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Here, using metabolic labeling, mass spectrometry, click chemistry, and standard molecular biology, we show that SF3B2 is modified by lysine myristoylation at K10 and that HDAC11 efficiently removes this modification in cells, establishing SF3B2 as a direct enzymatic substrate. A de-myristoylation mimetic mutant (SF3B2 K10R) exhibits altered pre-mRNA binding activity in a context-dependent manner. In HCC cells, loss of SF3B2 lysine myristoylation enhances SF3B2 association with androgen receptor (AR) splice variant loci and promotes alternative splicing towards the AR-v7 variant. Consistently, HDAC11 overexpression increases, and HDAC11 knockdown decreases, the AR-v7\/AR-FL splice isoform ratio in HCC cells in a manner requiring HDAC11 catalytic activity and recapitulated by SF3B2 K10R. In contrast, modulation of HDAC11 does not alter AR splicing in prostate cancer cells, indicating cell type specific regulation.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>Together, these findings establish lysine myristoylation as a reversible regulatory modification on a spliceosomal component and reveal HDAC11-catalyzed de-myristoylation of SF3B2 as a mechanism that can tune alternative splicing in liver cancer cells.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>In Brief<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Clements et al. utilize metabolic labelling, mass spectrometry, click chemistry, and protein and RNA biochemistry to establish that a histone deacetylase enzyme, HDAC11, can influence RNA splicing through de-fatty acylation of the RNA splicing factor SF3B2. De-fatty acylation of SF3B2 at K10 by HDAC11 modulates SF3B2\u2019s pre-mRNA binding to AR splice variant loci, thereby driving alternative splicing of the AR-v7 variant in a cell type dependent manner. This work provides direct mechanistic evidence linking an HDAC to RNA splicing, identifies a reversible lipid modification on SF3B2, and expands current understanding of post-translational regulation of spliceosomal proteins and HDAC11 de-fatty acylation substrates.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Highlights<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                    <jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:p>HDAC11 de-fatty-acylates SF3B2 at K10, revealing a previously unrecognized modification on SF3B2.<\/jats:p>\n                    <\/jats:list-item>\n                    <jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:p>SF3B2 de-fatty acylation enhances alternative splice-site binding in liver cancer cells.<\/jats:p>\n                    <\/jats:list-item>\n                    <jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:p>HDAC11 regulates RNA splicing through enzymatic de-fatty acylation of a spliceosomal protein.<\/jats:p>\n                    <\/jats:list-item>\n                  <\/jats:list>\n                <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.64898\/2026.02.22.707301","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,24]],"date-time":"2026-02-24T03:40:13Z","timestamp":1771904413000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["HDAC11 Regulates RNA Splicing via De-Fatty Acylation of SF3B2"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3401-1886","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jenna","family":"Clements","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"GW Cancer Center, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sung","family":"Jung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ji","family":"Cao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lei","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GW Cancer Center, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ana Carolina","family":"Ghezzi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GW Cancer Center, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mitchell","family":"Gaylen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GW Cancer Center, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"La\u2019Quan","family":"Reid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GW Cancer Center, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Changmin","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GW Cancer Center, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"54368","reference":[{"key":"2026022514350499000_2026.02.22.707301v1.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Seto, E. & Yoshida, M . 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