1PDQ
Polycomb chromodomain complexed with the histone H3 tail containing trimethyllysine 27.
Summary for 1PDQ
| Entry DOI | 10.2210/pdb1pdq/pdb |
| Related | 1guw 1kna 1kne |
| Descriptor | Polycomb protein, Histone H3.3 (3 entities in total) |
| Functional Keywords | methyllysine, chromodomain, histone h3, polycomb, lysine methylation, trimethyllysine, cation-pi, chromo, structural protein |
| Biological source | Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) More |
| Cellular location | Nucleus (By similarity): P26017 Nucleus: P06351 |
| Total number of polymer chains | 2 |
| Total formula weight | 10782.35 |
| Authors | Fischle, W.,Wang, Y.,Jacobs, S.A.,Kim, Y.,Allis, C.D.,Khorasanizadeh, S. (deposition date: 2003-05-20, release date: 2003-08-26, Last modification date: 2023-08-16) |
| Primary citation | Fischle, W.,Wang, Y.,Jacobs, S.A.,Kim, Y.,Allis, C.D.,Khorasanizadeh, S. Molecular basis for the discrimination of repressive methyl-lysine marks in histone H3 by Polycomb and HP1 chromodomains Genes Dev., 17:1870-1881, 2003 Cited by PubMed Abstract: On the histone H3 tail, Lys 9 and Lys 27 are both methylation sites associated with epigenetic repression, and reside within a highly related sequence motif ARKS. Here we show that the chromodomain proteins Polycomb (Pc) and HP1 (heterochromatin protein 1) are highly discriminatory for binding to these sites in vivo and in vitro. In Drosophila S2 cells, and on polytene chromosomes, methyl-Lys 27 and Pc are both excluded from areas that are enriched in methyl-Lys 9 and HP1. Swapping of the chromodomain regions of Pc and HP1 is sufficient for switching the nuclear localization patterns of these factors, indicating a role for their chromodomains in both target site binding and discrimination. To better understand the molecular basis for the selection of methyl-lysine binding sites, we solved the 1.8 A structure of the Pc chromodomain in complex with a H3 peptide bearing trimethyl-Lys 27, and compared it with our previously determined structure of the HP1 chromodomain in complex with a H3 peptide bearing trimethyl-Lys 9. The Pc chromodomain distinguishes its methylation target on the H3 tail via an extended recognition groove that binds five additional residues preceding the ARKS motif. PubMed: 12897054DOI: 10.1101/gad.1110503 PDB entries with the same primary citation |
| Experimental method | X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.76 Å) |
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