Abstract
Posttranslational modifications play a key role in recruiting chromatin remodeling and modifying enzymes to specific regions of chromosomes to modulate chromatin structure. Alc1 (amplified in liver cancer 1), a member of the SNF2 ATPase superfamily with a carboxy-terminal macrodomain, is encoded by an oncogene implicated in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Here we show that Alc1 interacts transiently with chromatin-associated proteins, including histones and the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase Parp1. Alc1 ATPase and chromatin remodeling activities are strongly activated by Parp1 and its substrate NAD and require an intact macrodomain capable of binding poly(ADP-ribose). Alc1 is rapidly recruited to nucleosomes in vitro and to chromatin in cells when Parp1 catalyzes PAR synthesis. We propose that poly(ADP-ribosyl) ation of chromatin-associated Parp1 serves as a mechanism for targeting a SNF2 family remodeler to chromatin.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 13770-13774 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Volume | 106 |
Issue number | 33 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 18 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Alc1
- Chromatin remodeling enzyme
- Macrodomain
- Poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase
- Snf2-like ATPase
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General