1utu

From Proteopedia

Crystal structure of novel protein EMSY truncate

Structural highlights

1utu 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 2Å
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

EMSY_HUMAN Regulator which is able to repress transcription, possibly via its interaction with a multiprotein chromatin remodeling complex that modifies the chromatin. Its interaction with BRCA2 suggests that it may play a central role in the DNA repair function of BRCA2.^[1]

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 PubMed

EMSY is a large nuclear protein that binds to the transactivation domain of BRCA2. EMSY contains an approximately 100-residue segment at the amino terminus called the ENT (EMSY N-terminal) domain. Plant proteins containing ENT domains also contain members of the royal family of chromatin-remodelling domains. It has been proposed that EMSY may have a role in chromatin-related processes. This is supported by the observation that a number of chromatin-regulator proteins, including HP1beta and BS69, bind directly to EMSY by means of a conserved motif adjacent to the ENT domain. Here, we report the crystal structure of residues 1-108 of EMSY at 2.0 A resolution. The structure contains both the ENT domain and the HP1beta/BS69-binding motif. This binding motif forms an extended peptide-like conformation that adopts distinct orientations in each subunit of the dimer. Biophysical and nuclear magnetic resonance analyses show that the main complex formed by EMSY and the chromoshadow domain of HP1 (HP1-CSD) consists of one EMSY dimer sandwiched between two HP1-CSD dimers. The HP1beta-binding motif is necessary and sufficient for EMSY to bind to the chromoshadow domain of HP1beta.

Binding of EMSY to HP1beta: implications for recruitment of HP1beta and BS69.,Ekblad CM, Chavali GB, Basu BP, Freund SM, Veprintsev D, Hughes-Davies L, Kouzarides T, Doherty AJ, Itzhaki LS EMBO Rep. 2005 Jul;6(7):675-80. PMID:15947784^[2]

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References

↑ Hughes-Davies L, Huntsman D, Ruas M, Fuks F, Bye J, Chin SF, Milner J, Brown LA, Hsu F, Gilks B, Nielsen T, Schulzer M, Chia S, Ragaz J, Cahn A, Linger L, Ozdag H, Cattaneo E, Jordanova ES, Schuuring E, Yu DS, Venkitaraman A, Ponder B, Doherty A, Aparicio S, Bentley D, Theillet C, Ponting CP, Caldas C, Kouzarides T. EMSY links the BRCA2 pathway to sporadic breast and ovarian cancer. Cell. 2003 Nov 26;115(5):523-35. PMID:14651845
↑ Ekblad CM, Chavali GB, Basu BP, Freund SM, Veprintsev D, Hughes-Davies L, Kouzarides T, Doherty AJ, Itzhaki LS. Binding of EMSY to HP1beta: implications for recruitment of HP1beta and BS69. EMBO Rep. 2005 Jul;6(7):675-80. PMID:15947784