Publication Date:
2004-09-04
Description:
Methylation of arginine (Arg) and lysine residues in histones has been correlated with epigenetic forms of gene regulation. Although histone methyltransferases are known, enzymes that demethylate histones have not been identified. Here, we demonstrate that human peptidylarginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) regulates histone Arg methylation by converting methyl-Arg to citrulline and releasing methylamine. PAD4 targets multiple sites in histones H3 and H4, including those sites methylated by coactivators CARM1 (H3 Arg17) and PRMT1 (H4 Arg3). A decrease of histone Arg methylation, with a concomitant increase of citrullination, requires PAD4 activity in human HL-60 granulocytes. Moreover, PAD4 activity is linked with the transcriptional regulation of estrogen-responsive genes in MCF-7 cells. These data suggest that PAD4 mediates gene expression by regulating Arg methylation and citrullination in histones.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wang, Yanming -- Wysocka, Joanna -- Sayegh, Joyce -- Lee, Young-Ho -- Perlin, Julie R -- Leonelli, Lauriebeth -- Sonbuchner, Lakshmi S -- McDonald, Charles H -- Cook, Richard G -- Dou, Yali -- Roeder, Robert G -- Clarke, Steven -- Stallcup, Michael R -- Allis, C David -- Coonrod, Scott A -- DK55274/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- GM R01 26020/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM R01 50659/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- HD R01 38353/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Oct 8;306(5694):279-83. Epub 2004 Sep 2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15345777" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Arginine/*metabolism
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Blotting, Western
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Calcimycin/pharmacology
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Cell Line, Tumor
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Citrulline/metabolism
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Genes, Reporter
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HL-60 Cells
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Histones/*metabolism
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Humans
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Hydrolases/*metabolism
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Ionophores/pharmacology
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Membrane Proteins/genetics
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Methylamines/metabolism
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Methylation
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Presenilin-2
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Promoter Regions, Genetic
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Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases/metabolism
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
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Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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