Background |
H3 is core component of nucleosome. Nucleosomes wrap and compact DNA
into chromatin, limiting DNA accessibility to the cellular machineries which
require DNA as a template. Histones thereby play a central role in transcription regulation, DNA repair, DNA replication and chromosomal stability. DNA accessibility is regulated via a complex set of post-translational modifications of histones, also called histone code, and nucleosome remodeling. Histones are subjected to a variety of enzyme catalyzed modifications, including acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, ubiquitylation, etc. Butyrylation of histones marks active promoters and competes with histone acetylation, which occurs during late |