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CURRENT BIOLOGY
卷 11, 期 12, 页码 996-1000出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00294-9
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK55274] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM37537, GM53512, GM20039] Funding Source: Medline
Posttranslational modifications of histone amino termini play an important role in modulating chromatin structure and function [1-3], Lysine methylation of histones has been well documented [4, 5], and recently this modification has been linked to cellular processes involving gene transcription and heterochromatin assembly [6-9]. However, the existence of arginine methylation on histones has remained unclear. Recent discoveries of protein arginine methyltransferases, CARM1 and PRMT1, as transcriptional coactivators for nuclear receptors suggest that histones may be physiological targets of these enzymes as part of a poorly defined transcriptional activation pathway [10-12], Here we show by using mass spectrometry that histone H4, isolated from asynchronously growing human 293T cells, is methylated at arginine 3 (Arg-3) in vivo. In support, a novel antibody directed against histone H4 methylated at Arg-3 independently demonstrates the in vivo occurrence of this modification and reveals that H4 Arg-3 methylation is highly conserved throughout eukaryotes, Finally, we show that PRMT1 is the major, if not exclusive, H4 Arg-3 methyltransfase in human 293T cells. These findings suggest a role for arginine methylation of histones in the transcription process. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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