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- Title
BAP1 complex promotes transcription by opposing PRC1-mediated H2A ubiquitylation.
- Authors
Campagne, Antoine; Lee, Ming-Kang; Zielinski, Dina; Michaud, Audrey; Le Corre, Stéphanie; Dingli, Florent; Chen, Hong; Shahidian, Lara Z.; Vassilev, Ivaylo; Servant, Nicolas; Loew, Damarys; Pasmant, Eric; Postel-Vinay, Sophie; Wassef, Michel; Margueron, Raphaël
- Abstract
In Drosophila, a complex consisting of Calypso and ASX catalyzes H2A deubiquitination and has been reported to act as part of the Polycomb machinery in transcriptional silencing. The mammalian homologs of these proteins (BAP1 and ASXL1/2/3, respectively), are frequently mutated in various cancer types, yet their precise functions remain unclear. Using an integrative approach based on isogenic cell lines generated with CRISPR/Cas9, we uncover an unanticipated role for BAP1 in gene activation. This function requires the assembly of an enzymatically active BAP1-associated core complex (BAP1.com) containing one of the redundant ASXL proteins. We investigate the mechanism underlying BAP1.com-mediated transcriptional regulation and show that it does not participate in Polycomb-mediated silencing. Instead, our results establish that the function of BAP1.com is to safeguard transcriptionally active genes against silencing by the Polycomb Repressive Complex 1. In Drosophila, the Calypso-ASX complex catalyzes H2A deubiquitination and aids Polycomb in transcriptional silencing. Here the authors show that the orthologous complex, BAP1.com, promotes gene activation by counteracting PRC1-mediated gene silencing.
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-018-08255-x