Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Characterization of histone acylations links chromatin modifications with metabolism

  • Johayra Simithy,
  • Simone Sidoli,
  • Zuo-Fei Yuan,
  • Mariel Coradin,
  • Natarajan V. Bhanu,
  • Dylan M. Marchione,
  • Brianna J. Klein,
  • Gleb A. Bazilevsky,
  • Cheryl E. McCullough,
  • Robert S. Magin,
  • Tatiana G. Kutateladze,
  • Nathaniel W. Snyder,
  • Ronen Marmorstein,
  • Benjamin A. Garcia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01384-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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A number of histone lysine modifications related to acetylation have been identified, but their functional significance is unclear. Here, the authors use in vitro and in vivo assays to characterize eight acyl histone post-translational modifications and link their abundance with metabolism.