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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 102, Issue 41, Pages 14765-14770Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0503630102
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histone methyltransferase; Hox genes; transcription
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MILL (mixed-lineage leukemia) is a histone H3 Lys-4 specific methyltransferase that is a positive regulator of Hox expression. MLL rearrangements and amplification are common in acute lymphoid and myeloid leukemias and myelodysplastic disorders and are associated with abnormal up-regulation of Hox gene expression. Although MLL is expressed throughout hematopoiesis, Hox gene expression is sharply down-regulated during differentiation, suggesting that either the activity of MLL or its association with target promoters must be regulated. Here we show that MLL associates with actively transcribed genes but does not remain bound after transcriptional down-regulation. Surprisingly, MLL is associated not only with promoter regions but also is distributed across the entire coding regions of genes. MLL interacts with RNA polymerase 11 (pol 11) and colocalizes with RNA pol 11 at a subset of actively transcribed target in vivo. Loss of function MY results in defects in RNA pol 11 distribution. Together the results suggest that an intimate association between MLL and RNA pol 11 occurs at MLL target genes in vivo that is required for normal initiation and/or transcriptional elongation.
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