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ArticleeLife2017

Impact of nucleic acid and methylated H3K9 binding activities of Suv39h1 on its heterochromatin assembly.

Atsuko Shirai, Takayuki Kawaguchi, Hideaki Shimojo, Daisuke Muramatsu, Mayumi Ishida-Yonetani, Yoshifumi Nishimura, Hiroshi Kimura, Jun-Ichi Nakayama, Yoichi Shinkai

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Article in eLife, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Atsuko ShiraiCellular Memory Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1344-4746
Takayuki KawaguchiDivision of Chromatin Regulation, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan.
Hideaki ShimojoGraduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Daisuke MuramatsuCellular Memory Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Japan.
Mayumi Ishida-YonetaniLaboratory for Chromatin Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan.
Yoshifumi NishimuraGraduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Hiroshi KimuraCell Biology Unit, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0854-083X
Jun-Ichi NakayamaDivision of Chromatin Regulation, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5597-8239
Yoichi ShinkaiCellular Memory Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6051-2484
RIKEN · JPNational Institute for Basic Biology · JPYokohama City University · JPRIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research · JPTokyo Institute of Technology · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SUV39H is the major histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9)-specific methyltransferase that targets pericentric regions and is crucial for assembling silent heterochromatin. SUV39H recognizes trimethylated H3K9 (H3K9me3) via its chromodomain (CD), and enriched H3K9me3 allows SUV39H to target specific chromosomal regions. However, the detailed targeting mechanisms, especially for naïve chromatin without preexisting H3K9me3, are poorly understood. Here we show that Suv39h1's CD (Suv39h1-CD) binds nucleic acids, and this binding is important for its function in heterochromatin assembly. Suv39h1-CD had higher binding affinity for RNA than DNA, and its ability to bind nucleic acids was independent of its H3K9me3 recognition. Suv39h1 bound major satellite RNAs

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Cell LineHeterochromatinHistonesHumansMethyltransferasesNucleic AcidsProtein BindingRepressor ProteinsHeterochromatinHistonesMethyltransferasesNucleic AcidsRepressor ProteinsSUV39H1 protein, humanchromodomainchromosomesgenesH3K9 methylationheterochromatinHP1mousepericentromereSuv39h1

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PMID28760201
PMCPMC5538823
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