PRB1 is required for clipping of the histone h3 n terminal tail in saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Cathepsin L, a lysosomal protein in mouse embryonic stem cells has been shown to clip the histone H3 N-terminus, an activity associated with gene activity during mouse cell development. Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) was also identified as histone H3 specific protease in chicken liver, which has been connected to gene expression during aging. In baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, clipping the histone H3 N-terminus has been associated with gene activation in stationary phase but the protease responsible for the yeast histone H3 endopeptidase activity had not been identified. In searching for a yeast histone H3 endopeptidase, we found that yeast vacuolar protein Prb1 is present in the cellular fraction enriched for the H3 N-terminus endopeptidase activity and this endopeptidase activity is lost in the PRB1 deletion mutant (prb1D). In addition, like Cathepsin L and GDH, purified Prb1 from yeast cleaves H3 between Lys23 and Ala24 in the N-terminus in vitro as shown by Edman degradation. In conclusion, our data argue that PRB1 is required for clipping of the histone H3 Nterminal tail in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

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Xue, Y., Vashisht, A. A., Tan, Y., Su, T., & Wohlschlegel, J. A. (2014). PRB1 is required for clipping of the histone h3 n terminal tail in saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS ONE, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090496

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