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ArticleNature communications2023

ACL and HAT1 form a nuclear module to acetylate histone H4K5 and promote cell proliferation.

Qiutao Xu, Yaping Yue, Biao Liu, Zhengting Chen, Xuan Ma, Jing Wang, Yu Zhao, Dao-Xiu Zhou

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Qiutao Xu *National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2265-6997
Yaping Yue *National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5645-6053
Biao LiuNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6517-8350
Zhengting ChenNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0376-2919
Xuan MaNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3790-8912
Jing WangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0009-0001-0918-7241
Yu ZhaoNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4451-9907
Dao-Xiu ZhouNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China. dao-xiu.zhou@universite-paris-saclay.fr.ORCID 0000-0002-1540-0598
Huazhong Agricultural University · CNCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acetyl-CoA utilized by histone acetyltransferases (HAT) for chromatin modification is mainly generated by ATP-citrate lyase (ACL) from glucose sources. How ACL locally establishes acetyl-CoA production for histone acetylation remains unclear. Here we show that ACL subunit A2 (ACLA2) is present in nuclear condensates, is required for nuclear acetyl-CoA accumulation and acetylation of specific histone lysine residues, and interacts with Histone AcetylTransferase1 (HAT1) in rice. The rice HAT1 acetylates histone H4K5 and H4K16 and its activity on H4K5 requires ACLA2. Mutations of rice ACLA2 and HAT1 (HAG704) genes impair cell division in developing endosperm, result in decreases of H4K5 acetylation at largely the same genomic regions, affect the expression of similar sets of genes, and lead to cell cycle S phase stagnation in the endosperm dividing nuclei. These results indicate that the HAT1-ACLA2 module selectively promotes histone lysine acetylation in specific genomic regions and unravel a mechanism of local acetyl-CoA production which couples energy metabolism with cell division.

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ATP Citrate (pro-S)-LyaseHistonesAcetylationAcetyl Coenzyme ACell ProliferationHistone AcetyltransferasesLysineAcetyl Coenzyme AATP Citrate (pro-S)-LyaseHistone AcetyltransferasesHistonesLysine

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