2R57

Crystal Structure of the two MBT repeats from Sex-Comb on Midleg (SCM)

Summary for 2R57

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb2r57/pdb
• Related: 2R58 2R5A 2R5M
• Descriptor: Polycomb protein Scm (2 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: mbt repeat, polycomb, sex comb on midleg, chromatin regulator, developmental protein, metal-binding, nucleus, repressor, transcription, transcription regulation
• Biological source: Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly)
• Cellular location: Nucleus (Probable): Q9VHA0
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 29398.31

Authors

Grimm, C.,Steuerwald, U.,Mueller, C.W. (deposition date: 2007-09-03, release date: 2007-10-30, Last modification date: 2023-08-30)

Primary citation

Grimm, C.,de Ayala Alonso, A.G.,Rybin, V.,Steuerwald, U.,Ly-Hartig, N.,Fischle, W.,Muller, J.,Muller, C.W.
Structural and functional analyses of methyl-lysine binding by the malignant brain tumour repeat protein Sex comb on midleg.
Embo Rep., 8:1031-1037, 2007

PubMed Abstract: Sex comb on midleg (Scm) is a member of the Polycomb group of proteins involved in the maintenance of repression of Hox and other developmental control genes in Drosophila. The two malignant brain tumour (MBT) repeats of Scm form a domain that preferentially binds to monomethylated lysine residues either as a free amino acid or in the context of peptides, while unmodified or di- or trimethylated lysine residues are bound with significantly lower affinity. The crystal structure of a monomethyl-lysine-containing histone tail peptide bound to the MBT repeat domain shows that the methyl-lysine side chain occupies a binding pocket in the second MBT repeat formed by three conserved aromatic residues and one aspartate. Insertion of the monomethylated side chain into this pocket seems to be the main contributor to the binding affinity. Functional analyses in Drosophila show that the MBT domain of Scm and its methyl-lysine-binding activity are required for repression of Hox genes.

PubMed: 17932512
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7401085

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.2 Å)