title: An EZ mark to miss.
abstract: Ezh2, the methyltransferase within Polycomb Repressive II Complexes, was thought to be essential for all H3K27me3 marks in embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Recently in Molecular Cell, Shen and colleagues (2008) revealed that EZH2 is dispensable for ESC derivation and self-renewal, and that EZH1 may unexpectedly compensate for its loss.
authors.affiliation: Program in Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Gerald R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Crabtree
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000235:genetics*; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000235:genetics*; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D056484:Jumonji Domain-Containing Histone Demethylases; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D063151:Polycomb Repressive Complex 2; D063146:Polycomb-Group Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D063146:Polycomb-Group Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D056484:Jumonji Domain-Containing Histone Demethylases; C523761:Kdm6b protein, mouse; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating; C083329:E(z) protein, Drosophila; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; C524066:PRC2 protein, Drosophila; D063151:Polycomb Repressive Complex 2