Qian Chengmin, Li Side, Jakoncic Jean, Zeng Lei, Walsh Martin J, Zhou Ming-Ming
Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University, New York, New York 10029, USA.
J Biol Chem. 2008 Dec 12;283(50):34490-4. doi: 10.1074/jbc.C800169200. Epub 2008 Oct 22.
Human UHRF1 (ubiquitin-like PHD and RING finger 1) functions to maintain CpG DNA methylation patterns through DNA replication by co-localizing with the DNA methyltransferase DNMT1 at chromatin in mammals. Recent studies show that UHRF1 binds selectively to hemimethylated CpG via its conserved SRA (SET- and RING finger-associated) domain. However, the underlying molecular mechanism is not known. Here, we report a 1.95 A resolution crystal structure of the SRA domain of human UHRF1. Using NMR structure-guided mutagenesis, electrophoretic mobility shift assay, and fluorescence anisotropy analysis, we determined key amino acid residues for methyl-DNA binding that are conserved in the SRA domain.
人类UHRF1(泛素样PHD和RING指蛋白1)通过在哺乳动物染色质上与DNA甲基转移酶DNMT1共定位,在DNA复制过程中维持CpG DNA甲基化模式。最近的研究表明,UHRF1通过其保守的SRA(SET和RING指相关)结构域选择性地结合半甲基化的CpG。然而,其潜在的分子机制尚不清楚。在这里,我们报道了人类UHRF1的SRA结构域分辨率为1.95埃的晶体结构。通过核磁共振结构引导的诱变、电泳迁移率变动分析和荧光各向异性分析,我们确定了SRA结构域中保守的甲基化DNA结合关键氨基酸残基。