“…During the last few years, there have been several reports showing that the acetylation of lysine residues by HAT enzymes is not restricted to histones but is a frequent modification of transcription factors. Acetylation changes several functions of a protein and affects the DNA affinity, the cellular localization of transcription factors and the regulation of the cell cycle (Gu and Roeder, 1997;Imhof et al, 1997;Boyes et al, 1998;Zhang and Bieker, 1998;Hung et al, 1999;MartinezBalbas et al, 2000;Marzio et al, 2000;Zhang et al, 2000;Chan et al, 2001;Ferreira et al, 2001;Polanowska et al, 2001;Wang et al, 2001). Methylation, like acetylation and phosphorylation, represents a signal to perform a specific function and it is likely that in addition to histones, several transcription factors can be methylated.…”