Structural and histone binding ability characterizations of human PWWP domains.
Wu, H., Zeng, H., Lam, R., Tempel, W., Amaya, M.F., Xu, C., Dombrovski, L., Qiu, W., Wang, Y., Min, J.(2011) PLoS One 6: e18919-e18919
- PubMed: 21720545 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018919
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3EAE, 3L42, 3LLR, 3LYI, 3MO8, 3PFS, 3PMI, 3QBY, 3QJ6, 3QKJ - PubMed Abstract: 
The PWWP domain was first identified as a structural motif of 100-130 amino acids in the WHSC1 protein and predicted to be a protein-protein interaction domain. It belongs to the Tudor domain 'Royal Family', which consists of Tudor, chromodomain, MBT and PWWP domains. While Tudor, chromodomain and MBT domains have long been known to bind methylated histones, PWWP was shown to exhibit histone binding ability only until recently.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.