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Structural protein PDB id
1pdq
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Protein chain
51 a.a. *
Ligands
LEU-ALA-THR-LYS-
ALA-ALA-ARG-M3L-
SER
Waters ×194
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
1pdq
Name: Structural protein
Title: Polycomb chromodomain complexed with the histone h3 tail containing trimethyllysine 27.
Structure: Polycomb protein. Chain: a. Fragment: residues 15-77. Engineered: yes. Histone h3.3. Chain: b. Fragment: residues 15-32. Synonym: h3.A, h3.B, h3.3q. Engineered: yes.
Source: Drosophila melanogaster. Fruit fly. Organism_taxid: 7227. Gene: pc or cg7618. Expressed in: escherichia coli. Expression_system_taxid: 562. Synthetic: yes. Other_details: synthetic peptide
Biol. unit: Dimer (from PQS)
Resolution:
1.76Å     R-factor:   0.223     R-free:   0.253
Authors: W.Fischle,Y.Wang,S.A.Jacobs,Y.Kim,C.D.Allis,S.Khorasanizadeh
Key ref: W.Fischle et al. (2003). Molecular basis for the discrimination of repressive methyl-lysine marks in histone H3 by Polycomb and HP1 chromodomains. Genes Dev, 17, 1870-1881. PubMed id: 12897054 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1110503
Date:
20-May-03     Release date:   26-Aug-03    
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 References

Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P26017  (PC_DROME) -  Polycomb group protein Pc
Seq:
Struc:
390 a.a.
51 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  PfamB domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

 Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation 
  GO annot!
  Cellular component     nucleus   2 terms 
  Biological process     chromatin assembly or disassembly   1 term 
  Biochemical function     chromatin binding     1 term  

 

 
DOI no: 10.1101/gad.1110503 Genes Dev 17:1870-1881 (2003)
PubMed id: 12897054  
 
 
Molecular basis for the discrimination of repressive methyl-lysine marks in histone H3 by Polycomb and HP1 chromodomains.
W.Fischle, Y.Wang, S.A.Jacobs, Y.Kim, C.D.Allis, S.Khorasanizadeh.
 
  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.
 

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