研究
本實驗室的興趣主要集中在研究表型遺傳學(Epigenetics)的生物化學機理。眾所周知，各種不同的體細胞均具有同一基因組，然而卻各自表達不同類的基因。近年來的許多研究工作表明染色質(chromatin)的各種共價修飾，如組蛋白修飾(histone modifications)和DNA甲基化修飾，對基因表達的表型遺傳學調控起著重要作用。染色質修飾的多樣性以及對這些修飾的識別為細胞提供了一套遺傳信息的檢索系統。本實驗室致力於利用生物化學手段分離純化與染色質修飾有關的各類蛋白質複合體(protein complex)，研究它們的生物學功能和作用機理。
貢獻
Research publications
1. Yuan W, Wu T, Fu H, Dai C, Wu H, Liu N, Li X, Xu M, Zhang Z, Niu T, Han Z, Chai J, Zhou XJ, Gao S, Zhu B. Dense chromatin activates Polycomb repressive complex 2 to regulate H3 Lysine 27 methylation. Science 2012; 337: 971
2. Xu M, Chen S, Zhu B. Investigating the cell cycle-associated dynamics of histone modifications using quantitative mass spectrometry. Method Enzymol. 2012; 512:29
3. Xu M, Wang W, Chen S, Zhu B. A model for mitotic inheritance of histone lysine methylation. EMBO Rep. 2012; 13: 60
4. Wang W, Mao Z, Zhang H, Ding X, Chen S, Zhang X, Zhu B. Nucleolar protein Spindlin1 recognizes H3K4me3 and facilitates rRNA gene transcription. EMBO Rep . 2011; 12: 1160
5. Yang P, Wang Y, Chen J, Li H, Kang L, Zhang Y, Chen S, Zhu B, Gao S. RCOR2 is a subunit of the LSD1 complex that regulates ES cell property and substitutes for SOX2 in reprogramming somatic cells to pluripotency. Stem Cells 2011; 29: 791
6. Chen X, Xiong J, Xu M, Chen S, Zhu B. Symmetric modification within a nucleosome is not globally required for histone lysine methylation. EMBO Rep. 2011; 12: 244
7. Yuan W, Xu M, Huang C, Liu N, Chen S, Zhu B. H3K36 methylation antagonizes PRC2 mediated H3K27 methylation. J Biol Chem. 2011; 286: 7983
8. Wu H, Chen X, Xiong J, Li Y, Li H, Ding X, Liu S, Chen S, Gao S, Zhu B. Histone methyltransferase G9a contributes to H3K27 methylation in vivo. Cell Res. 2011; 21: 365
9. Xu M, Long C, Chen X, Huang C, Chen S, Zhu B. Partition of histone H3-H4 tetramers during DNA replication-dependent chromatin assembly. Science 2010; 328: 94
10. Jia G, Wang W, Li H, Mao Z, Cai G, Sun J, Wu H, Xu M, Yang P, Yuan W, Chen S, Zhu B. A systematic evaluation of the compatibility of histones containing methyl-lysine analogues with biochemical reactions. Cell Res. 2009; 19: 1217
11. Yuan W, Xie J, Long C, Erdjument-Bromage H, Ding X, Zheng Y, Tempst P, Chen S, Zhu B, Reinberg D. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein L Is a subunit of human KMT3a/Set2 complex required for H3 Lys-36 trimethylation activity in vivo. J Biol Chem. 2009; 284:15701
12. Moniaux N, Nemos C, Deb S, Zhu B, Dornreiter I, Hollingsworth MA, Batra SK (2009) The human RNA polymerase II-associated factor 1 (hPaf1): a new regulator of cell-cycle progression. PLoS One 4: e7077
13. Pavri R, Zhu B, Li G, Trojer P, Mandal S, Shilatifard A, Reinberg D. Histone H2B monoubiquitination functions cooperatively with FACT to regulate elongation by RNA polymerase II. Cell 2006; 125: 703
14. Adelman K, Wei W, Ardehali MB, Werner J, Zhu B, Reinberg D, Lis JT. Drosophila Paf1 modulates chromatin structure at actively transcribed genes. Mol Cell Biol. 2006; 26: 250
15. Zhu B, Zheng Y, Pham AD, Mandal SS, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Reinberg D. Monoubiquitination of human histone H2B: the factors involved and their roles in HOX gene regulation. Mol Cell 2005;20:601
16. Zhu B, Mandal SS, Pham AD, Zheng Y, Erdjument-Bromage H, Batra SK, Tempst P, Reinberg D. The human PAF complex coordinates transcription with events downstream of RNA synthesis. Genes Dev. 2005; 19: 1668
17. Jost JP, Oakeley EJ, Zhu B, Benjamin D, Thiry S, Siegmann M, Jost YC. 5-Methylcytosine DNA glycosylase participates in the genome-wide loss of DNA methylation occurring during mouse myoblast differentiation. Nucleic Acids Res. 2001; 29: 4452
18. Zhu B, Benjamin D, Zheng Y, Angliker H, Thiry S, Siegmann M, Jost JP. Overexpression of 5-methylcytosine DNA glycosylase in human embryonic kidney cells EcR293 demethylates the promoter of a hormone-regulated reporter gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001; 98: 5031
19. Zhu B, Zheng Y, Angliker H, Schwarz S, Thiry S, Siegmann M, Jost JP. 5-Methylcytosine DNA glycosylase activity is also present in the human MBD4 (G/T mismatch glycosylase) and in a related avian sequence. Nucleic Acids Res. 2000; 28: 4157
20. Zhu B, Zheng Y, Hess D, Angliker H, Schwarz S, Siegmann M, Thiry S, Jost JP. 5-methylcytosine-DNA glycosylase activity is present in a cloned G/T mismatch DNA glycosylase associated with the chicken embryo DNA demethylation complex. Proc Natl Acad SciU S A. 2000; 97: 5135
Invited reviews
1. Talbert PB, Ahmad K, Almouzni G, Ausió J, Berger F, Bhalla PL, Bonner WM, Cande WZ, Chadwick BP, Chan SW, Cross GA, Cui L, Dimitrov SI, Doenecke D, Eirin-López JM, Gorovsky MA, Hake SB, Hamkalo BA, Holec S, Jacobsen SE, Kamieniarz K, Khochbin S, Ladurner AG, Landsman D, Latham JA, Loppin B, Malik HS, Marzluff WF, Pehrson JR, Postberg J, Schneider R, Singh MB, Smith MM, Thompson E, Torres-Padilla ME, Tremethick DJ, Turner BM, Waterborg JH, Wollmann H, Yelagandula R, Zhu B, Henikoff S. A unified phylogeny-based nomenclature for histone variants. Epigenet Chromatin 2012; 5: 7
2. Yuan G, Zhu B. Histone variants and epigenetic inheritance. BBA-Gene Regul Mech . 2012; 1819: 222
3. Zhu B, Reinberg D. Epigenetics inheritance: Uncontested? Cell Res. 2011; 21: 435
4. Wu H, Zhu B. Split decision: why it matters? Front Biol. 2011; 6: 88
5. Xu M, Zhu B. Nucleosome assembly and epigenetic inheritance. Protein Cell 2010; 1: 820
譯著
《表觀遺傳學》 科學出版社 （2009） 主譯：朱冰，孫方霖
