The Role of PHF13 in Chromatin and Transcription (Sarah Kinkley)

Published: Jan. 12, 2023, 8 a.m.

In this episode of the Epigenetics Podcast, we caught up with Sarah Kinkley from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Genetics to talk about her work on PHF13 and its role in chromatin and transcription.\nThe Kinkley laboratory focuses mainly on unraveling the mechanism of action of the transcription factor PHF13 (PHC Finger Protein 13). PHF13 is a reader of the epigenetic mark H3K4 trimethylation which influences higher chromatin order, transcriptional regulation, and differentiation. The lab has shown that PHF13 plays a crucial role in phase separation and mitotic chromatin compaction. \n\xa0\nReferences\n\nKinkley, S., Staege, H., Mohrmann, G., Rohaly, G., Schaub, T., Kremmer, E., Winterpacht, A., & Will, H. (2009). SPOC1: a novel PHD-containing protein modulating chromatin structure and mitotic chromosome condensation. Journal of cell science, 122(Pt 16), 2946\u20132956. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.047365\n\n\nChung, H. R., Xu, C., Fuchs, A., Mund, A., Lange, M., Staege, H., Schubert, T., Bian, C., Dunkel, I., Eberharter, A., Regnard, C., Klinker, H., Meierhofer, D., Cozzuto, L., Winterpacht, A., Di Croce, L., Min, J., Will, H., & Kinkley, S. (2016). PHF13 is a molecular reader and transcriptional co-regulator of H3K4me2/3. eLife, 5, e10607. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.10607\n\n\nConnecting the Dots: PHF13 and cohesin promote polymer-polymer phase separation of chromatin into chromosomes. Francesca Rossi, Rene Buschow, Laura V. Glaser, Tobias Schubert, Hannah Staege, Astrid Grimme, Hans Will, Thorsten Milke, Martin Vingron, Andrea M. Chiariello, Sarah Kinkley. bioRxiv 2022.03.04.482956; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.04.482956\n\xa0\n\nRelated Episodes\n\nThe Role of Blimp-1 in Immune-Cell Differentiation (Erna Magn\xfasd\xf3ttir)\n\n\nH3K4me3, SET Proteins, Isw1, and their Role in Transcription (Jane Mellor)\n\n\nThe Role of SMCHD1 in Development and Disease (Marnie Blewitt)\n\n\xa0\n\nContact\n\nEpigenetics Podcast on Twitter\n\n\nEpigenetics Podcast on Instagram\n\n\nEpigenetics Podcast on Mastodon\n\n\nActive Motif on Twitter\n\n\nActive Motif on LinkedIn\n\n\nEmail: podcast@activemotif.com