Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

ZMYND11-MBTD1 induces leukemogenesis through hijacking NuA4/TIP60 acetyltransferase complex and a PWWP-mediated chromatin association mechanism

  • Jie Li,
  • Phillip M. Galbo,
  • Weida Gong,
  • Aaron J. Storey,
  • Yi-Hsuan Tsai,
  • Xufen Yu,
  • Jeong Hyun Ahn,
  • Yiran Guo,
  • Samuel G. Mackintosh,
  • Ricky D. Edmondson,
  • Stephanie D. Byrum,
  • Jason E. Farrar,
  • Shenghui He,
  • Ling Cai,
  • Jian Jin,
  • Alan J. Tackett,
  • Deyou Zheng,
  • Gang Greg Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21357-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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The fusion gene ZMYND11-MBTD1 (ZM) is present in a subgroup of patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Here, the authors show that ZM expression induces AML in a murine model though activating the NuA4/TIP60 histone acetyltransferase complex.