151. Structural basis of recognition and destabilization of the histone H2B ubiquitinated nucleosome by the DOT1L histone H3 Lys79 methyltransferase
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Han-Sol Yang, Sungchul Hohng, Ka Young Chung, Hans Hebert, Chanshin Kang, Seung Joong Kim, Taeyang Jung, Seongmin Jang, and Ji-Joon Song
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Models, Molecular ,endocrine system ,animal structures ,genetic processes ,Arginine ,Methylation ,environment and public health ,Protein Structure, Secondary ,Histones ,Research Communication ,03 medical and health sciences ,Histone H3 ,0302 clinical medicine ,Catalytic Domain ,Genetics ,Histone H2B ,Humans ,Nucleosome ,Histone octamer ,030304 developmental biology ,Regulation of gene expression ,0303 health sciences ,biology ,Protein Stability ,Ubiquitin ,Cryoelectron Microscopy ,Ubiquitination ,Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase ,Methyltransferases ,DOT1L ,Nucleosomes ,Cell biology ,Histone ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,embryonic structures ,biology.protein ,Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
DOT1L is a histone H3 Lys79 methyltransferase whose activity is stimulated by histone H2B Lys120 ubiquitination, suggesting cross-talk between histone H3 methylation and H2B ubiquitination. Here, we present cryo-EM structures of DOT1L complexes with unmodified or H2B ubiquitinated nucleosomes, showing that DOT1L recognizes H2B ubiquitin and the H2A/H2B acidic patch through a C-terminal hydrophobic helix and an arginine anchor in DOT1L, respectively. Furthermore, the structures combined with single-molecule FRET experiments show that H2B ubiquitination enhances a noncatalytic function of the DOT1L-destabilizing nucleosome. These results establish the molecular basis of the cross-talk between H2B ubiquitination and H3 Lys79 methylation as well as nucleosome destabilization by DOT1L.
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- 2019
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