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Processivity and specificity of histone acetylation by the male-specific lethal complex.
Nucleic Acids Res. 52, 4889-4905 (2024)
Acetylation of lysine 16 of histone H4 (H4K16ac) stands out among the histone modifications, because it decompacts the chromatin fiber. The metazoan acetyltransferase MOF (KAT8) regulates transcription through H4K16 acetylation. Antibody-based studies had yielded inconclusive results about the selectivity of MOF to acetylate the H4 N-terminus. We used targeted mass spectrometry to examine the activity of MOF in the male-specific lethal core (4-MSL) complex on nucleosome array substrates. This complex is part of the Dosage Compensation Complex (DCC) that activates X-chromosomal genes in male Drosophila. During short reaction times, MOF acetylated H4K16 efficiently and with excellent selectivity. Upon longer incubation, the enzyme progressively acetylated lysines 12, 8 and 5, leading to a mixture of oligo-acetylated H4. Mathematical modeling suggests that MOF recognizes and acetylates H4K16 with high selectivity, but remains substrate-bound and continues to acetylate more N-terminal H4 lysines in a processive manner. The 4-MSL complex lacks non-coding roX RNA, a critical component of the DCC. Remarkably, addition of RNA to the reaction non-specifically suppressed H4 oligo-acetylation in favor of specific H4K16 acetylation. Because RNA destabilizes the MSL-nucleosome interaction in vitro we speculate that RNA accelerates enzyme-substrate turn-over in vivo, thus limiting the processivity of MOF, thereby increasing specific H4K16 acetylation.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Nucleosome Core Particle; In-vitro Reconstitution; Dosage Compensation; X-chromosome; Functional-integration; Quantitative-analysis; H4-k16 Acetylation; Mass-spectrometry; Rox Rnas; Chromatin
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0305-1048
e-ISSN
1362-4962
Zeitschrift
Nucleic Acids Research
Quellenangaben
Band: 52,
Heft: 9,
Seiten: 4889-4905
Verlag
Oxford University Press
Verlagsort
Great Clarendon St, Oxford Ox2 6dp, England
Nichtpatentliteratur
Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Computational Biology (ICB)
Förderungen
DFG
German Research Council (DFG)
German Research Council (DFG)