APOBEC2 binds Chromatin and Represses Transcription during Myoblast Differentiation
Lorenzo, J. P.; Molla, L.; Ibarra, I. L.; Ruf, S.; Subramani, P. G.; Boulais, J.; Harjanto, D.; Vonica, A.; Di Noia, J. M.; Dieterich, C.; Zaugg, J. B.; Papavasiliou, F. N.
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The activation induced cytidine deaminase/apolipoprotein B editing complex (AID/APOBEC) family comprises several nucleic acid editors with roles ranging from antibody diversification to mRNA editing. APOBEC2, an evolutionarily conserved member of this family, has neither an established substrate nor a mechanism of action, however genetic evidence suggests functional relevance in tissues such as muscle. Here, we demonstrate that in muscle, APOBEC2 does not have any of the attributed molecular functions of the AID/APOBEC family, such as RNA editing, DNA demethylation, or DNA mutation. Instead, we show that APOBEC2 occupies chromatin at promoter regions of certain genes, whose expression is repressed during muscle cell differentiation. We further demonstrate that APOBEC2 on one hand binds promoter region DNA directly and in a sequence specific fashion, while on the other it interacts with HDAC transcriptional corepressor complexes. Therefore, APOBEC2, by actively repressing the expression of non-myogenesis pathway genes, plays a key role in enforcing the proper establishment of muscle cell fate.
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