Reaction: PRC2-EZH2 trimethylates nucleosomes associated with CDKN2A promoter
- in pathway: Oxidative Stress Induced Senescence
The Polycomb repressor complex 2 (PRC2) trimethylates histone HIST1H3A (H3) on lysine residue 28, producing an H3K27Me3 mark along the CDKN2A locus. The H3K27Me3 subsequently serves as a docking site for the PRC1.4 complex that includes BMI1 and CBX8 or CBX7 and acts to repress p16INK4A and, probably p14ARF transcription (Bracken et al. 2007). Proteins of the RB family may be involved in the regulation of enzymatic activity or the recruitment of PRC2 to the CDKN2A locus (Kotake et al. 2007). Conflicting results exist on the regulation of p14ARF expression by Polycomb group (PcG) proteins involved in the formation of PRC2 and PRC1. While p14ARF does not seem to be regulated by PcGs in human fibroblasts, in contrast to mouse embryonic fibroblasts - MEFs (Bracken et al. 2007), experiments on human CD34+ bone marrow cells (Bracken et al. 2007) and U2OS osteosarcoma cell line (Voncken et al. 2005) implicate PcGs in the regulation of p14ARF transcription.
Reaction - small molecule participants:
AdoHcy [nucleoplasm]
AdoMet [nucleoplasm]
Reactome.org reaction link: R-HSA-3240295
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Reaction input - small molecules:
S-adenosyl-L-methionine zwitterion
Reaction output - small molecules:
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine zwitterion
Reactome.org link: R-HSA-3240295