Download MendeleyCrystal Structure of the Human SUV39H1 Chromodomain and Its Recognition of Histone H3K9me2/3.
Wang, T., Xu, C., Liu, Y., Fan, K., Li, Z., Sun, X., Ouyang, H., Zhang, X., Zhang, J., Li, Y., Mackenzie, F., Min, J., Tu, X.(2012) PLoS One 7: e52977-e52977
- PubMed: 23285239
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052977
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3MTS - PubMed Abstract:
SUV39H1, the first identified histone lysine methyltransferase in human, is involved in chromatin modification and gene regulation. SUV39H1 contains a chromodomain in its N-terminus, which potentially plays a role in methyl-lysine recognition and SUV39H1 targeting. In this study, the structure of the chromodomain of human SUV39H1 was determined by X-ray crystallography. The SUV39H1 chromodomain displays a generally conserved structure fold compared with other solved chromodomains. However, different from other chromodomains, the SUV39H1 chromodomain possesses a much longer helix at its C-terminus. Furthermore, the SUV39H1 chromodomain was shown to recognize histone H3K9me2/3 specifically.
Organizational Affiliation:
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
