title: A Novel Modification of the Lysine Residue at Position 12 of Histone H4 in Starfish Sperm.
abstract: Post-translational modification of core histones is essential in processes requiring chromatin remodeling. We report here a novel modification in histones of the sperm of the starfish, Asterina pectinifera, which involves an ε-(γ-glutamyl)lysine cross-link between the glutamine residue at position 9 of histone H2B and the lysine residue at position 12 of histone H4.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Applied Biochemistry , Hiroshima University , 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima 739 , Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nunomura
authors.affiliation: a Department of Applied Biochemistry , Hiroshima University , 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima 739 , Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.affiliation: a Department of Applied Biochemistry , Hiroshima University , 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima 739 , Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hozumi
authors.affiliation: a Department of Applied Biochemistry , Hiroshima University , 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima 739 , Japan.|b Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University , Suita, Osaka 565 , Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takao
authors.affiliation: a Department of Applied Biochemistry , Hiroshima University , 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima 739 , Japan.|b Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University , Suita, Osaka 565 , Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimonishi
authors.affiliation: a Department of Applied Biochemistry , Hiroshima University , 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima 739 , Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikegami
keywords: histone; starfish; transglutaminase