CRL4-like Clr4 complex in Schizosaccharomyces pombe depends on an exposed surface of Dos1 for heterochromatin silencing.
Kuscu, C., Zaratiegui, M., Kim, H.S., Wah, D.A., Martienssen, R.A., Schalch, T., Joshua-Tor, L.(2014) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111: 1795-1800
- PubMed: 24449894 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1313096111
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4O9D - PubMed Abstract: 
Repressive histone H3 lysine 9 methylation (H3K9me) and its recognition by HP1 proteins are necessary for pericentromeric heterochromatin formation. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, H3K9me deposition depends on the RNAi pathway. Cryptic loci regulator 4 (Clr4), the only known H3K9 methyltransferase in this organism, is a subunit of the Clr4 methyltransferase complex (CLRC), whose composition is reminiscent of a CRL4 type cullin-RING ubiquitin ligase (CRL) including its cullin Cul4, the RING-box protein Pip1, the DNA damage binding protein 1 homolog Rik1, and the DCAF-like protein delocalization of Swi6 1 (Dos1) ...