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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2024

Structural basis for the inhibition of PRC2 by active transcription histone posttranslational modifications.

Trinity Cookis, Alexandria Lydecker, Paul Sauer, Vignesh Kasinath, Eva Nogales

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Trinity CookisDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.ORCID 0000-0002-5145-7508
Alexandria LydeckerDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Paul SauerCalifornia Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.ORCID 0000-0001-7204-5863
Vignesh KasinathDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303.ORCID 0000-0003-2686-0546
Eva NogalesDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.ORCID 0000-0001-9816-3681
QB3 · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · USUniversity of Colorado Boulder · US

Funding

The Stanford-SLAC CryoEM Center supplementU24GM129541 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHIU, WAH, HEDMAN, BRITT · 2018 to 2023
$54.8M
MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING GRANTT32GM008295 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI HURLEY, JAMES H, WEMMER, DAVID E · 1989 to 2022
$8.1M
Structural studies of function and regulation of microtubules and transcriptional gene expression machineryR35GM127018 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Eva Nogales · 2018 to 2026
$4.3M
Structure and Mechanism of Epigenetic Gene SilencingR35GM155426 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI Vignesh Kasinath · 2024 to 2026
$1.2M
Uncovering the Role of Synaptonemal Complex in Meiotic Recombination by Cryo-electron TomographyR00GM132544 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI KASINATH, VIGNESH · 2021 to 2023
$747k
NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM132544NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM127018NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM155426NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008295NIGMS NIH HHS U24 GM129541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is an epigenetic regulator essential for embryonic development and maintenance of cell identity that trimethylates histone H3 at lysine 27 (H3K27me3) leading to gene silencing. PRC2 is regulated by association with protein cofactors and crosstalk with histone posttranslational modifications. Trimethylated histone H3 K4 (H3K4me3) and K36 (H3K36me3) localize to sites of active transcription where H3K27me3 is absent and inhibit PRC2 activity through unknown mechanisms. Using cryo-electron microscopy we reveal that histone H3 tails modified with H3K36me3 engage poorly with the PRC2 active site and preclude its effective interaction with chromatin, while the H3K4me3 modification binds to the allosteric site in the EED subunit, acting as an antagonist that competes with allosteric activators required for the spreading of the H3K27me3 repressive mark. Thus, the location along the H3 tail of the H3K4me3 and H3K36me3 modifications allow them to target two essential requirements for efficient trimethylation of histone H3K27. We further show that the JARID2 cofactor modulates PRC2 activity in the presence of these histone modifications.

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allosteryantagonistchromatincryo-EMepigeneticshistone modificationsPolycomb

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PMID38370759
PMCPMC10871338
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