title: Histone modifying enzymes and cancer: going beyond histones.
abstract: Mutations in the molecular pathways that regulate cell proliferation, differentiation, and cell death all contribute to cancer formation. Enzymes that covalently modify histones affect these pathways by controlling the dynamic remodeling of chromatin structure. This article reviews several connections between histone modifying enzymes and cancer that are likely mediated via both histone and non-histone substrates. We propose that multiple protein modifications, including phosphorylation, methylation, and acetylation, cross regulate one another to coordinate intermolecular signaling, and that miscues in this regulation can lead to oncogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Sharon Y R
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Dent
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002843:Chromatin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D006655:Histone Deacetylases / Q000378:metabolism; D000076983:Histone Methyltransferases; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011496:Protein Methyltransferases; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D006657:Histones; D000076983:Histone Methyltransferases; D011496:Protein Methyltransferases; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D006655:Histone Deacetylases