1mj9 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Atcc 18824. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
[ESA1_YEAST] Catalytic component of the NuA4 histone acetyltransferase (HAT) complex which is involved in epigenetic transcriptional activation of selected genes principally by acetylation of nucleosomal histones H4, H3, H2B, H2A and H2A variant H2A.Z. Acetylates histone H4 to form H4K5ac, H4K8ac, H4K12ac and H4K16ac, histone H3 to form H3K14ac, histone H2B to form H2BK16ac, histone H2A to form H2AK4ac and H2AK7ac, and histone variant H2A.Z to form H2A.ZK14ac. Acetylation of histone H4 is essential for DNA double-strand break repair through homologous recombination. Involved in cell cycle progression. Recruitment to promoters depends on H3K4me.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Yeast ESA1 is a member of the MYST subfamily of histone acetyltransferases (HATs), which use acetyl-coenzyme A (CoA) to acetylate specific Lys residues within histones to regulate gene expression. The structure of an ESA1-CoA complex reveals structural similarity to the catalytic core of the GCN5/PCAF subfamily of HAT proteins. Here we report additional structural and functional studies on ESA1 that demonstrate that histone acetylation proceeds through an acetyl-cysteine enzyme intermediate. This Cys residue is strictly conserved within the MYST members, suggesting a common mode of catalysis by this HAT subfamily. However, this mode of catalysis differs dramatically from the GCN5/PCAF subfamily, which mediate direct nucleophilic attack of the acetyl-CoA cofactor by the enzyme-deprotonated substrate lysine of the histone. These results demonstrate that different HAT subfamilies can use distinct catalytic mechanisms, which have implications for their distinct biological roles and for the development of HAT-specific inhibitors.
The catalytic mechanism of the ESA1 histone acetyltransferase involves a self-acetylated intermediate.,Yan Y, Harper S, Speicher DW, Marmorstein R Nat Struct Biol. 2002 Nov;9(11):862-9. PMID:12368900[10]
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↑Ikeda K, Steger DJ, Eberharter A, Workman JL. Activation domain-specific and general transcription stimulation by native histone acetyltransferase complexes. Mol Cell Biol. 1999 Jan;19(1):855-63. PMID:9858608
↑Clarke AS, Lowell JE, Jacobson SJ, Pillus L. Esa1p is an essential histone acetyltransferase required for cell cycle progression. Mol Cell Biol. 1999 Apr;19(4):2515-26. PMID:10082517
↑Vignali M, Steger DJ, Neely KE, Workman JL. Distribution of acetylated histones resulting from Gal4-VP16 recruitment of SAGA and NuA4 complexes. EMBO J. 2000 Jun 1;19(11):2629-40. PMID:10835360 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emboj/19.11.2629
↑Galarneau L, Nourani A, Boudreault AA, Zhang Y, Heliot L, Allard S, Savard J, Lane WS, Stillman DJ, Cote J. Multiple links between the NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complex and epigenetic control of transcription. Mol Cell. 2000 Jun;5(6):927-37. PMID:10911987
↑Bird AW, Yu DY, Pray-Grant MG, Qiu Q, Harmon KE, Megee PC, Grant PA, Smith MM, Christman MF. Acetylation of histone H4 by Esa1 is required for DNA double-strand break repair. Nature. 2002 Sep 26;419(6905):411-5. PMID:12353039 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature01035
↑Nourani A, Utley RT, Allard S, Cote J. Recruitment of the NuA4 complex poises the PHO5 promoter for chromatin remodeling and activation. EMBO J. 2004 Jul 7;23(13):2597-607. Epub 2004 Jun 3. PMID:15175650 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.emboj.7600230
↑Robert F, Pokholok DK, Hannett NM, Rinaldi NJ, Chandy M, Rolfe A, Workman JL, Gifford DK, Young RA. Global position and recruitment of HATs and HDACs in the yeast genome. Mol Cell. 2004 Oct 22;16(2):199-209. PMID:15494307 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2004.09.021
↑Kobor MS, Venkatasubrahmanyam S, Meneghini MD, Gin JW, Jennings JL, Link AJ, Madhani HD, Rine J. A protein complex containing the conserved Swi2/Snf2-related ATPase Swr1p deposits histone variant H2A.Z into euchromatin. PLoS Biol. 2004 May;2(5):E131. Epub 2004 Mar 23. PMID:15045029 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0020131
↑Tamburini BA, Tyler JK. Localized histone acetylation and deacetylation triggered by the homologous recombination pathway of double-strand DNA repair. Mol Cell Biol. 2005 Jun;25(12):4903-13. PMID:15923609 doi:https://dx.doi.org/25/12/4903
↑Yan Y, Harper S, Speicher DW, Marmorstein R. The catalytic mechanism of the ESA1 histone acetyltransferase involves a self-acetylated intermediate. Nat Struct Biol. 2002 Nov;9(11):862-9. PMID:12368900 doi:10.1038/nsb849
