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| タイトル | EZH2 Serine 21 Phosphorylation Restrains Compact-State PRC2 Activation and H3K27me3 Propagation. |
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| ジャーナル・号・ページ | bioRxiv, Year 2026 |
| 掲載日 | 2026年7月22日 |
著者 | Andrew Q Rashoff / Mark Matyas / Elizabeth G Porter / Ryen Hazzard / Benjamin A Garcia / Vignesh Kasinath / Peter W Lewis |
| PubMed 要旨 | Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) propagates H3K27me3 through EED-dependent allosteric activation, yet how cells modulate the magnitude of this positive-feedback response remains poorly understood. ...Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) propagates H3K27me3 through EED-dependent allosteric activation, yet how cells modulate the magnitude of this positive-feedback response remains poorly understood. Here, we identify phosphorylation of EZH2 serine 21 as a post-translational mechanism that attenuates PRC2 allosteric responsiveness. Prior structural studies have established that activator-bound PRC2 adopts both compact and extended active conformations. Using cryo-EM classification of wild-type and phospho-null EZH2 S21A PRC2 complexes, we find that the phospho-null EZH2 S21A substitution changes the distribution of particles across these pre-existing states, shifting PRC2 from a predominantly extended conformation to one enriched for the compact, allosterically activated conformation. Consistent with this structural transition, EZH2 S21A increases basal PRC2 activity, lowers the EC for H3K27me3-dependent stimulation, and accelerates H3K27me3 accumulation on peptide and nucleosome substrates. Disruption of the EED-EZH2 interface suppresses the S21A gain-of-activity phenotype, indicating that S21 phosphorylation constrains PRC2 by limiting productive EED-EZH2 allosteric coupling. In mesenchymal progenitor cells, loss of this phosphorylation-dependent restraint broadens H3K27me3 domains, reduces canonical PRC1 enrichment at high-occupancy Polycomb target loci, misregulates lineage-associated transcriptional programs, and impairs differentiation. These findings identify EZH2 S21 phosphorylation as a molecular rheostat that limits compact-state PRC2 activation, constrains H3K27me3 spreading, and preserves Polycomb-dependent developmental competence. |
リンク | bioRxiv / PubMed:42282706 / PubMed Central |
| 手法 | EM (単粒子) |
| 解像度 | 3.4 - 4.2 Å |
| 構造データ | ![]() EMDB-76889: PRC2(EZH2 S21A) AJ106-350 in the compact active state ![]() EMDB-76893: PRC2(EZH2 S21A) AJ106-350 in the extended active state ![]() EMDB-76902: PRC2(EZH2 WT) AJ106-350 in the compact active state ![]() EMDB-76903: PRC2(EZH2 WT) AJ106-350 in the extended active state |
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