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Publications by Song Tan

2007

Berndsen, C. E., B. N. Albaugh, S. Tan, and J. M. Denu.  Catalytic mechanism of a MYST family histone acetyltransferase.  Biochemistry 46:623-629.

Berndsen, C. E., W. Selleck, S. J. McBryant, J. C. Hansen, S. Tan, and J. M. Denu.  Nucleosome recognition by the Piccolo NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complex.  Biochemistry 46:2091-2099.

Barrios, A., W. Selleck, B. Hnatkovich, R. Kramer, D. Sermwittayawong, and S. Tan.
Expression and purification of recombinant yeast Ada2/Ada3/Gcn5 and Piccolo NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complexes.  Methods 41:271-277.

Altaf, M., R. T. Utley, N. Lacoste, S. Tan, S. D. Briggs, and J. Cote.  Interplay of chromatin modifiers on a short basic patch of histone H4 tail defines the boundary of telomeric heterochromatin.  Mol. Cell 28:1-13.

2006

Doyon, Y., C. Cayrou, M. Ullah, A.J. Landry, V. Cote, W. Selleck, W.S. Lane, S. Tan, X.J. Yang, and J. Cote. ING tumor suppressor proteins are critical regulators of chromatin acetylation required for genome expression and perpetuation. Mol. Cell 21:51-64.

Sermwittaaywong, D., and S. Tan. SAGA binds TBP via its Spt8 subunit in competition with DNA: implications for TBP recruitment. EMBO J. 25:3791-3800.

2005

Lichty, J. J., J. L. Malecki, H. D. Agnew, D. J. Michelson-Horowitz, and S. Tan. Comparison of affinity tags for protein purification. Protein Expr. Purif. 41:98-105.
 
Selleck, W., I. Fortin, D. Sermwittayawong, J. Cote, and S. Tan. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Piccolo NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complex requires the enhancer of Polycomb A domain and chromodomain to acetylate nucleosomes. Mol. Cell. Biol. 25:5535-5542.
 
Tan, S., R. C. Kern, and W. Selleck. The pST44 polycistronic expression system for producing protein complexes in Escherichia coli. Protein Expr. Purif. 40:385-395.
 
Li, D., S. Yea, S. Li, Z. Chen, G. Narla, M. Banck, J. Laborda, S. Tan, J. M. Friedman, S. L. Friedman, and M. J. Walsh. Kruppel-like factor-6 promotes preadipocyte differentiation through histone deacetylase 3-dependent repression of DLK1. J. Biol. Chem. 280:26941-26952.

2004

Doyon, Y., W. Selleck, W.S. Lane, S. Tan, and J. Côte. Structural and functional conservation of the NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complex from yeast to humans. Mol. Cell. Biol. 24:1884-1896.

2003

Boudreault, A.A., D. Cronier, W. Selleck, N. Lacoste, R.T. Utley, S. Allard, J. Savard, W.S. Lane, S. Tan, and J. Côte. Yeast enhancer of polycomb defines global Esa1-dependent acetylation of chromatin. Genes & Dev. 17:1415-1428.

Bleichenbacher, M., S. Tan, and T.J. Richmond. Novel interactions between the components of human and yeast TFIIA/TBP/DNA complexes. J. Mol. Biol. 332:783-793.

2002

Boyer, L.A., M.R. Langer, K.A. Crowley, S. Tan, J.M. Denu, and C.L. Peterson. Essential role for SANT domain in the functioning of multiple chromatin remodeling enzymes. Mol. Cell. 10:935-942.

Balasubramanian, R., M.G. Pray-Grant, W. Selleck, P.A. Grant, and S. Tan. Role of the Ada2 and Ada3 transcriptional coactivators in histone acetylation. J. Biol. Chem. 277:7989-7995.

2001

Tan, S. A modular polycistronic expression system for overexpressing protein complexes in E. coli. Prot. Expr. Purif. 21:224-234.

Brown, C.E., L. Howe, K. Sousa, S.C. Alley, M.J. Carrozza, S. Tan, and J.L. Workman. Recruitment of HAT complexes by director activator interactions with the ATM-related Tra1 subunit. Science. 292:2333-2337.

Selleck, W., R. Howley, Q. Fang, V. Podolny, M.G. Fried, S. Buratowksi, and S. Tan. Histone fold complexes within yeast TFIID transcriptional coactivator. Nature Struct. Biol. 8:695-700.

Tan, S. One HAT size fits all? Nature Struc. Biol. 8:8-10.

2000

Tan, S., Y. Hunziker, L. Pellegrini, and T.J. Richmond. Crystallization of the Yeast MATalpha2/MCM1/DNA Ternary Complex: General Methods and Principles for Protein/DNA Cocrystallization. J. Mol. Biol. 297:947-959.

1998

Tan, S. and T.J. Richmond. Crystal Structure of the Yeast MAT2/MCM1/DNA Ternary Complex. Nature 391:660-666.

Tan, S. and T.J. Richmond. Eukaryotic Transcription Factors. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 8:41-48.

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