Susan L. Gloor

The paper shows that different binding modes to the nucleosome acidic patch lead to distinct cellular outcomes, with overexpression of Dot5 and camelid antibodies causing growth, DNA repair, and heterochromatin defects.

The paper investigates how nucleosome context influences chromatin reader binding preferences using biochemical and genomic approaches, revealing that multivalent engagement often has regulatory effects beyond simple additivity.

The paper identifies a critical binding interface in DNMT3A1 that facilitates DNA hypermethylation at Polycomb target genes by recognizing H2AK119Ub and the nucleosome acidic patch.

This study reveals that H2BK120ub blocks the nucleosome acidic patch, preventing protein binding, while H2AK119ub does not, highlighting distinct roles of these ubiquitinations in chromatin regulation.