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ArticleGenes & development2014

Context dependency of Set1/COMPASS-mediated histone H3 Lys4 trimethylation.

Janet L Thornton, Gerwin H Westfield, Yoh-Hei Takahashi, Malcolm Cook, Xin Gao, Ashley R Woodfin, Jung-Shin Lee, Marc A Morgan, Jessica Jackson, Edwin R Smith and 3 more

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Article in Genes & development, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Janet L ThorntonStowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA;
Gerwin H Westfield
Yoh-Hei Takahashi
Malcolm Cook
Xin Gao
Ashley R Woodfin
Jung-Shin Lee
Marc A Morgan
Jessica Jackson
Edwin R Smith
Jean-Francois Couture
Georgios Skiniotis
Ali Shilatifard
Stowers Institute for Medical Research · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USKangwon National University · KRSaint Louis University · ESUniversity of Ottawa · CA

Funding

Chromatin Modifications by Histone Ubiquitination and MethylationsR01GM069905 · NIGMS · STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI SHILATIFARD, ALI · 2004 to 2015
$4.7M
MICHIGAN MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008270 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BROOKS, CHARLES L · 1988 to 2012
$4.5M
CIHR BMA-355900NIGMS NIH HHS GM008270-23NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM069905NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008270
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The stimulation of trimethylation of histone H3 Lys4 (H3K4) by H2B monoubiquitination (H2Bub) has been widely studied, with multiple mechanisms having been proposed for this form of histone cross-talk. Cps35/Swd2 within COMPASS (complex of proteins associated with Set1) is considered to bridge these different processes. However, a truncated form of Set1 (762-Set1) is reported to function in H3K4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) without interacting with Cps35/Swd2, and such cross-talk is attributed to the n-SET domain of Set1 and its interaction with the Cps40/Spp1 subunit of COMPASS. Here, we used biochemical, structural, in vivo, and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) sequencing (ChIP-seq) approaches to demonstrate that Cps40/Spp1 and the n-SET domain of Set1 are required for the stability of Set1 and not the cross-talk. Furthermore, the apparent wild-type levels of H3K4me3 in the 762-Set1 strain are due to the rogue methylase activity of this mutant, resulting in the mislocalization of H3K4me3 from the promoter-proximal regions to the gene bodies and intergenic regions. We also performed detailed screens and identified yeast strains lacking H2Bub but containing intact H2Bub enzymes that have normal levels of H3K4me3, suggesting that monoubiquitination may not directly stimulate COMPASS but rather works in the context of the PAF and Rad6/Bre1 complexes. Our study demonstrates that the monoubiquitination machinery and Cps35/Swd2 function to focus COMPASS's H3K4me3 activity at promoter-proximal regions in a context-dependent manner.

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Histone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHistonesLysineMembrane ProteinsMethylationPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesProtein StabilitySaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHistonesLysineMembrane ProteinsPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSET1 protein, S cerevisiaesphingosine-1-phosphate phosphatasechromatingene expressionhistonetranscription

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PMID24402317
PMCPMC3909785
OpenAlexW2009504090

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