Proteopedia entry: Histone modifying enzymes

Abstract

A recent article in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education describes how Proteopedia may be used as a pedagogical tool. Examples of its use include teaching basic protein structure, creation and evaluation of Proteopedia pages and structural images therein, and using it as a laboratory module to design mutations that assess protein function. This summary describes four Proteopedia pages that present the structure and catalytic mechanism of four classes of histone modifying enzymes that participate in the epigenetic control of gene expression. Using