| Structural highlights
Disease
AF9_HUMAN A chromosomal aberration involving MLLT3 is associated with acute leukemias. Translocation t(9;11)(p22;q23) with KMT2A/MLL1. The result is a rogue activator protein.
Function
AF9_HUMAN Component of the super elongation complex (SEC), a complex required to increase the catalytic rate of RNA polymerase II transcription by suppressing transient pausing by the polymerase at multiple sites along the DNA.[1] [2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Chemical probes of epigenetic 'readers' of histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) have become powerful tools for mechanistic and functional studies of their target proteins in normal physiology and disease pathogenesis. Here we report the development of the first class of chemical probes of YEATS domains, newly identified 'readers' of histone lysine acetylation (Kac) and crotonylation (Kcr). Guided by the structural analysis of a YEATS-Kcr complex, we developed a series of peptide-based inhibitors of YEATS domains by targeting a unique pi-pi-pi stacking interaction at the proteins' Kcr recognition site. Further structure optimization resulted in the selective inhibitors preferentially binding to individual YEATS-containing proteins including AF9 and ENL with submicromolar affinities. We demonstrate that one of the ENL YEATS-selective inhibitors, XL-13m, engages with endogenous ENL, perturbs the recruitment of ENL onto chromatin, and synergizes the BET and DOT1L inhibition-induced downregulation of oncogenes in MLL-rearranged acute leukemia.
Structure-guided development of YEATS domain inhibitors by targeting pi-pi-pi stacking.,Li X, Li XM, Jiang Y, Liu Z, Cui Y, Fung KY, van der Beelen SHE, Tian G, Wan L, Shi X, Allis CD, Li H, Li Y, Li XD Nat Chem Biol. 2018 Dec;14(12):1140-1149. doi: 10.1038/s41589-018-0144-y. Epub, 2018 Oct 29. PMID:30374167[3]
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References
- ↑ Lin C, Smith ER, Takahashi H, Lai KC, Martin-Brown S, Florens L, Washburn MP, Conaway JW, Conaway RC, Shilatifard A. AFF4, a component of the ELL/P-TEFb elongation complex and a shared subunit of MLL chimeras, can link transcription elongation to leukemia. Mol Cell. 2010 Feb 12;37(3):429-37. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.01.026. PMID:20159561 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2010.01.026
- ↑ He N, Liu M, Hsu J, Xue Y, Chou S, Burlingame A, Krogan NJ, Alber T, Zhou Q. HIV-1 Tat and host AFF4 recruit two transcription elongation factors into a bifunctional complex for coordinated activation of HIV-1 transcription. Mol Cell. 2010 May 14;38(3):428-38. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.04.013. PMID:20471948 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2010.04.013
- ↑ Li X, Li XM, Jiang Y, Liu Z, Cui Y, Fung KY, van der Beelen SHE, Tian G, Wan L, Shi X, Allis CD, Li H, Li Y, Li XD. Structure-guided development of YEATS domain inhibitors by targeting pi-pi-pi stacking. Nat Chem Biol. 2018 Dec;14(12):1140-1149. doi: 10.1038/s41589-018-0144-y. Epub, 2018 Oct 29. PMID:30374167 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41589-018-0144-y
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