| Literature DB >> 15525528 |
Mariana de Napoles1, Jacqueline E Mermoud, Rika Wakao, Y Amy Tang, Mitusuhiro Endoh, Ruth Appanah, Tatyana B Nesterova, Jose Silva, Arie P Otte, Miguel Vidal, Haruhiko Koseki, Neil Brockdorff.
Abstract
In many higher organisms, 5%-15% of histone H2A is ubiquitylated at lysine 119 (uH2A). The function of this modification and the factors involved in its establishment, however, are unknown. Here we demonstrate that uH2A occurs on the inactive X chromosome in female mammals and that this correlates with recruitment of Polycomb group (PcG) proteins belonging to Polycomb repressor complex 1 (PRC1). Based on our observations, we tested the role of the PRC1 protein Ring1B and its closely related homolog Ring1A in H2A ubiquitylation. Analysis of Ring1B null embryonic stem (ES) cells revealed extensive depletion of global uH2A levels. On the inactive X chromosome, uH2A was maintained in Ring1A or Ring1B null cells, but not in double knockout cells, demonstrating an overlapping function for these proteins in development. These observations link H2A ubiquitylation, X inactivation, and PRC1 PcG function, suggesting an unanticipated and novel mechanism for chromatin-mediated heritable gene silencing.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15525528 DOI： 10.1016/j.devcel.2004.10.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dev Cell ISSN： 1534-5807 Impact factor: 12.270