter region. Chromatin immunoprecipitation directed against histone H3 lysines K9 and K14 revealed that GcnE and AdaB participate in increasing the acetylation level of at least one nucleosome in the prnD-prnB intergenic region during activation, but these activities do not determine nucleosome positioning. Our results are consistent with a function of GcnE and AdaB in gene repression of the proline cluster, probably an indirect effect related to the function of CreA, the DNA-binding protein mediating carbon catabolite repression in A. nidulans.
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Zou Y, Wu J, Giannone RJ, Boucher L, Du H, Huang Y, Johnson DK, Liu Y, Wang Y. Nucleophosmin/B23 negatively regulates GCN5-dependent histone acetylation and transactivation. J Biol Chem 2007; 283:5728-37. [PMID: 18165222 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m709932200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nucleophosmin/B23 is a multifunctional phosphoprotein that is overexpressed in cancer cells and has been shown to be involved in both positive and negative regulation of transcription. In this study, we first identified GCN5 acetyltransferase as a B23-interacting protein by mass spectrometry, which was then confirmed by in vivo co-immunoprecipitation. An in vitro assay demonstrated that B23 bound the PCAF-N domain of GCN5 and inhibited GCN5-mediated acetylation of both free and mononucleosomal histones, probably through interfering with GCN5 and masking histones from being acetylated. Mitotic B23 exhibited higher inhibitory activity on GCN5-mediated histone acetylation than interphase B23. Immunodepletion experiments of mitotic extracts revealed that phosphorylation of B23 at Thr 199 enhanced the inhibition of GCN5-mediated histone acetylation. Moreover, luciferase reporter and microarray analyses suggested that B23 attenuated GCN5-mediated transactivation in vivo. Taken together, our studies suggest a molecular mechanism of B23 in the mitotic inhibition of GCN5-mediated histone acetylation and transactivation.
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- Yonglong Zou
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Transcriptional adaptor ADA3 of Drosophila melanogaster is required for histone modification, position effect variegation, and transcription. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 28:376-85. [PMID: 17967867 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01307-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Drosophila melanogaster gene diskette (also known as dik or dAda3) encodes a protein 29% identical to human ADA3, a subunit of GCN5-containing histone acetyltransferase (HAT) complexes. The fly dADA3 is a major contributor to oogenesis, and it is also required for somatic cell viability. dADA3 localizes to chromosomes, and it is significantly reduced in dGcn5 and dAda2a, but not in dAda2b, mutant backgrounds. In dAda3 mutants, acetylation at histone H3 K9 and K14, but not K18, and at histone H4 K12, but not K5, K8, and K16, is significantly reduced. Also, phosphorylation at H3 S10 is reduced in dAda3 and dGcn5 mutants. Variegation for white (w(m4)) and scute (Hw(v)) genes, caused by rearrangements of X chromosome heterochromatin, is modified in a dAda3(+) gene-dosage-dependent manner. The effect is not observed with rearrangements involving Y heterochromatin (bw(D)), euchromatin (Scutoid), or transvection effects on chromosomal pairing (white and zeste interaction). Activity of scute gene enhancers, targets for Iroquoi transcription factors, is abolished in dAda3 mutants. Also, Iroquoi-associated phenotypes are sensitive to dAda3(+) gene dosage. We conclude that dADA3 plays a role in HAT complexes which acetylate H3 and H4 at specific residues. In turn, this acetylation results in chromatin structure effects of certain rearrangements and transcription of specific genes.
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Teng Y, Yu Y, Ferreiro JA, Waters R. Histone acetylation, chromatin remodelling, transcription and nucleotide excision repair in S. cerevisiae: studies with two model genes. DNA Repair (Amst) 2007; 4:870-83. [PMID: 15950549 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2005.04.006] [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] [Accepted: 04/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We describe the technology and two model systems in yeast designed to study nucleotide excision repair (NER) in relation to transcription and chromatin modifications. We employed the MFA2 and MET16 genes as models. How transcription-coupled (TCR) and global genome repair (GGR) operate at the transcriptionally active and/or repressed S. cerevisiae MFA2 locus, and how this relates to nucleosome positioning are considered. We discuss the role of the Gcn5p histone acetyltransferase, also associated with MFA2's transcriptional activation, in facilitating efficient NER at the transcriptionally active and inactive genes. The effect of Gcn5p's absence in reducing NER was local and UV stimulates Gcn5p-mediated histone acetylation at the repressed MFA2 promoter. After UV irradiation Swi2p is partly responsible for facilitating access to restriction of DNA in the cores of the nucleosomes at the MFA2 promoter. The data suggest similarities between chromatin remodelling for NER and transcription, yet differences must exist to ensure this gene remains repressed in alpha cells during NER. For MET16, we consider experiments examining chromatin structure, transcription and repair in wild type and cbf1Delta cells under repressing or derepressing conditions. Cbf1p is a sequence specific DNA binding protein required for MET16 chromatin remodelling and transcription.
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- Yumin Teng
- Department of Pathology, University Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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Bu P, Evrard YA, Lozano G, Dent SYR. Loss of Gcn5 acetyltransferase activity leads to neural tube closure defects and exencephaly in mouse embryos. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:3405-16. [PMID: 17325035 PMCID: PMC1899977 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00066-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gcn5 was the first transcription-related histone acetyltransferase (HAT) to be identified. However, the functions of this enzyme in mammalian cells remain poorly defined. Deletion of Gcn5 in mice leads to early embryonic lethality with increased apoptosis in mesodermal lineages. Here we show that deletion of p53 allows Gcn5(-/-) embryos to survive longer, but Gcn5(-/-) p53(-/-) embryos still die in midgestation. Interestingly, embryos homozygous for point mutations in the Gcn5 catalytic domain survive significantly longer than Gcn5(-/-) or Gcn5(-/-) p53(-/-) mice. In contrast to Gcn5(-/-) embryos, Gcn5(hat/hat) embryos do not exhibit increased apoptosis but do exhibit severe cranial neural tube closure defects and exencephaly. Together, our results indicate that Gcn5 has important, HAT-independent functions in early development and that Gcn5 acetyltransferase activity is required for cranial neural tube closure in the mouse.
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- Ping Bu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Nag A, Germaniuk-Kurowska A, Dimri M, Sassack MA, Gurumurthy CB, Gao Q, Dimri G, Band H, Band V. An essential role of human Ada3 in p53 acetylation. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:8812-20. [PMID: 17272277 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610443200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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 p53 tumor suppressor protein functions as a critical component of genotoxic stress response by regulating the expression of effector gene products that control the fate of a cell following DNA damage. Unstressed cells maintain p53 at low levels through regulated degradation, and p53 levels and activity are rapidly elevated upon genotoxic stress. Biochemical mechanisms that control the levels and activity of p53 are therefore of great interest. We and others have recently identified hAda3 (human homologue of yeast alteration/deficiency in activation 3) as a p53-interacting protein and enhancer of p53 activity. Here, we show that endogenous levels of p53 and Ada3 interact with each other, and by using inducible overexpression and short hairpin RNA-mediated knockdown strategies we demonstrate that hAda3 stabilizes p53 protein by promoting its acetylation. Use of a p53 mutant with mutations of known p300/CREB-binding protein acetylation sites demonstrated that hAda3-dependent acetylation is required for increase in p53 stability and target gene induction. Importantly, we demonstrate that endogenous hAda3 is essential for DNA damage-induced acetylation and stabilization of p53 as well as p53 target gene induction. Overall, our results establish hAda3, a component of coactivator complexes that include histone acetyltransferase p300/CREB-binding protein, as a critical mediator of acetylation-dependent stabilization and activation of p53 upon genotoxic stress in mammalian cells.
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- Alo Nag
- Division of Cancer Biology, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute, IL 60201, USA
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Daniel JA, Grant PA. Multi-tasking on chromatin with the SAGA coactivator complexes. Mutat Res 2007; 618:135-48. [PMID: 17337012 PMCID: PMC1892243 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2006.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Accepted: 09/23/2006] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Over the past 10 years, much progress has been made to understand the roles of the similar, yet distinct yeast SAGA and SLIK coactivator complexes involved in histone post-translational modification and gene regulation. Many different groups have elucidated functions of the SAGA complexes including identification of novel components, which have conferred additional distinct functions. Together, recent studies demonstrate unique attributes of the SAGA coactivator complexes in histone acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, and deubiquitination. In addition to roles in transcriptional activation with the 19S proteasome regulatory particle, recent evidence also suggests functions for SAGA in elongation and mRNA export. The modular nature of SAGA allows this approximately 1.8 MDa complex to organize its functions and carry out multiple roles during transcription, particularly under conditions of cellular stress.
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- Jeremy A Daniel
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Köhler A, Pascual-García P, Llopis A, Zapater M, Posas F, Hurt E, Rodríguez-Navarro S. The mRNA export factor Sus1 is involved in Spt/Ada/Gcn5 acetyltransferase-mediated H2B deubiquitinylation through its interaction with Ubp8 and Sgf11. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 17:4228-36. [PMID: 16855026 PMCID: PMC1635344 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e06-02-0098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Sus1 acts in nuclear mRNA export via its association with the nuclear pore-associated Sac3-Thp1-Cdc31 complex. In addition, Sus1 plays a role in transcription through its interaction with the Spt/Ada/Gcn5 acetyltransferase (SAGA) complex. Here, we have analyzed function and interaction of Sus1 within the SAGA complex. We demonstrate that Sus1 is involved in the SAGA-dependent histone H2B deubiquitinylation and maintenance of normal H3 methylation levels. By deletion analyses, we show that binding of Sus1 to SAGA depends on the deubiquitinylating enzyme Ubp8 and Sgf11. Moreover, a stable subcomplex between Sus1, Sgf11, and Ubp8 could be dissociated from SAGA under high salt conditions. In vivo recruitment of Sus1 to the activated GAL1 promoter depends on Ubp8 and vice versa. In addition, histones coenrich during SAGA purification in a Sus1-Sgf11-Ubp8-dependent way. Interestingly, sgf11 deletion enhances the mRNA export defect observed in sus1delta cells. Thus, the Sus1-Sgf11-Ubp8 module could work at the junction between SAGA-dependent transcription and nuclear mRNA export.
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- Alwin Köhler
- *Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, INF328, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- University Children's Hospital Heidelberg, INF150, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, E-46013, Valencia, Spain; and
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- Cell Signaling Unit, Departament de Ciencies Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, E-08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cell Signaling Unit, Departament de Ciencies Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, E-08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- *Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, INF328, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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