3H91

Crystal structure of the complex of human chromobox homolog 2 (CBX2) and H3K27 peptide

Summary for 3H91

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb3h91/pdb
• Descriptor: Chromobox protein homolog 2, H3K27 peptide (3 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: human chromobox homolog 2, cbx2, h3k27, structural genomics, structural genomics consortium, sgc, chromatin regulator, dna-binding, nucleus, repressor, transcription, transcription regulation
• Biological source: Homo sapiens (human)
• Cellular location: Nucleus : Q14781
• Total number of polymer chains: 4
• Total formula weight: 16054.66

Authors

Amaya, M.F.,Ravichandran, M.,Loppnau, P.,Kozieradzki, I.,Edwards, A.M.,Arrowsmith, C.H.,Weigelt, J.,Bountra, C.,Bochkarev, A.,Min, J.,Ouyang, H.,Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) (deposition date: 2009-04-29, release date: 2009-08-18, Last modification date: 2025-03-26)

Primary citation

Kaustov, L.,Ouyang, H.,Amaya, M.,Lemak, A.,Nady, N.,Duan, S.,Wasney, G.A.,Li, Z.,Vedadi, M.,Schapira, M.,Min, J.,Arrowsmith, C.H.
Recognition and specificity determinants of the human cbx chromodomains.
J.Biol.Chem., 286:521-529, 2011

PubMed Abstract: The eight mammalian Cbx proteins are chromodomain-containing proteins involved in regulation of heterochromatin, gene expression, and developmental programs. They are evolutionarily related to the Drosophila HP1 (dHP1) and Pc (dPc) proteins that are key components of chromatin-associated complexes capable of recognizing repressive marks such as trimethylated Lys-9 and Lys-27, respectively, on histone H3. However, the binding specificity and function of the human homologs, Cbx1-8, remain unclear. To this end we employed structural, biophysical, and mutagenic approaches to characterize the molecular determinants of sequence contextual methyllysine binding to human Cbx1-8 proteins. Although all three human HP1 homologs (Cbx1, -3, -5) replicate the structural and binding features of their dHP counterparts, the five Pc homologs (Cbx2, -4, -6, -7, -8) bind with lower affinity to H3K9me3 or H3K27me3 peptides and are unable to distinguish between these two marks. Additionally, peptide permutation arrays revealed a greater sequence tolerance within the Pc family and suggest alternative nonhistone sequences as potential binding targets for this class of chromodomains. Our structures explain the divergence of peptide binding selectivity in the Pc subfamily and highlight previously unrecognized features of the chromodomain that influence binding and specificity.

PubMed: 21047797
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M110.191411

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.5 Å)