Writers and Readers of Histone Acetylation: Structure, Mechanism, and Inhibition
The Wistar Institute · University of Pennsylvania · +1 more institution
Abstract
Histone acetylation marks are written by histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and read by bromodomains (BrDs), and less commonly by other protein modules. These proteins regulate many transcription-mediated biological processes, and their aberrant activities are correlated with several human diseases. Consequently, small molecule HAT and BrD inhibitors with therapeutic potential have been developed. Structural and biochemical studies of HATs and BrDs have revealed that HATs fall into distinct subfamilies containing a structurally related core for cofactor binding, but divergent flanking regions for substrate-specific binding, catalysis, and autoregulation. BrDs adopt a conserved left-handed four-helix bundle to…
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- Biology
- Acetylation
- Mechanism (biology)
- Histone
- Computational biology
- Gene
- Genetics
- Epistemology