Faithful inheritance: Parental histone recycling and epigenetic memory in fission yeast.

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Abstract

Accurate transmission of chromatin states during DNA replication is central to epigenetic inheritance. Recent advances have illuminated mechanisms by which parental histones, which carry key post-translational modifications, are recycled and redistributed to daughter strands. This review synthesizes emerging insights into the molecular machinery that mediates histone recycling during replication. It highlights the interplay between histone chaperones and replication factors and examines how perturbations in these pathways influence heterochromatin inheritance. The fission yeast serves as a powerful model for recent investigations, revealing new principles that are conserved across eukaryotes.

Year of Publication
2025
Journal
Cell insight
Volume
4
Issue
5
Pages
100275
Date Published
10/2025
ISSN
2772-8927
DOI
10.1016/j.cellin.2025.100275
PubMed ID
40861011
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