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Histone post-translational modifications - cause and consequence of genome function

Millán-Zambrano, Gonzalo, Burton, Adam, Bannister, Andrew J., Schneider, Robert·2022·Nature Reviews Genetics

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Much has been learned since the early 1960s about histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) and how they affect DNA-templated processes at the molecular level. This understanding has been bolstered in the past decade by the identification of new types of histone PTM, the advent of new genome-wide mapping approaches and methods to deposit or remove PTMs in a locally and temporally controlled manner. Now, with the availability of vast amounts of data across various biological systems, the functional role of PTMs in important processes (such as transcription, recombination, replication, DNA repair and the modulation of genomic architecture) is slowly emerging. This Review explores the contribution of histone PTMs to the regulation of genome function by discussing when these modifications play a causative (or instructive) role in DNA-templated processes and when they are deposited as a consequence of such processes, to reinforce and record the event. Important advances in the field showing that histone PTMs can exert both direct and indirect effects on genome function are also presented.

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  • Post-translational modifications predominantly occur on N-terminal histone tails and include acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, and ubiquitination, forming combinatorial patterns known as the histone code.

    “These PTMs predominantly occur on the N-terminal histone tails and include acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, and ubiquitination, forming combinatorial patterns often referred to as the “histone code,” which influences transcription in a context-dependent manner (Millán-Zambrano et al., 2022; Miziak et al., 2024; Jenuwein and Allis, 2001; Lam et al., 2019).”
  • The flexible N-terminal tails of histones protrude from the nucleosome and serve as major sites for post-translational modifications including acetylation, methylation, and phosphorylation.

    “The flexible N-terminal tails of histones protrude from the nucleosome and serve as major sites for post-translational modifications (PTMs), including acetylation, methylation, and phosphorylation (Millán-Zambrano et al., 2022; Le et al., 2023).”

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Authors
Millán-Zambrano, G., Burton, A., Bannister, A. J., & Schneider, R.
Affiliations
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
  • Helmholtz Munich (DE)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Bannister, Andrew J.
  • Schneider, Robert
Venue
Nature Reviews Genetics
Published
2022-03-25
Volume
23
Issue
9
Pages
563-580
ISSN
  • 1471-0056 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-0064
OpenAlex
W4220743473
Cited by
1,116
References
238
Citations by year
2026: 241 · 2025: 335 · 2024: 333 · 2023: 170 · 2022: 37
FWCI
23.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Nature Reviews Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
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  • PuSH - Publication Server of Helmholtz Zentrum München (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (WT203144)
  • Cancer Research UK (C6946/A24843, 27321, RG96894)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
Keywords
histone modifications, genome function, transcription, DNA recombination, DNA replication, DNA repair, chromatin structure, genome-wide mapping
MeSH terms
DNA, DNA Repair, DNA Replication, Histones, Protein Processing, Post-Translational

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