Example Modification Table
Modification
Location
Effect on Transcription
Modifie
Interprete
H3K123 monometh
di/trimeth
Promote
Gene Body
Promote
Activation
Repression and Alt splicing
Activation
Fake1 and many proteins containing Stupid domain
????
Fake1 complexed with Real1
HAT456 acetylates region
HP1 binds this modification
Stabilizes Mediator, blocks H3K789 methylation.
H3K133 mono/dimeth
trimeth
Promote
3’UTR
Promote
Repression
Activation
Activation by Elongation
Whodat and Whodat2
Whatsit Complex
????
DNMT99 binds and methylates DNA
????
Something stabilizes RNA Pol, unknown
Epigenetics in Health and Disease Book by Igor Kovalchuk and Olga Kovalchuk (2012)
You are going to build a group summary of each modification listed in these two chapters 4 and 5 (in Table format). Include information on the effect (including where in the gene the modification has the effect) and any mechanisms that appear to be known. Of KEY IMPORTANCE are any proteins that interpret the modification and actually
ing about an effect. Order them however makes the most sense to you. Post your final group summary on the Modification Summary general discussion board when your group is finished (on Wednesday). An example table is posted below for your reference.
SPECIFIC READING INSTRUCTIONS - In chapter 4, skip the entire section on "DNA Adenine Methytransferase (DAM)." Begin again with Eukaryotic Methylation and end at "Cytosine Methylation in Plants." (We will not be focusing on plants in this course.)
In chapter 5, read from the beginning and stop at the part titled "Patterns of Histone . . . Interphase Nucleus."Â The information on patterns of acetylation in the nuclear architecture model is ga
led and a bit too contradictory for my tastes, so I elected to skip this (along with the plant portion once again).
Chapter 4
DNA methyltransferases, also called MTases
cell cycle-regulated methylase (CcrM)
DNA cytosine methyltransferase (Dcm)
de novo methyltransferases
De novo DNA methylation
Chapter 5
H3K9me and H3K9me2
Histone ubiquitination
Histone phosphorylation
Histone methylation/demethylation