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Rtt109 acetylates histone H3 lysine 56 and functions in DNA replication.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 2 Feb 2007
Han Junhong, Zhou Hui, Horazdovsky Bruce, Zhang Kangling, Xu Rui-Ming, Zhang Zhiguo
Abstract excerpt
Acetylation of histone H3 lysine 56 (H3-K56) occurs in S phase, and cells lacking H3-K56 acetylation are sensitive to DNA-damaging agents. However, the histone acetyltransferase (HAT) that catalyzes global H3-K56 acetylation has not been found. Here we show that regulation of Ty1 transposition gene product 109 (Rtt109) is an H3-K56 HAT. Cells lacking Rtt109 or expressing rtt109 mutants with alterations at a...
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