The Impact of One Carbon Metabolism on Histone Methylation

The effect of one carbon metabolism on DNA methylation has been well described, bridging nutrition, metabolism, and epigenetics. This modification is mediated by the metabolite S-adenosyl methionine (SAM), which is also the methyl-donating substrate of histone methyltransferases. Therefore, SAM leve...

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Main Authors: Magdalini Serefidou, Anuroop Venkateswaran Venkatasubramani, Axel Imhof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2019.00764/full