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. 2018 Aug 24;98(11):946–952. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzy092

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Histone acetylation. Histone acetyl transferase (HAT) transfers an acetyl group from acetyl-CoA to histone tails. Acetylation relaxes the DNA-histone arrangement, which makes the DNA accessible for transcription, increasing gene expression.