6QXZ: Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase ASHH2

Solution structure of the ASHH2 CW domain with the N-terminal histone H3 tail mimicking peptide monomethylated on lysine 4. Determined by solution NMR. Released 4 Dec 2019.

Method
Solution NMR
Organisms
Arabidopsis thaliana, Homo sapiens
Chains
2
Atoms
698
Mol. weight
10.07 kDa
Ligands
ZN
Released
4 Dec 2019

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

6QXZ contains 3 α-helices and 2 β-strands across 1 chain. Residue ranges use author residue numbering, as in the PDB file, from PDBe. To see them in 3D, choose the Cartoon representation with Secondary structure coloring: helices, sheets and coils get different colors.

Chain A: 3 helices, 2 β-strands

ElementResiduesLengthSheet
β-strand864-86741
β-strand874-87741
α-helix879-8824
α-helix893-8953
α-helix912-9198

Molecules and chains

MoleculeChainsTypeLengthOrganismUniProt
Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase ASHH2Aprotein79Arabidopsis thalianaQ2LAE1 (AlphaFold model)
Ala-arg-thr-mlz-gln-thr-ala-arg-tyrBprotein9Homo sapiensP68431 (AlphaFold model)
Sequence of entity 1 (A), FASTA
>6QXZ_1 Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase ASHH2 (chains A)
GSRRASVGSEFTESAWVRCDDCFKWRRIPASVVGSIDESSRWICMNNSDKRFADCSKSQE
MSNEEINEELGIGQDEADA
Sequence of entity 2 (B), FASTA
>6QXZ_2 ALA-ARG-THR-MLZ-GLN-THR-ALA-ARG-TYR (chains B)
ARTKQTARY

Ligands and cofactors

IDNameFormulaCopies
ZNZinc ionZn1

Primary citation

The Arabidopsis (ASHH2) CW domain binds monomethylated K4 of the histone H3 tail through conformational selection. Dobrovolska, O., Brilkov, M., Madeleine, N. et al. FEBS J (2020) 287:4458-4480. DOI 10.1111/febs.15256 · PubMed

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