3K27

Complex structure of EED and trimethylated H3K9


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.76 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.198 
  • R-Value Work: 0.158 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.160 

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Literature

Binding of different histone marks differentially regulates the activity and specificity of polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2).

Xu, C.Bian, C.Yang, W.Galka, M.Ouyang, H.Chen, C.Qiu, W.Liu, H.Jones, A.E.Mackenzie, F.Pan, P.Li, S.S.Wang, H.Min, J.

(2010) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107: 19266-19271

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1008937107
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3JPX, 3JZG, 3JZH, 3JZN, 3K26, 3K27

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is the major methyltransferase for H3K27 methylation, a modification critical for maintaining repressed gene expression programs throughout development. It has been previously shown that PRC2 maintains histone methylation patterns during DNA replication in part through its ability to bind to H3K27me3. However, the mechanism by which PRC2 recognizes H3K27me3 is unclear. Here we show that the WD40 domain of EED, a PRC2 component, is a methyllysine histone-binding domain. The crystal structures of apo-EED and EED in complex respectively with five different trimethyllysine histone peptides reveal that EED binds these peptides via the top face of its β-propeller architecture. The ammonium group of the trimethyllysine is accommodated by an aromatic cage formed by three aromatic residues, while its aliphatic chain is flanked by a fourth aromatic residue. Our structural data provide an explanation for the preferential recognition of the Ala-Arg-Lys-Ser motif-containing trimethylated H3K27, H3K9, and H1K26 marks by EED over lower methylation states and other histone methyllysine marks. More importantly, we found that binding of different histone marks by EED differentially regulates the activity and specificity of PRC2. Whereas the H3K27me3 mark stimulates the histone methyltransferase activity of PRC2, the H1K26me3 mark inhibits PRC2 methyltransferase activity on the nucleosome. Moreover, H1K26me3 binding switches the specificity of PRC2 from methylating H3K27 to EED. In addition to determining the molecular basis of EED-methyllysine recognition, our work provides the biochemical characterization of how the activity of a histone methyltransferase is oppositely regulated by two histone marks.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, 101 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Polycomb protein EED366Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: EED
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Go to UniProtKB:  O75530
PHAROS:  O75530
GTEx:  ENSG00000074266 
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UniProt GroupO75530
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
HISTONE PEPTIDE9N/AMutation(s): 0 
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Modified Residues  1 Unique
IDChains TypeFormula2D DiagramParent
M3L
Query on M3L
B
L-PEPTIDE LINKINGC9 H21 N2 O2LYS
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.76 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.198 
  • R-Value Work: 0.158 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.160 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 57.961α = 90
b = 85.33β = 90
c = 91.198γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2009-12-15
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance