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ArticleEpigenetics2015

Cooperative stabilization of the SIR complex provides robust epigenetic memory in a model of SIR silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Kim Sneppen, Ian B Dodd

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Article in Epigenetics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Two-way feedback between chromatin compaction and histone modification state explainsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  5. Measuring the buffering capacity of gene silencing inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  9. Mixed-Lineage Leukemia Fusions and Chromatin in Leukemia.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2017
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kim Sneppena Centre for Models of Life; Niels Bohr Institute; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen , Denmark.
Ian B Dodd
The University of Adelaide · AUUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How alternative chromatin-based regulatory states can be made stable and heritable in order to provide robust epigenetic memory is poorly understood. Here, we develop a stochastic model of the silencing system in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that incorporates cooperative binding of the repressive SIR complex and antisilencing histone modifications, in addition to positive feedback in Sir2 recruitment. The model was able to reproduce key features of SIR regulation of an HM locus, including heritable bistability, dependence on the silencer elements, and sensitivity to SIR dosage. We found that antisilencing methylation of H3K79 by Dot1 was not needed to generate these features, but acted to reduce spreading of SIR binding, consistent with its proposed role in containment of silencing. In contrast, cooperative inter-nucleosome interactions mediated by the SIR complex were critical for concentrating SIR binding around the silencers in the absence of barriers, and for providing bistability in SIR binding. SIR-SIR interactions magnify the cooperativity in the Sir2-histone deacetylation positive feedback reaction and complete a double-negative feedback circuit involving antisilencing modifications. Thus, our modeling underscores the potential importance of cooperative interactions between nucleosome-bound complexes both in the SIR system and in other chromatin-based complexes in epigenetic regulation.

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Epigenesis, GeneticSilencer Elements, TranscriptionalComputer SimulationGene SilencingHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHistonesMethylationModels, BiologicalNuclear ProteinsNucleosomesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSilent Information Regulator Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiaeSirtuin 2Dot1 protein, S cerevisiaeHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHistonesNuclear ProteinsNucleosomesSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSilent Information Regulator Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiaeSIR2 protein, S cerevisiaeSirtuin 2budding yeastepigenetic inheritanceheterochromatinmathematical modelingnucleosome modificationspositive feedback

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PMID25830651
PMCPMC4622568
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