Characterization of candidate histone methyltransferases

我们对人类和小鼠组织中两种候选组蛋白甲基转移酶的转录进行了全面分析，显示了选择性剪接和通读转录物的组织特异性表达。我们进行了几个酵母双杂交筛选，以确定蛋白质结合伙伴的假定组蛋白甲基转移酶。这些筛选产生了几个有趣的候选人，正在通过生物化学和遗传学方法进一步表征。我们已经构建了一个条件性敲除质粒，以产生一个敲除小鼠模型，缺乏一个假定的组蛋白甲基转移酶位于一个经常删除的染色体区域。

We conducted a comprehensive analysis of transcription of two candidate histone methyltransferases in human and mouse tissues, showing tissue-specific expression of alternatively spliced and read-through transcripts. We conducted several yeast two-hybrid screens to identify protein-binding partners for the putative histone methyltransferases. These screens yielded several intriguing candidates that are being characterized further by biochemical and genetic methods. We have constructed a conditional knockout plasmid to generate a knockout mouse model lacking one of the putative histone methyltransferases located on a frequently deleted chromosomal region.