title: Regulation of histone acetylation and transcription by INHAT, a human cellular complex containing the set oncoprotein.
abstract: Acetylation of histones by p300/CBP and PCAF is considered to be a critical step in transcriptional regulation. In order to understand the role of cellular activities that modulate histone acetylation and transcription, we have purified and characterized a multiprotein cellular complex that potently inhibits the histone acetyltransferase activity of p300/CBP and PCAF. We have mapped a novel acetyltransferase-inhibitory domain of this INHAT (inhibitor of acetyltransferases) complex that binds to histones and masks them from being acetyltransferase substrates. Endogenous INHAT subunits, which include the Set/TAF-Ibeta oncoprotein, associate with chromatin in vivo and can block coactivatormediated transcription when transfected in cells. We propose that histone masking by INHAT plays a regulatory role in chromatin modification and serves as a novel mechanism of transcriptional regulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McNamara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chakravarti
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006367:HeLa Cells; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D056488:Histone Chaperones; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000235:genetics; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000502:physiology; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000502:physiology; D050880:p300-CBP Transcription Factors; D000099224:p300-CBP-Associated Factor
chemical_list: D000123:Acetyltransferases; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002843:Chromatin; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D056488:Histone Chaperones; D006657:Histones; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D050880:p300-CBP Transcription Factors; D000099224:p300-CBP-Associated Factor; C513473:SET protein, human