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However, its function is tightly regulated by a variety of post‐translational modifications and protein–protein interactions that alter its affinity for chromatin.\n "}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n "}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\n For example, lysyl oxidase (LO) mediates oxidation of lysine residues in not only extracellular substrates like collagen and elastin but also in basic proteins such as histone H1, a modification that may contribute to altering its electrostatic interactions with DNA and its role in chromatin compaction."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "1"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " In addition, during transcriptional activation events such as those following topoisomerase IIβ–induced DNA breaks, an exchange event between histone H1 and high-mobility group B proteins is observed, implicating H1 displacement as a key step in remodeling chromatin to permit transcriptional changes."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "2"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n "}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n "}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\n In neuronal cells, a delicate balance exists between repressive and activating chromatin marks. 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