3IJ1

Crystal structure of Eed in complex with a trimethylated histone H4K20 peptide

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.204 
  • R-Value Work: 0.166 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.168 

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Literature

Role of the polycomb protein EED in the propagation of repressive histone marks.

Margueron, R., Justin, N., Ohno, K., Sharpe, M.L., Son, J., Drury, W.J., Voigt, P., Martin, S.R., Taylor, W.R., De Marco, V., Pirrotta, V., Reinberg, D., Gamblin, S.J.

(2009) Nature 461: 762-767

  • DOI: 10.1038/nature08398
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3IJ0, 3IJ1, 3IJC, 3IIW, 3IIY

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • Polycomb group proteins have an essential role in the epigenetic maintenance of repressive chromatin states. The gene-silencing activity of the Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) depends on its ability to trimethylate lysine 27 of histone H3 (H3K27) by the catalytic SET domain of the EZH2 subunit, and at least two other subunits of the complex: SUZ12 and EED ...

    Polycomb group proteins have an essential role in the epigenetic maintenance of repressive chromatin states. The gene-silencing activity of the Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) depends on its ability to trimethylate lysine 27 of histone H3 (H3K27) by the catalytic SET domain of the EZH2 subunit, and at least two other subunits of the complex: SUZ12 and EED. Here we show that the carboxy-terminal domain of EED specifically binds to histone tails carrying trimethyl-lysine residues associated with repressive chromatin marks, and that this leads to the allosteric activation of the methyltransferase activity of PRC2. Mutations in EED that prevent it from recognizing repressive trimethyl-lysine marks abolish the activation of PRC2 in vitro and, in Drosophila, reduce global methylation and disrupt development. These findings suggest a model for the propagation of the H3K27me3 mark that accounts for the maintenance of repressive chromatin domains and for the transmission of a histone modification from mother to daughter cells.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry, New York University Medical School, 522 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA.



Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Polycomb protein EEDA365Homo sapiensMutation(s): 1 
Gene Names: EED
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GTEx:  ENSG00000074266
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Histone H4K20 peptideB11N/AMutation(s): 0 
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GTEx:  ENSG00000274618ENSG00000197238ENSG00000197837ENSG00000158406ENSG00000278705ENSG00000197061ENSG00000270882ENSG00000270276ENSG00000273542ENSG00000277157ENSG00000276966ENSG00000276180ENSG00000278637ENSG00000275126
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Small Molecules
Modified Residues  1 Unique
IDChainsTypeFormula2D DiagramParent
M3L
Query on M3L		BL-PEPTIDE LINKINGC9 H21 N2 O2LYS
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.204 
  • R-Value Work: 0.166 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.168 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 57.55α = 90
b = 85.321β = 90
c = 91.229γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
HKL-2000data collection
AMoREphasing
REFMACrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2009-09-15
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance