Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

BAP1 complex promotes transcription by opposing PRC1-mediated H2A ubiquitylation

  • Antoine Campagne,
  • Ming-Kang Lee,
  • Dina Zielinski,
  • Audrey Michaud,
  • Stéphanie Le Corre,
  • Florent Dingli,
  • Hong Chen,
  • Lara Z. Shahidian,
  • Ivaylo Vassilev,
  • Nicolas Servant,
  • Damarys Loew,
  • Eric Pasmant,
  • Sophie Postel-Vinay,
  • Michel Wassef,
  • Raphaël Margueron

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08255-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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In Drosophila, the Calypso–ASX complex catalyzes H2A deubiquitination and aids Polycomb in transcriptional silencing. Here the authors show that the orthologous complex, BAP1.com, promotes gene activation by counteracting PRC1-mediated gene silencing.