Association of ORCA/LRWD1 with repressive histone methyl transferases mediates heterochromatin organization
Association of ORCA/LRWD1 with repressive histone methyl transferases mediates heterochromatin organization
Heterochromatin mostly constitutes tightly packaged DNA, decorated with repressive histone marks, including histone H3 methylated at lysine 9, histone H4 methylated at lysine 20 and histone H3 methylated at lysine 27. Each of these marks is incorporated by specific histone lysine methyl transferases. While constitutive heterochromatin enriched with H3K9me3 and H4K20me3 occur within repetitive elements, including centromeres and telomeres, the facultative heterochromatin resides on the inactive X-chromosome and contains H3K27me3 mark. Origin recognition complex-associated (ORCA/LRWD1) protein is required for the initiation of DNA replication and also plays crucial roles in heterochromatin organization. ORCA associates with constitutive and facultative heterochromatin in human cells and binds to repressive histone marks. We demonstrate that ORCA binds to multiple repressive histone methyl transferases including G9a, GLP, Suv39h1 (H3K9me2/3), Suv420h1/h2 (H4K20me2/3) and EZH2 (H3K27me3). Removal of ORCA from human cells causes aberrations in the chromatin architecture. We propose that ORCA acts as a scaffold protein that enables the formation of multiple histone lysine methyltransferase complexes at heterochromatic sites thereby facilitating chromatin organization.
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign United States
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign United States
Models, Molecular, Chromosomes, Human, X, DNA, Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase, DNA Methylation, Histones, Cell Line, Tumor, Heterochromatin, Sequestosome-1 Protein, Histone Methyltransferases, Microtubule Proteins, Humans, Gene Silencing, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Protein Binding
Models, Molecular, Chromosomes, Human, X, DNA, Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase, DNA Methylation, Histones, Cell Line, Tumor, Heterochromatin, Sequestosome-1 Protein, Histone Methyltransferases, Microtubule Proteins, Humans, Gene Silencing, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Protein Binding
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