Disruption of ATRX-RNA interactions uncovers roles in ATRX localization and PRC2 function

Autor: Wenqing Ren, Nicole Medeiros, Robert Warneford-Thomson, Phillip Wulfridge, Qingqing Yan, Joyce Bian, Simone Sidoli, Benjamin A. Garcia, Emmanuel Skordalakes, Eric Joyce, Roberto Bonasio, Kavitha Sarma
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15902-9
Popis: ATRX is an RNA binding protein that mediates targeting of polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) to genomic sites. Here the authors identify the RNA binding region and show that the RNA binding is required for ATRX localization and for its recruitment of PRC2 to a subset of polycomb targets.
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