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SUBMITTER: Dhall A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7640899 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dhall Abhinav A Shelton Patrick M M PMM Delachat Aurore M-F AM Leonen Calvin J A CJA Fierz Beat B Chatterjee Champak C
Biochemistry 20200626 27
The essential human enzyme lysine specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) silences genes by demethylating mono- and dimethylated lysine 4 in histone H3 (H3K4me1/2). Studies of the minimal requirements for LSD1 activity are complicated by the heterogeneity of histone modification states in cells. We overcame this challenge by generating homogeneous mononucleosome substrates containing semisynthetic H3K4me2. Biophysical and biochemical assays with full-length LSD1 revealed its ability to bind and demethylat ...[more]