Histone post-translational modifications—cause and consequence of genome function

G Millán-Zambrano, A Burton, AJ Bannister… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Much has been learned since the early 1960s about histone post-translational modifications
(PTMs) and how they affect DNA-templated processes at the molecular level. This …

The hallmarks of cancer metabolism: Still emerging

NN Pavlova, J Zhu, CB Thompson - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
Metabolism of cancer cells is geared toward biomass production and proliferation. Since the
metabolic resources within the local tissue are finite, this can lead to nutrient depletion and …

The role of histone modifications: from neurodevelopment to neurodiseases

J Park, K Lee, K Kim, SJ Yi - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms, including DNA methylation, histone modification,
chromatin remodeling, and microRNA expression, play critical roles in cell differentiation …

Epigenetic regulation by gut microbiota

V Woo, T Alenghat - Gut microbes, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The gastrointestinal tract is continuously exposed to trillions of commensal microbes,
collectively termed the microbiota, which are environmental stimuli that can direct health and …

Metabolic regulation of gene expression by histone lactylation

D Zhang, Z Tang, H Huang, G Zhou, C Cui, Y Weng… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The Warburg effect, which originally described increased production of lactate in cancer, is
associated with diverse cellular processes such as angiogenesis, hypoxia, polarization of …

CRISPR technologies for precise epigenome editing

M Nakamura, Y Gao, AA Dominguez, LS Qi - Nature Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
The epigenome involves a complex set of cellular processes governing genomic activity.
Dissecting this complexity necessitates the development of tools capable of specifically …

Epigenetic modifications of histones in cancer

Z Zhao, A Shilatifard - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
The epigenetic modifications of histones are versatile marks that are intimately connected to
development and disease pathogenesis including human cancers. In this review, we will …

Histone lysine methyltransferases in biology and disease

D Husmann, O Gozani - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2019 - nature.com
The precise temporal and spatial coordination of histone lysine methylation dynamics across
the epigenome regulates virtually all DNA-templated processes. A large number of histone …

MSFragger: ultrafast and comprehensive peptide identification in mass spectrometry–based proteomics

AT Kong, FV Leprevost, DM Avtonomov… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
There is a need to better understand and handle the'dark matter'of proteomics—the vast
diversity of post-translational and chemical modifications that are unaccounted in a typical …

The regulatory enzymes and protein substrates for the lysine β-hydroxybutyrylation pathway

H Huang, D Zhang, Y Weng, K Delaney, Z Tang… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Metabolism-mediated epigenetic changes represent an adapted mechanism for cellular
signaling, in which lysine acetylation and methylation have been the historical focus of …