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PRC1 Catalytic Activity Is Central to Polycomb System Function.

Neil P Blackledge¹, Nadezda A Fursova¹, Jessica R Kelley¹

¹Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Rd., Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.

|December 30, 2019

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Polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1) catalysis is essential for Polycomb system function, driving chromatin domain formation and gene repression. Variant PRC1 complexes target genes independently of this catalytic activity.

Keywords:

H2AK119ub1 PRC1 chromatin conditional point mutant gene expression histone modification polycomb transcription

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Area of Science:

Epigenetics and Gene Regulation
Chromatin Biology
Molecular Biology

Background:

The Polycomb repressive system is a key chromatin regulator of gene expression.
Mechanisms of Polycomb target gene selection and the role of histone modification in repression are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To directly investigate the requirement of Polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1) catalytic activity in Polycomb system function.
To elucidate the role of PRC1 catalysis in chromatin organization and gene repression.

Main Methods:

Development of a conditional mutation system in embryonic stem cells to eliminate PRC1 catalytic activity.
Analysis of Polycomb chromatin domain formation, long-range chromatin interactions, and gene repression.

Main Results:

PRC1 catalysis is demonstrated to drive Polycomb chromatin domain formation and long-range chromatin interactions.
Variant PRC1 complexes with DNA-binding capabilities occupy target sites independently of PRC1 catalytic activity.
Polycomb-mediated gene repression is shown to require PRC1 catalytic activity.

Conclusions:

PRC1 catalytic activity is central to Polycomb system function, including chromatin organization and gene repression.
A mechanism for Polycomb target site selection involving variant PRC1 complexes is proposed.
These findings clarify the essential role of PRC1 catalysis in epigenetic gene regulation.