LITERATURE · PEER REVIEWED

H3K36 methylation antagonizes PRC2-mediated H3K27 methylation

Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2011 · Peer reviewed

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Citation and identifiers

Yuan W, Xu M, Huang C, Liu N, Chen S, Zhu B. “H3K36 methylation antagonizes PRC2-mediated H3K27 methylation.” Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(10):7983–7989 · doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.194027.

PubMed ID
21239496

RESEARCH QUESTION

Does H3K36 methylation directly antagonize PRC2-mediated H3K27 methylation?

This mark-level biochemical result provides general chromatin context but does not show that ASH1L haploinsufficiency causes global Polycomb spreading or a uniform clinical state.

INTERPRETATION BOUNDARY

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What this study supports

Biochemical evidence that H3K36 methylation can directly inhibit PRC2-mediated H3K27 methylation.

What it cannot establish

Mark-level antagonism does not show that ASH1L haploinsufficiency produces global Polycomb spreading or a uniform human clinical state.

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