Article
Hairless is a histone H3K9 demethylase.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Apr 2014
Liu Liang, Kim Hyunmi, Casta Alex, Kobayashi Yuki, Shapiro Lawrence S, Christiano Angela M
Abstract excerpt
The hairless (HR) protein contains a Jumonji C (JmjC) domain that is conserved among a family of proteins with histone demethylase (HDM) activity. To test whether HR possesses HDM activity, we performed a series of in vitro demethylation assays, which demonstrated that HR can demethylate monomethylated or dimethylated histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9me1 or me2). Moreover, ectopic expression of wild-type HR, but not...
Topics
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
- Binding Sites
- Blotting, Western
- Caspase 14
- Cells, Cultured
- Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
- Gene Expression Regulation
- HEK293 Cells
- HeLa Cells
- Histone Demethylases
