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Epigenetics

Does oestrogen, methyl groups and acety groups bind with dna or protein on epigenetics ?

I thought oestrogen binds to protein
Methyl groups to dna
And acetyl groups bind to dna

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Yes, methyl groups bind directly to DNA (specifically the cytosine bases but you don't need to know that for A level).
Acetyl groups bind to histones.
Oestrogen does bind to a protein- the oestrogen receptor (a transcription factor). This forms an oestrogen-transcription factor complex complex, and the complex then moves into the nucleus and binds to DNA in initiate transcription.