Overview
The PWWP domain belongs to the Royal family, which consists of Tudor, chromodomain, MBT(Malignant Brain Tumor), and PWWP domains. It was first identified as a structural motif includes 100 to 130 amino acids in WHSC1 protein. The name PWWP comes after its very conservative sequence, Pro-Trp-Trp-Pro located at its β2 region.[1] This domain is mainly related to the recognition of methylated histone tail lysine and related to the epigenetic regulation of genes.
Function
The PWWP domain is also used for protein-protein interaction. This domain also may have nonspecific interaction with a DNA strand, using its abundant lysine and arginine residues.
Nonspecific binding
The PWWP domains have a significant amount of basic residues.[2] 3pfs also has 11 lysine residues and 12 arginine residues. These residues' sidechains would be positively charged on in vivo pH. The DNA strand phosphate backbone, which is negatively charged, is attracted to PWWP domain surface due to the nature of attraction between the opposite charges. 사진1
Methyl-lysine reader
PWWP domains are one of epigenetic regulators which recognize specific lysine residues which are methylated. Even though there is no detailed research on 3pfs, it is assumed to have similar function with BRPF1 PWWP domain which is shown to have methylated histone binding activity.[3] With a high-throughput mass spectrometry screening, this motif is suggested as an essential motif of histone 3 lysine 36 trimethylation binding.[4] The β-strands and Pro-Trp-Trp-Pro motif form hydrophobic cavity, which is the binding site of methylated lysines.[5] Since the aromatic cage is a common structure in the Royal family, it can be a common tool for methylated lysine binding.[6]
Structure
Two disticntive The first proline affects the stability and aggregation of the protein. The proline gives more stability and oligomerization to the protein, compared to the alanine at the same position.[7] It has two distinctive substructural motifs: β-barrel at the N-terminal region and helixes at C-terminal region.[8] The β-barrel is a very conservative feature of PWWP domains and it is composed of 5 β-strands. 3pfs has 3 helixes which are little more than many of its relatives. The stability of domain comes from both inter-substructure and intra-substructure interactions including hydrogen bonds and polar interactions.
Evolutionary conservations
PWWP domain is only found in eukaryotes, from a yeast to a human. The number of PWWP containing protein is also varying on species; the human has 20. The loyal family has a common structural characteristic, three conserved β-strands.[9] The PWWP domain is also believed to be evolved from a common ancestor which had 3 β-strands. The most conservative section is the PWWP sequence, which it is named after.
Therapheutic features
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- ↑ Rona GB, Eleutherio EC, Pinheiro AS. PWWP domains and their modes of sensing DNA and histone methylated lysines. Biophysical reviews. 2016 Mar 1;8(1):63-74.
- ↑ Qiu C, Sawada K, Zhang X, Cheng X. The PWWP domain of mammalian DNA methyltransferase Dnmt3b defines a new family of DNA-binding folds. Nature structural biology. 2002 Mar;9(3):217-24.
- ↑ Vezzoli A, Bonadies N, Allen MD, Freund SM, Santiveri CM, Kvinlaug BT, Huntly BJ, Göttgens B, Bycroft M. Molecular basis of histone H3K36me3 recognition by the PWWP domain of Brpf1. Nature structural & molecular biology. 2010 May;17(5):617-9.
- ↑ Vermeulen M, Eberl HC, Matarese F, Marks H, Denissov S, Butter F, Lee KK, Olsen JV, Hyman AA, Stunnenberg HG, Mann M. Quantitative interaction proteomics and genome-wide profiling of epigenetic histone marks and their readers. Cell. 2010 Sep 17;142(6):967-80.
- ↑ Rona GB, Eleutherio EC, Pinheiro AS. PWWP domains and their modes of sensing DNA and histone methylated lysines. Biophysical reviews. 2016 Mar 1;8(1):63-74.
- ↑ Qiu Y, Zhang W, Zhao C, Wang Y, Wang W, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Li G, Shi Y, Tu X, Wu J. Solution structure of the Pdp1 PWWP domain reveals its unique binding sites for methylated H4K20 and DNA. Biochemical Journal. 2012 Mar 15;442(3):527-38.
- ↑ Hung YL, Lee HJ, Jiang I, Lin SC, Lo WC, Lin YJ, Sue SC. The first residue of the PWWP motif modulates HATH domain binding, Stability, and Protein–Protein Interaction. Biochemistry. 2015 Jul 7;54(26):4063-74.
- ↑ Rona GB, Eleutherio EC, Pinheiro AS. PWWP domains and their modes of sensing DNA and histone methylated lysines. Biophysical reviews. 2016 Mar 1;8(1):63-74.
- ↑ Rona GB, Eleutherio EC, Pinheiro AS. PWWP domains and their modes of sensing DNA and histone methylated lysines. Biophysical reviews. 2016 Mar 1;8(1):63-74.