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Global regulation of heterochromatin spreading by Leo1.
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- The molecular basis of heterochromatin assembly and epigenetic inheritance.Molecular cell · 2023Review
- Local chromatin context regulates the genetic requirements of the heterochromatin spreading reaction.PLoS genetics · 2022Article
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- The histone chaperone FACT facilitates heterochromatin spreading by regulating histone turnover and H3K9 methylation states.Cell reports · 2021Article
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- Unprogrammed epigenetic variation mediated by stochastic formation of ectopic heterochromatin.Current genetics · 2020Review
- The euchromatic histone mark H3K36me3 preserves heterochromatin through sequestration of an acetyltransferase complex in fission yeast.Microbial cell (Graz, Austria) · 2020Article
- Set1/COMPASS repels heterochromatin invasion at euchromatic sites by disrupting Suv39/Clr4 activity and nucleosome stability.Genes & development · 2020Article
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Abstract
Heterochromatin plays important roles in eukaryotic genome regulation. However, the repressive nature of heterochromatin combined with its propensity to self-propagate necessitates robust mechanisms to contain heterochromatin within defined boundaries and thus prevent silencing of expressed genes. Here we show that loss of the PAF complex (PAFc) component Leo1 compromises chromatin boundaries, resulting in invasion of heterochromatin into flanking euchromatin domains. Similar effects are seen upon deletion of other PAFc components, but not other factors with related functions in transcription-associated chromatin modification, indicating a specific role for PAFc in heterochromatin regulation. Loss of Leo1 results in reduced levels of H4K16 acetylation at boundary regions, while tethering of the H4K16 acetyltransferase Mst1 to boundary chromatin suppresses heterochromatin spreading in leo1Δ cells, suggesting that Leo1 antagonises heterochromatin spreading by promoting H4K16 acetylation. Our findings reveal a previously undescribed role for PAFc in regulating global heterochromatin distribution.
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