Crystal structure of PtSHL in complex with an H3K27me3 peptideCrystal structure of PtSHL in complex with an H3K27me3 peptide

Structural highlights

5znr is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Arabidopsis thaliana and Populus trichocarpa. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 3.202Å
Ligands:, ,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

B9H0V2_POPTR

Publication Abstract from PubMed

The ability of a cell to dynamically switch its chromatin between different functional states constitutes a key mechanism regulating gene expression. Histone mark "readers" display distinct binding specificity to different histone modifications and play critical roles in regulating chromatin states. Here, we show a plant-specific histone reader SHORT LIFE (SHL) capable of recognizing both H3K27me3 and H3K4me3 via its bromo-adjacent homology (BAH) and plant homeodomain (PHD) domains, respectively. Detailed biochemical and structural studies suggest a binding mechanism that is mutually exclusive for either H3K4me3 or H3K27me3. Furthermore, we show a genome-wide co-localization of SHL with H3K27me3 and H3K4me3, and that BAH-H3K27me3 and PHD-H3K4me3 interactions are important for SHL-mediated floral repression. Together, our study establishes BAH-PHD cassette as a dual histone methyl-lysine binding module that is distinct from others in recognizing both active and repressive histone marks.

Dual recognition of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 by a plant histone reader SHL.,Qian S, Lv X, Scheid RN, Lu L, Yang Z, Chen W, Liu R, Boersma MD, Denu JM, Zhong X, Du J Nat Commun. 2018 Jun 21;9(1):2425. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04836-y. PMID:29930355[1]

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References

  1. Qian S, Lv X, Scheid RN, Lu L, Yang Z, Chen W, Liu R, Boersma MD, Denu JM, Zhong X, Du J. Dual recognition of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 by a plant histone reader SHL. Nat Commun. 2018 Jun 21;9(1):2425. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04836-y. PMID:29930355 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04836-y

5znr, resolution 3.20Å

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