Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

KAT2A/KAT2B-targeted acetylome reveals a role for PLK4 acetylation in preventing centrosome amplification

  • Marjorie Fournier,
  • Meritxell Orpinell,
  • Cédric Grauffel,
  • Elisabeth Scheer,
  • Jean-Marie Garnier,
  • Tao Ye,
  • Virginie Chavant,
  • Mathilde Joint,
  • Fumiko Esashi,
  • Annick Dejaegere,
  • Pierre Gönczy,
  • László Tora

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13227
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The acetyltransferases KAT2A and KAT2B are essential regulators of transcription, cell cycle progression and DNA repair. Here the authors describe a KAT2A/2B-dependent acetylome, and show that acetylation of the protein kinase PLK4 contributes to the regulation of centrosome number.