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. 2015 Apr 2;58(1):157-71.
doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.02.013. Epub 2015 Mar 19.

Cbx2 targets PRC1 to constitutive heterochromatin in mouse zygotes in a parent-of-origin-dependent manner

Mathieu Tardat  1 , Mareike Albert  2 , Rico Kunzmann  2 , Zichuan Liu  1 , Lilia Kaustov  3 , Raphael Thierry  1 , Shili Duan  3 , Urszula Brykczynska  2 , Cheryl H Arrowsmith  4 , Antoine H F M Peters  5
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Cbx2 targets PRC1 to constitutive heterochromatin in mouse zygotes in a parent-of-origin-dependent manner

Mathieu Tardat et al. Mol Cell. .
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Abstract

Polycomb repressive complexes PRC1 and PRC2 regulate expression of genes involved in proliferation and development. In mouse early embryos, however, canonical PRC1 localizes to paternal pericentric heterochromatin (pat-PCH), where it represses transcription of major satellite repeats. In contrast, maternal PCH (mat-PCH) is enriched for H3 lysine 9 tri-methylation (H3K9me3) and Hp1β. How PRC1 is targeted to pat-PCH, yet excluded from mat-PCH, has remained elusive. Here, we identify a PRC1 targeting mechanism that relies on Cbx2 and Hp1β. Cbx2 directs catalytically active PRC1 to PCH via its chromodomain (CD(Cbx2)) and neighboring AT-hook (AT(Cbx2)) binding to H3K27me3 and AT-rich major satellites, respectively. CD(Cbx2) prevents AT(Cbx2) from interacting with DNA at PCH marked by H3K9me3 and Hp1β. Loss-of-function studies show that Hp1β and not H3K9me3 prevents PRC1 targeting to mat-PCH. Our findings indicate that CD(Cbx2) and AT(Cbx2) separated by a short linker function together to integrate H3K9me3/HP1 and H3K27me3 states.

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  • Pops gets the polycomb.
    Schubert C. Schubert C. Biol Reprod. 2015 Jun;92(6):137. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.130229. Epub 2015 Mar 25. Biol Reprod. 2015. PMID: 26045152 No abstract available.

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