The phenomenon of DNA phosphorothioation (DNA sulfur modification) is widespread among prokaryotes and may serve as a mechanism to restrict gene transfer among bacteria. DndE is one of five essential proteins that are required for the DNA phosphorothioation process. However, its exact biochemical role in sulfur modification of DNA remains unclear. In this study, the DndE protein homologue from ...

Epigenetics refers to the heritable changes in gene expression without any alteration in DNA sequence, including DNA methylation, histone modification and chromatin conformation. Epigenomics deals with global analyses of epigenetic changes across the entire genome. In the fields of epigenetics and epigenomics, DNA methylation has been drawn a special attention because of its close correlation t...

The modification of DNA by phosphorothioate (PT) occurs when the non-bridging oxygen in the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA is replaced with sulfur. This DNA backbone modification was recently discovered and is governed by the dndABCDE genes in a diverse group of bacteria and archaea. However, the biological function of DNA PT modifications is poorly understood. In this study, we employed the R...

Genomic instability, a major hallmark of cancer cells, is caused by incorrect or ineffective DNA repair. Many DNA repair mechanisms cooperate in cells to fight DNA damage, and are generally regulated by post-translational modification of key factors. Poly-ADP-ribosylation, catalyzed by PARP1, is a post-translational modification playing a prominent role in DNA repair, but much less is known abo...

Streptomyces tendae ATCC 31160 produces nikkomycin, a fungicide and insecticide that inhibits chitin synthases. Exposure of S. tendae protoplasts to 50°C for 30 min is required for transformation (102 thiostrepton-resistant transformants ,ug of DNA-') with plasmid pU702 or pU680 from Streptomyces lividans. pU702 and pU680 DNA isolated from the S. tendae transformants is efficient (106 to 107 tr...

A wide variety of prokaryotes possess DNA modifications consisting of sequence-specific phosphorothioates (PT) inserted by members of a five-gene cluster. Recent genome mapping studies revealed two unusual features of PT modifications: short consensus sequences and partial modification of a specific genomic site in a population of bacteria. To better understand the mechanism of target selection...

the epigenetic alterations like histone modifications , dna methylation and others remarkable categories  including nucleosome remodeling and rna mediated targeting have been strongly investigated  recently .in this way , beside the notable importance of dna methylation ,the histone modifications are the most important issues in the  tumorogenesis and cancer progression. moreover, the fluctuati...