Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Klf4 glutamylation is required for cell reprogramming and early embryonic development in mice

  • Buqing Ye,
  • Benyu Liu,
  • Lu Hao,
  • Xiaoxiao Zhu,
  • Liuliu Yang,
  • Shuo Wang,
  • Pengyan Xia,
  • Ying Du,
  • Shu Meng,
  • Guanling Huang,
  • Xiwen Qin,
  • Yanying Wang,
  • Xinlong Yan,
  • Chong Li,
  • Junfeng Hao,
  • Pingping Zhu,
  • Luyun He,
  • Yong Tian,
  • Zusen Fan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03008-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Embryonic stem cell pluripotency depends upon precise regulation by a core transcription network. Here the authors show that polyglutamylation mediated stabilization of the transcription factor Klf4 by TTLL1 and TTLL4 promotes reprogramming, pluripotency and preimplantation embryonic development.