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An acetylation-mediated chromatin switch governs H3K4 methylation read-write capability

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ELIFE
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -

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eLIFE SCIENCES PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.82596

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chromatin; H3K4 methylation; readers; histone tail acetylation; nucleosomes; writers; Human

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This study reveals that H3 tail acetylation promotes nucleosomal accessibility to H3K4 methyl readers and writers, resolving the long-standing question of why H3K4me3 levels are coupled with H3 acetylation.
In nucleosomes, histone N-terminal tails exist in dynamic equilibrium between free/ accessible and collapsed/DNA-bound states. The latter state is expected to impact histone N-ter-mini availability to the epigenetic machinery. Notably, H3 tail acetylation ( e.g. K9ac, K14ac, K18ac) is linked to increased H3K4me3 engagement by the BPTF PHD finger, but it is unknown if this mechanism has a broader extension. Here, we show that H3 tail acetylation promotes nucleosomal accessibility to other H3K4 methyl readers, and importantly, extends to H3K4 writers, notably methyltransferase MLL1. This regulation is not observed on peptide substrates yet occurs on the cis H3 tail, as determined with fully-defined heterotypic nucleosomes. In vivo, H3 tail acetylation is directly and dynamically coupled with cis H3K4 methylation levels. Together, these observations reveal an acetylation 'chromatin switch' on the H3 tail that modulates read-write accessibility in nucleosomes and resolves the long-standing question of why H3K4me3 levels are coupled with H3 acetylation.

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