6nm4

Crystal structure of SAM-bound PRDM9 in complex with MRK-740 inhibitor

spinqualitylabelsall models 6nm4, resolution 2.58Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 6nm4 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.58Å Ligands: KS7, SAM, UNX, ZN Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function PRDM9_HUMAN Histone methyltransferase that specifically trimethylates 'Lys-4' of histone H3 during meiotic prophase and is essential for proper meiotic progression. Does not have the ability to mono- and dimethylate 'Lys-4' of histone H3. H3 'Lys-4' methylation represents a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional activation. Plays a central role in the transcriptional activation of genes during early meiotic prophase (By similarity). Publication Abstract from PubMed PRDM9 is a PR domain containing protein which trimethylates histone 3 on lysine 4 and 36. Its normal expression is restricted to germ cells and attenuation of its activity results in altered meiotic gene transcription, impairment of double-stranded breaks and pairing between homologous chromosomes. There is growing evidence for a role of aberrant expression of PRDM9 in oncogenesis and genome instability. Here we report the discovery of MRK-740, a potent (IC50: 80 +/- 16 nM), selective and cell-active PRDM9 inhibitor (Chemical Probe). MRK-740 binds in the substrate-binding pocket, with unusually extensive interactions with the cofactor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), conferring SAM-dependent substrate-competitive inhibition. In cells, MRK-740 specifically and directly inhibits H3K4 methylation at endogenous PRDM9 target loci, whereas the closely related inactive control compound, MRK-740-NC, does not. The discovery of MRK-740 as a chemical probe for the PRDM subfamily of methyltransferases highlights the potential for exploiting SAM in targeting SAM-dependent methyltransferases. Discovery of a chemical probe for PRDM9.,Allali-Hassani A, Szewczyk MM, Ivanochko D, Organ SL, Bok J, Ho JSY, Gay FPH, Li F, Blazer L, Eram MS, Halabelian L, Dilworth D, Luciani GM, Lima-Fernandes E, Wu Q, Loppnau P, Palmer N, Talib SZA, Brown PJ, Schapira M, Kaldis P, O'Hagan RC, Guccione E, Barsyte-Lovejoy D, Arrowsmith CH, Sanders JM, Kattar SD, Bennett DJ, Nicholson B, Vedadi M Nat Commun. 2019 Dec 17;10(1):5759. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13652-x. PMID:31848333 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Histone methyltransferase 3D structures

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