Ring1B is crucial for the regulation of developmental control genes and PRC1 proteins but not X inactivation in embryonic cells
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Ring1B is crucial for the regulation of developmental control genes and PRC1 proteins but not X inactivation in embryonic cells
Abstract
The Polycomb group (PcG) gene Ring1B has been implicated in the repression of developmental control genes and X inactivation and is essential for embryogenesis. Ring1B protein contains a RING finger domain and functions as an E3 ubiquitin ligase that is crucial for the monoubiquitination of histone H2A (H2AK119ub1). Here, we study the function of Ring1B in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. The deletion of Ring1B causes the loss of several PcG proteins, showing an unanticipated function in the regulation of PcG protein levels. Derepression of lineage genes and an aberrant differentiation potential is observed in Ring1B-deficient ES cells. Despite a crucial function of Ring1B in establishing the chromosome-wide ubiquitination of histone H2A lysine 119 (H2AK119ub1) upon Xist expression in ES cells, the initiation of silencing by Xist is independent of Ring1B. Other chromatin marks associated with the initiation of X inactivation are not affected in Ring1B-deficient cells, suggesting compensation for the loss of Ring1B in X inactivation in contrast to the repression of lineage genes.
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