Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK.
Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology and Department of Chemistry, University of Leicester, UK.
FEBS Lett. 2018 Oct;592(19):3264-3273. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.13231. Epub 2018 Sep 14.
N-Methylation of lysyl residues is widely observed on histone proteins. Using isolated enzymes, we report mechanistic and structural studies on histone lysine demethylase (KDM)-catalysed demethylation of N -methylated lysine 26 on histone 1 isotype 4 (H1.4). The results reveal that methylated H1.4K26 is a substrate for all members of the KDM4 subfamily and that KDM4A-catalysed demethylation of H1.4K26me3 peptide is similarly efficient to that of H3K9me3. Crystallographic studies of an H1.4K26me3:KDM4A complex reveal a conserved binding geometry to that of H3K9me3. In the light of the high activity of the KDM4s on this mark, our results suggest JmjC KDM-catalysed demethylation of H1.4K26 may be as prevalent as demethylation on the H3 tail and warrants further investigation in cells.
赖氨酸残基的 N-甲基化在组蛋白蛋白上广泛存在。使用分离的酶,我们报告了组蛋白赖氨酸去甲基酶(KDM)催化的组蛋白 1 同种型 4(H1.4)上 N-甲基化赖氨酸 26 的去甲基化的机制和结构研究。结果表明,甲基化的 H1.4K26 是 KDM4 亚家族所有成员的底物,并且 KDM4A 催化的 H1.4K26me3 肽的去甲基化与 H3K9me3 的去甲基化同样有效。H1.4K26me3:KDM4A 复合物的晶体学研究揭示了与 H3K9me3 的保守结合几何形状。鉴于 KDM4 对该标记的高活性,我们的结果表明 JmjC KDM 催化的 H1.4K26 去甲基化可能与 H3 尾部的去甲基化一样普遍,值得在细胞中进一步研究。