#Deacetylation
Unpause! I'm super happy to now be able to share the published version of our paper at Science Advances showing that:
1) active histone mods occur independently of transcription
2) transcription coordinates histone deacetylation at active promoters
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RNA polymerase II coordinates histone deacetylation at active promoters
Transcription initiation limits histone acetylation and H2AZ incorporation at promoters.
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February 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Altering metabolism programs cell identity via NAD+-dependent deacetylation
@josh-brickman.bsky.social et al show enforced OXPHOS dependence in embryonic stem cells drives deacetylation of essential transcription factors & inner-cell-mass-like gene expression
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
April 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Our new-ish preprint: RNA Polymerase II coordinates histone deacetylation at active promoters www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
RNA Polymerase II coordinates histone deacetylation at active promoters
Nucleosomes at actively transcribed promoters have specific histone post-transcriptional modifications and histone variants. These features are thought to contribute to the formation and maintenance o...
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November 15, 2024 at 1:13 PM
When your co-organiser/friend publish cool papers! Special shout out and congrats to @jxhoffman.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
RNA polymerase II coordinates histone deacetylation at active promoters
Transcription initiation limits histone acetylation and H2AZ incorporation at promoters.
www.science.org
February 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
WIND1 controls cell fate transition through histone acetylation and deacetylation during somatic embryogenesis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.07.669221v1
August 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Histone modifications occur independently of transcription

RNA polymerase II coordinates histone deacetylation at active promoters | Science Advances

#chromatin #transcription #generegulation

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
RNA polymerase II coordinates histone deacetylation at active promoters
Transcription initiation limits histone acetylation and H2AZ incorporation at promoters.
www.science.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I’m back! My first new piece since my daughter was born!

This one is all about chitosan: a versatile biopolymer derived from chitin found in crustacean shells, including lobster. The structures represent 90% deacetylation. Used in everything from packaging to drug delivery #sciart
September 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM
WIND1 controls cell fate transition through coordinately integrating histone acetylation and deacetylation-mediated transcriptional reprogramming during somatic embryogenesis #research #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...
March 13, 2026 at 7:22 AM
HDA19-mediated deacetylation of histone H3.3 lysine 27 and 36 regulates plant sensitivity to salt stress https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.04.686508v1
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Time for Charlotte Aumeier who demonstrates how kinesin motors modulate microtubule damage and allow for deacetylation enzymes to access the microtubule lumen, shaping the cellular acetylation patterns (doi.org/10.1038/s414...)
April 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Green flower coloration through AT-hook protein-mediated histone H3K27ac deacetylation in chrysanthemum (Hongfeng Huang , Jiaqi Wen , Ying Zheng , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
September 27, 2026 at 11:15 AM
♻️ #Yeast Acs2 generates acetyl-CoA locally at chromatin, while its mammalian ortholog ACSS2 also recaptures acetate from histone deacetylation at promoters. This acetate recycling loop couples metabolism ↔️ chromatin state across species
🧬 #YeastResearch 🧪 #SGD 🔬
www.yeastgenome.org/reference/S1...
October 3, 2026 at 12:44 AM
TBK1 phosphorylates HDAC3 to promote NDP52 deacetylation and accelerate intracellular bacterial clearance
TBK1 phosphorylates HDAC3 to promote NDP52 deacetylation and accelerate intracellular bacterial clearance
Sun et al. demonstrate that TBK1 stabilizes HDAC3 via Ser424 phosphorylation during Salmonella Typhimurium infection. HDAC3-mediated NDP52 deacetylation at Lys202 enhances its binding to MAP1LC3A/B and GABARAPL2, thereby facilitating intracellular bacterial clearance and host antibacterial defense.
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October 1, 2026 at 2:38 PM
How does metabolism act through generic chromatin modifiers promote specific cellular states? Simultaneous modification of transcription factors and chromatin, enhancing epigenetic signal to noise ratios.
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Altering metabolism programs cell identity via NAD+-dependent deacetylation | The EMBO Journal
imageimageHow alterations in cell metabolism translate into specific developmental gene programs remains a major question. This study shows that forcing OXPHOS metabolism reprograms mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) to a more inner cell mass (ICM)-...
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April 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Macrophage SIRT6 promotes allergic airway inflammation through ATG3 deacetylation-mediated autophagy: www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...
March 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Nzf2 promotes oligodendrocyte differentiation and regeneration via repressing HDAC1-mediated histone deacetylation
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Nzf2 promotes oligodendrocyte differentiation and regeneration via repressing HDAC1-mediated histone deacetylation
Nzf2 promotes oligodendrocyte differentiation and regeneration via repressing histone deacetylation.
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December 18, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Exciting work! The authors conclude that condensin-mediated loop formation, Aurora B phosphorylation, and core histone deacetylation are not obligatory factors for mitotic chromosome compaction.

Our Mg2+ model is discussed as the “last model standing.”
www.cell.com/current-biol...
April 25, 2026 at 2:36 PM
What is the basis & significance of SUMO1 vs SUMO2/3 conjugation preference? Jo Morris et al find that mitotic deacetylation biases SUMO E1 SAE2 towards #SUMO1 conjugation onto NuMA to ensure faithful chromosome segregation
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
August 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This is pretty cool! I wonder if this means Pol-2 shifts the position of the TSS in 3D space to differentially interact with #chromatin and #nucleosome remodeling enzymes
RNA polymerase II coordinates histone deacetylation at active promoters | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
RNA polymerase II coordinates histone deacetylation at active promoters
Transcription initiation limits histone acetylation and H2AZ incorporation at promoters.
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
HDA6 regulates chloroplast biogenesis and photosynthesis in Arabidopsis through deacetylation of non-histone proteins https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.28.685251v1
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM