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ArticleJournal of structural biology: X2021

The structure of the cysteine-rich region from human histone-lysine N-methyltransferase EHMT2 (G9a).

Keshia M Kerchner, Tung-Chung Mou, Yizhi Sun, Domniţa-Valeria Rusnac, Stephen R Sprang, Klára Briknarová

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Article in Journal of structural biology: X, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Keshia M KerchnerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
Tung-Chung MouDivision of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
Yizhi SunDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
Domniţa-Valeria RusnacDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
Stephen R SprangDivision of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
Klára BriknarováDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
University of Montana · US

Funding

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) pp.711-759P41GM103393 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI HODGSON, KEITH O · 2012 to 2019
$30.6M
Surveillance genome sequencing to detect SARS-CoV-2 virus variants in MontanaP20GM103546 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA · PI BOWLER, BRUCE E · 2012 to 2021
$19.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103546NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103393
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Euchromatic histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 1 (EHMT1; G9a-like protein; GLP) and euchromatic histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2 (EHMT2; G9a) are protein lysine methyltransferases that regulate gene expression and are essential for development and the ability of organisms to change and adapt. In addition to ankyrin repeats and the catalytic SET domain, the EHMT proteins contain a unique cysteine-rich region (CRR) that mediates protein-protein interactions and recruitment of the methyltransferases to specific sites in chromatin. We have determined the structure of the CRR from human EHMT2 by X-ray crystallography and show that the CRR adopts an unusual compact fold with four bound zinc atoms. The structure consists of a RING domain preceded by a smaller zinc-binding motif and an N-terminal segment. The smaller zinc-binding motif straddles the N-terminal end of the RING domain, and the N-terminal segment runs in an extended conformation along one side of the structure and interacts with both the smaller zinc-binding motif and the RING domain. The interface between the N-terminal segment and the RING domain includes one of the zinc atoms. The RING domain is partially sequestered within the CRR and unlikely to function as a ubiquitin ligase.

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Chromatin targetingProtein interactionRING domainX-ray crystallographyZinc-binding motif

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PMID34278292
PMCPMC8261083
OpenAlexW3176007795

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