Roles of chromatin assembly factor 1 in the epigenetic control of chromatin plasticity.
Genetic information embedded in DNA sequence and the epigenetic information marked by modifications on DNA and histones are essential for the life of eukaryotes. Cells have evolved mechanisms of DNA duplication and chromatin restoration to ensure the inheritance of genetic and epigenetic information during cell division and development. In this review, we focus on the maintenance of epigenetic landscape during chromatin dynamics which requires the orchestration of histones and their chaperones. We discuss how epigenetic marks are re-established in the assembly of new chromatin after DNA replication and repair, highlighting the roles of CAF-1 in the process of changing chromatin state. The functions of CAF-1 provide a link between chromatin assembly and epigenetic restoration.
State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Hai
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Huang
Renjie
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Jiao
D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism*; D056504:Chromatin Assembly Factor-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004260:DNA Repair; D004261:DNA Replication; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D009707:Nucleosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D016196:S Phase / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
D002843:Chromatin; D056504:Chromatin Assembly Factor-1; D006657:Histones; D009707:Nucleosomes