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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 25, Issue 21, Pages 9175-9188Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.21.9175-9188.2005
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [64289-1] Funding Source: Medline
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We describe a stable, multisubunit human histone acetyltransferase complex (hMSL) that contains homologs of the Drosophild dosage compensation proteins MOF, MSL1, MSL2, and MSL3. This complex shows strong specificity for histone H4 lysine 16 in chromatin in vitro, and RNA interference-mediated knockdown experiments reveal that it is responsible for the majority of H4 acetylation at lysine 16 in the cell. We also find that hMOF is a component of additional complexes, forming associations with host cell factor I and a protein distantly related to MSL1 (hMSL1v1). We find two versions of hMSL3 in the hMSL complex that differ by the presence of the chromodomain. Lastly, we find that reduction in the levels of hMSLs and acetylation of H4 at lysine 16 are correlated with reduced transcription of some genes and with a G(2)/M cell cycle arrest. This is of particular interest given the recent correlation of global loss of acetylation of lysine 16 in histone H4 with tumorigenesis.
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