Nucleosomal asymmetry shapes histone mark binding and promotes poising at bivalent domains

IF 14.5 1区生物学 Q1 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Molecular Cell Pub Date : 2024-12-27 DOI:10.1016/j.molcel.2024.12.002

Elana Bryan, Devisree Valsakumar, Nwamaka J. Idigo, Marie Warburton, Kimberly M. Webb, Katy A. McLaughlin, Christos Spanos, Simone Lenci, Viktoria Major, Christina Ambrosi, Simon Andrews, Tuncay Baubec, Juri Rappsilber, Philipp Voigt

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Abstract

Promoters of developmental genes in embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are marked by histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) and H3K27me3 in an asymmetric nucleosomal conformation, with each sister histone H3 carrying only one of the two marks. These bivalent domains are thought to poise genes for timely activation upon differentiation. Here, we show that asymmetric bivalent nucleosomes recruit repressive H3K27me3 binders but fail to enrich activating H3K4me3 binders, thereby promoting a poised state. Strikingly, the bivalent mark combination further promotes recruitment of specific chromatin proteins that are not recruited by each mark individually, including the lysine acetyltransferase (KAT) complex KAT6B. Knockout of KAT6B blocks neuronal differentiation, demonstrating that KAT6B is critical for proper bivalent gene expression during ESC differentiation. These findings reveal how readout of the bivalent histone marks directly promotes a poised state at developmental genes while highlighting how nucleosomal asymmetry is critical for histone mark readout and function.

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Molecular Cell 生物-生化与分子生物学

CiteScore

26.00

自引率

3.80%

发文量

389

审稿时长

1 months

期刊介绍： Molecular Cell is a companion to Cell, the leading journal of biology and the highest-impact journal in the world. Launched in December 1997 and published monthly. Molecular Cell is dedicated to publishing cutting-edge research in molecular biology, focusing on fundamental cellular processes. The journal encompasses a wide range of topics, including DNA replication, recombination, and repair; Chromatin biology and genome organization; Transcription; RNA processing and decay; Non-coding RNA function; Translation; Protein folding, modification, and quality control; Signal transduction pathways; Cell cycle and checkpoints; Cell death; Autophagy; Metabolism.