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ArticleMolecular cell2025

Catalytic-dependent and independent functions of the histone acetyltransferase CBP promote pioneer-factor-mediated zygotic genome activation.

Audrey J Marsh, Sergei Pirogov, Yadwinder Kaur, Abby J Ruffridge, Suresh Sajwan, Tyler J Gibson, George Hunt, Melissa M Harrison, Mattias Mannervik

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Article in Molecular cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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  4. Maternal IntS11 primes embryonic totipotency by organizing early zygotic transcription initiation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  8. BAF complex-independent gene activation by SS18::SSX.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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9 authors.

Audrey J MarshDepartment of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Sergei PirogovDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
Yadwinder KaurDepartment of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Abby J RuffridgeDepartment of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Suresh SajwanDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
Tyler J GibsonDepartment of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
George HuntDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
Melissa M HarrisonDepartment of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA. Electronic address: mharrison3@wisc.edu.
Mattias MannervikDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: mattias.mannervik@su.se.

Funding

Genomic reprogramming in the early embryoR35GM136298 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Melissa Harrison · 2020 to 2026
$2.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136298
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immediately after fertilization, the genome is transcriptionally quiescent. Maternally encoded pioneer factors reprogram the chromatin state and facilitate transcription of the zygotic genome. In Drosophila, transcription is initiated by the pioneer factor Zelda. While Zelda-occupied sites are enriched with histone acetylation, a post-translational mark associated with active cis-regulatory regions, the functional relationship between Zelda and histone acetylation remained unclear. We show that Zelda-mediated recruitment of the histone acetyltransferase CREB-binding protein (CBP) is essential for zygotic transcription. CBP catalytic activity is necessary for the release of RNA polymerase II (RNA Pol II) into elongation and for embryonic development. However, CBP also activates transcription independent of acetylation through RNA Pol II recruitment. Neither CBP-mediated acetylation nor CBP itself is required for the pioneering function of Zelda. Our data suggest that pioneer-factor-mediated recruitment of CBP is a conserved mechanism required to activate zygotic transcription but is separable from the function of pioneer factors in restructuring chromatin accessibility.

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CREB-Binding ProteinDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsGenome, InsectTranscription FactorsZygoteAcetylationAnimalsChromatinGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHistonesNuclear ProteinsRNA Polymerase IITranscriptional ActivationTranscription, GeneticChromatinCREB-Binding ProteinDrosophila ProteinsHistonesNuclear ProteinsRNA Polymerase IITranscription Factorszld protein, DrosophilaDrosophilahistone acetyltransferasepioneer factorRNA polymerasetranscriptionzygotic genome activation

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