Regulation of chromatin structure by Set1 H3K4 methyltransferase and Jhd2 H3K4 demethylase
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ABSTRACT: Histone H3K4 methylation is connected to gene transcription from yeast to humans, but its mechanistic role in transcription and chromatin dynamics remains poorly understood. Here, we investigated the functions for Set1 and Jhd2, the sole H3K4 methyltransferase and H3K4 demethylase, respectively, in S. cerevisiae. Our data show that Set1 and Jhd2 predominantly co-regulate transcription. We find combined activities of Set1 and Jhd2 via H3K4 methylation contribute to positive or negative transcriptional regulation at shared target genes. Providing mechanistic insights, our data reveal that Set1 and Jhd2 together control nucleosomal occupancy during transcriptional co-regulation. Moreover, we find a remarkable genome-wide co-regulation of nucleosome and chromatin structure by Set1 and Jhd2 at different groups of transcriptionally active or inactive genes and at different regions within yeast genes. Overall, our study prompts a model wherein combined actions of Set1 and Jhd2 via H3K4 methylationâdemethylation control chromatin dynamics during various facets of transcriptional regulation. Genome-wide nucleosome maps were generated from three different yeast strains representing wild type control, set1 null and jhd2 null mutants. Three independent biological samples were grown for each strain, nucleosomes were prepared by micrococcal nuclease digestion, libraries were prepared, mononculeosomal DNA was isolated, sequenced, and analyzed separately.
ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae
SUBMITTER: Timothy Parnell
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-73404 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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