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DOT1L and H3K79 Methylation in Transcription and Genomic Stability

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Wood, Katherine, Tellier, Michael, Murphy, Shona·2018·Biomolecules

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The organization of eukaryotic genomes into chromatin provides challenges for the cell to accomplish basic cellular functions, such as transcription, DNA replication and repair of DNA damage. Accordingly, a range of proteins modify and/or read chromatin states to regulate access to chromosomal DNA. Yeast Dot1 and the mammalian homologue DOT1L are methyltransferases that can add up to three methyl groups to histone H3 lysine 79 (H3K79). H3K79 methylation is implicated in several processes, including transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II, the DNA damage response and cell cycle checkpoint activation. DOT1L is also an important drug target for treatment of mixed lineage leukemia (MLL)-rearranged leukemia where aberrant transcriptional activation is promoted by DOT1L mislocalisation. This review summarizes what is currently known about the role of Dot1/DOT1L and H3K79 methylation in transcription and genomic stability.

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Authors
Wood, K., Tellier, M., & Murphy, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Manchester (GB)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Tellier, Michael
  • Murphy, Shona
Venue
Biomolecules
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2018-02-27
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
11
ISSN
2218-273X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2791712220
Cited by
209
References
110
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 5
FWCI
2.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Biomolecules (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Wellcome Trust (WT106134AIA)
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 › Cancer-related gene regulation
Keywords
DOT1L, H3K79 methylation, histone methyltransferase, chromatin organization, transcription elongation, RNA polymerase II, DNA damage response, cell cycle checkpoints, genome stability, MLL-rearranged leukemia, histone modifications
MeSH terms
Animals, Histones, Humans, Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase, Yeasts, Histone Code, Genomic Instability, Transcription Elongation, Genetic

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