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SUBMITTER: Kaidi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3859897 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaidi Abderrahmane A Jackson Stephen P SP
Nature 20130526 7452
The detection of DNA lesions within chromatin represents a critical step in cellular responses to DNA damage. However, the regulatory mechanisms that couple chromatin sensing to DNA-damage signalling in mammalian cells are not well understood. Here we show that tyrosine phosphorylation of the protein acetyltransferase KAT5 (also known as TIP60) increases after DNA damage in a manner that promotes KAT5 binding to the histone mark H3K9me3. This triggers KAT5-mediated acetylation of the ATM kinase, ...[more]