Illuminating Epigenetics with A FRET Based Biosensor
Type
Blog Post
Published
Nov. 19, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
... versions of this reporter to target the K9 (pcDNA3-K9 histone methylation reporter) and K27 (pcDNA3-K27...The K9 reporter uses the HP1 chromodomain to recognise lysine 9 methylation, while the K27 reporter uses... methylation in living cells. Essentially this reporter construct consists of one substrate (the histone-derived...-K27 histone methylation reporter) positions on histone H3, which are known to be involved in repression...methylation of these sites was controlled, the reporter consistently showed significantly different FRET...states. Thus, this system is a reliable tool in reporting methylation status of these sites.
This new technology...Alice Y. Ting. "Genetically encoded fluorescent reporters of histone methylation in living cells." Journal...