7cfp

Crystal structure of WDR5 in complex with a H3Q5ser peptide

spinqualitylabelsall models 7cfp, resolution 1.60Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 7cfp 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 1.6Å Ligands: SRO Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function WDR5_HUMAN Contributes to histone modification. May position the N-terminus of histone H3 for efficient trimethylation at 'Lys-4'. As part of the MLL1/MLL complex it is involved in methylation and dimethylation at 'Lys-4' of histone H3. H3 'Lys-4' methylation represents a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional activation. As part of the NSL complex it may be involved in acetylation of nucleosomal histone H4 on several lysine residues. May regulate osteoblasts differentiation. Publication Abstract from PubMed Serotonylation of histone H3Q5 (H3Q5ser) is a recently identified posttranslational modification of histones that acts as a permissive marker for gene activation in synergy with H3K4me3 during neuronal cell differentiation. However, any proteins that specifically recognize H3Q5ser remain unknown. Here, we found that WDR5 interacts with the N-terminal tail of histone H3 and functions as a "reader" for H3Q5ser. Crystal structures of WDR5 in complex with H3Q5ser and H3K4me3Q5ser peptides revealed that the serotonyl group is accommodated in a shallow surface pocket of WDR5. Experiments in neuroblastoma cells demonstrate that H3K4me3 modification is hampered upon disruption of WDR5-H3Q5ser interaction. WDR5 colocalizes with H3Q5ser in the promoter regions of cancer-promoting genes in neuroblastoma cells, where it promotes gene transcription to induce cell proliferation. Thus, beyond revealing a previously unknown mechanism through which WDR5 reads H3Q5ser to activate transcription, our study suggests that this WDR5-H3Q5ser-mediated epigenetic regulation apparently promotes tumorigenesis. Structural insights into the recognition of histone H3Q5 serotonylation by WDR5.,Zhao J, Chen W, Pan Y, Zhang Y, Sun H, Wang H, Yang F, Liu Y, Shen N, Zhang X, Mo X, Zang J Sci Adv. 2021 Jun 18;7(25):eabf4291. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abf4291. Print 2021 Jun. PMID:34144982 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also WD-repeat protein 3D structures

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