The microbiome is implicated in a study that involves the metabolism of dietary fibre into short-chain fatty acids, which provides a biochemical link to the poorly understood histone butyrylation.
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Sun, Y., Locasale, J.W. Histone butyrylation is a dietary link to epigenetics. Nat Metab 6, 606–607 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-024-01013-y
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