Publication Date:
2004-11-06
Description:
Phosphorylation of the human histone variant H2A.X and H2Av, its homolog in Drosophila melanogaster, occurs rapidly at sites of DNA double-strand breaks. Little is known about the function of this phosphorylation or its removal during DNA repair. Here, we demonstrate that the Drosophila Tip60 (dTip60) chromatin-remodeling complex acetylates nucleosomal phospho-H2Av and exchanges it with an unmodified H2Av. Both the histone acetyltransferase dTip60 as well as the adenosine triphosphatase Domino/p400 catalyze the exchange of phospho-H2Av. Thus, these data reveal a previously unknown mechanism for selective histone exchange that uses the concerted action of two distinct chromatin-remodeling enzymes within the same multiprotein complex.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kusch, Thomas -- Florens, Laurence -- Macdonald, W Hayes -- Swanson, Selene K -- Glaser, Robert L -- Yates, John R 3rd -- Abmayr, Susan M -- Washburn, Michael P -- Workman, Jerry L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Dec 17;306(5704):2084-7. Epub 2004 Nov 4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA. tnk@stowers-institute.org〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15528408" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Acetyl Coenzyme A/metabolism
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Acetylation
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Acetyltransferases/genetics/*metabolism
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Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism
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Animals
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Cell Line
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*DNA Damage
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DNA Repair
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Dimerization
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Drosophila Proteins/genetics/metabolism
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Drosophila melanogaster/embryology/genetics/*metabolism
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Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
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Histone Acetyltransferases
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Histones/*metabolism
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Multiprotein Complexes/*metabolism
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Nucleosomes/*metabolism
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Phosphorylation
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RNA Interference
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Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
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Transcription Factors/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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