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3GV6

Crystal Structure of human chromobox homolog 6 (CBX6) with H3K9 peptide

Summary for 3GV6
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb3gv6/pdb
DescriptorChromobox protein homolog 6, Histone H3K9me3 peptide (3 entities in total)
Functional Keywordschromobox homolog, cbx6, h3k9 peptide, sgc, chromatin regulator, nucleus, phosphoprotein, repressor, transcription, transcription regulation, chromosomal protein, dna-binding, nucleosome core, transcription-dna binding protein complex, structural genomics, structural genomics consortium, transcription/dna binding protein
Biological sourceHomo sapiens (Human)
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Cellular locationNucleus (By similarity): O95503
Total number of polymer chains2
Total formula weight8745.08
Authors
Primary citationKaustov, 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
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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
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