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ArticleMolecular cell2025

Rate-limiting enzymes in nucleotide metabolism synchronize nucleotide biosynthesis and chromatin formation.

Shashank Srivastava, Daniela Samaniego-Castruita, Shubhi Srivastava, Sakshi Khurana, Jalees Rehman, Vipul Shukla, Issam Ben-Sahra, Daniel R Foltz

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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 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Shashank SrivastavaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Simpson Querrey Center for Epigenetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: shashank.srivastava@northwestern.edu.
Daniela Samaniego-CastruitaDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Shubhi SrivastavaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
Sakshi KhuranaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Jalees RehmanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60607, USA; University of Illinois Cancer Center, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
Vipul ShuklaRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Center for Human Immunobiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Issam Ben-SahraDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Simpson Querrey Center for Epigenetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Daniel R FoltzDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Simpson Querrey Center for Epigenetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: dfoltz@northwestern.edu.

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Devalingam Mahalingam · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
TR&D 7: Cell Specific ProteomicsP41GM108569 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI KELLEHER, NEIL L · 2015 to 2024
$13.6M
The role of the nucleolus in human genome organization in normal and disease statesU01CA260699 · NCI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FOLTZ, DANIEL RICHARD, HUANG, SUI · 2020 to 2024
$3.3M
Histone chaperone networks for new and evicted histonesR01GM143638 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI FOLTZ, DANIEL RICHARD · 2021 to 2024
$1.5M
Acquisition of a Thermo Fisher Scientific Q Exactive UHMR mass spectrometerS10OD025194 · OD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI COMPTON, PHILIP DANIEL · 2018 to 2018
$795k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NCI NIH HHS U01 CA260699NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM108569NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM143638NIH HHS S10 OD025194
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromatin formation requires both an adequate nucleotide supply and histone availability. Newly synthesized histones are escorted by histone chaperones that mediate their orderly transfer from ribosomes to DNA. While nucleotide and histone synthesis are the two major biosynthetic processes required for chromatin assembly, how these processes are coordinated remains unknown. Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetases (PRPSs), which catalyze the first and rate-limiting step in nucleotide biosynthesis, form a complex with PRPS-associated proteins (PRPSAPs). Using a rapid degron system in multiple human cell lines, we show that PRPS enzymes, together with PRPSAPs, play a key role in early histone maturation independent of their nucleotide biosynthetic function. Depletion of either PRPS1 or PRPSAP1 limits histone availability and disrupts chromatin assembly. These findings reveal a previously unrecognized synchrony between nucleotide metabolism and chromatin regulation, providing insight into how nucleotide production and histone deposition are coordinated.

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ChromatinChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyHistonesNucleotidesRibose-Phosphate PyrophosphokinaseHumansChromatinHistonesNucleotidesRibose-Phosphate Pyrophosphokinasechromatinchromatin assemblyhistone chaperonehistone depositionhistone supplymetabolismnucleotide metabolismPRPSPRPSAP

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PMID41344329
PMCPMC12695082

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