2vpd
Decoding of methylated histone H3 tail by the Pygo-BCL9 Wnt signaling complexDecoding of methylated histone H3 tail by the Pygo-BCL9 Wnt signaling complex
Structural highlights
Evolutionary Conservation![]() Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedPygo and BCL9/Legless transduce the Wnt signal by promoting the transcriptional activity of beta-catenin/Armadillo in normal and malignant cells. We show that human and Drosophila Pygo PHD fingers associate with their cognate HD1 domains from BCL9/Legless to bind specifically to the histone H3 tail methylated at lysine 4 (H3K4me). The crystal structures of ternary complexes between PHD, HD1, and two different H3K4me peptides reveal a unique mode of histone tail recognition: efficient histone binding requires HD1 association, and the PHD-HD1 complex binds preferentially to H3K4me2 while displaying insensitivity to methylation of H3R2. Therefore, this is a prime example of histone tail binding by a PHD finger (of Pygo) being modulated by a cofactor (BCL9/Legless). Rescue experiments in Drosophila indicate that Wnt signaling outputs depend on histone decoding. The specificity of this process provided by the Pygo-BCL9/Legless complex suggests that this complex facilitates an early step in the transition from gene silence to Wnt-induced transcription. Decoding of methylated histone H3 tail by the Pygo-BCL9 Wnt signaling complex.,Fiedler M, Sanchez-Barrena MJ, Nekrasov M, Mieszczanek J, Rybin V, Muller J, Evans P, Bienz M Mol Cell. 2008 May 23;30(4):507-18. PMID:18498752[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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OCA- Human
- Bienz, M
- Evans, P
- Fiedler, M
- Mieszczanek, J
- Muller, J
- Nekrasov, M
- Rybin, V
- Sanchez-Barrena, M J
- Bcl9 hd1 domain
- Chromosomal rearrangement
- Gene regulation
- Histone h3k4me2
- Hpygo1 phd domain
- Metal-binding
- Nucleus
- Phosphoprotein
- Proto-oncogene
- Signaling protein
- Wnt signaling complex
- Wnt signaling pathway
- Zinc
- Zinc-finger