A DNA adenine demethylase impairs PRC2-mediated repression of genes marked by a specific chromatin signature.
Qingxiao JiaXinran ZhangQian LiuJunjie LiWentao WangXuan MaBo ZhuSheng LiShicheng GongJingjing TianMeng YuanYu ZhaoDao-Xiu ZhouPublished in: Genome biology (2023)
Our findings unravel a function of ALKBH1 to control the balance between the antagonistic histone methylations for gene activity and provide insight into the regulatory mechanism of PRC2-mediated H3K27me3 deposition within the gene body region.