The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 22, Issue 5 , Pages 470-475 , May 2011

Holocarboxylase synthetase is a chromatin protein and interacts directly with histone H3 to mediate biotinylation of K9 and K18

  • Baolong Bao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
    • Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Shanghai Ocean University, Ministry of Education, 201306 Shanghai, China
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  • Valerie Pestinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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  • Yousef I. Hassan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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  • Gloria E.O. Borgstahl

      Affiliations

    • Eppley Institute for Cancer Research and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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  • Carol Kolar

      Affiliations

    • Eppley Institute for Cancer Research and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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  • Janos Zempleni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 27 January 2010 ,Revised 29 March 2010 ,Accepted 5 April 2010.

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☆ This study was supported by a contribution of the University of Nebraska Agricultural Research Division, supported in part by funds provided through the Hatch Act. Additional support was provided by NIH grants DK063945, DK077816, DK082476 and ES015206; by USDA CSREES grant 2006-35200-17138; by NSF grants MCB 0615831 and EPS 0701892; by Nebraska Research Initiative funding for the Nebraska Center for Structural Biology; and by NCI Eppley Cancer Center Support Grant P30CA036727.

PII: S0955-2863(10)00099-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2010.04.001

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 22, Issue 5 , Pages 470-475 , May 2011

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