Nature Communications (May 2018)

Methionine metabolism influences genomic architecture and gene expression through H3K4me3 peak width

  • Ziwei Dai,
  • Samantha J. Mentch,
  • Xia Gao,
  • Sailendra N. Nichenametla,
  • Jason W. Locasale

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04426-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Methionine availability is known to affect the global levels of histone methylation. Here the authors investigate the metabolically driven dynamics of H3K4me3 and find that methionine availability influences peak width, which is linked to changes in expression of genes associated with cell fate and cancer.