Structural highlights
Function
H3C_HUMAN Core component of nucleosome. Nucleosomes wrap and compact DNA into chromatin, limiting DNA accessibility to the cellular machineries which require DNA as a template. Histones thereby play a central role in transcription regulation, DNA repair, DNA replication and chromosomal stability. DNA accessibility is regulated via a complex set of post-translational modifications of histones, also called histone code, and nucleosome remodeling. Hominid-specific H3.5/H3F3C preferentially colocalizes with euchromatin, and it is associated with actively transcribed genes.[1]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
SIRT1-7 play important roles in many biological processes and age-related diseases. In addition to a NAD(+) -dependent deacetylase activity, they can catalyze several other reactions, including the hydrolysis of long-chain fatty acyl lysine. To study the binding modes of sirtuins to long-chain acyl lysines, we solved the crystal structures of SIRT3 bound to either a H3K9-myristoylated- or a H3K9-palmitoylated peptide. Interaction of SIRT3 with the palmitoyl group led to unfolding of the alpha3-helix. The myristoyl and palmitoyl groups bind to the C-pocket and an allosteric site near the alpha3-helix, respectively. We found that the residues preceding the alpha3-helix determine the size of the C-pocket. The flexibility of the alpha2-alpha3 loop and the plasticity of the alpha3-helix affect the interaction with long-chain acyl lysine.
Crystal structures of SIRT3 reveal that the alpha2-alpha3 loop and alpha3-helix affect the interaction with long-chain acyl lysine.,Gai W, Li H, Jiang H, Long Y, Liu D FEBS Lett. 2016 Sep;590(17):3019-28. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.12345. Epub 2016 Aug , 24. PMID:27501476[2]
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References
- ↑ Schenk R, Jenke A, Zilbauer M, Wirth S, Postberg J. H3.5 is a novel hominid-specific histone H3 variant that is specifically expressed in the seminiferous tubules of human testes. Chromosoma. 2011 Jun;120(3):275-85. doi: 10.1007/s00412-011-0310-4. Epub 2011 Jan, 28. PMID:21274551 doi:10.1007/s00412-011-0310-4
- ↑ Gai W, Li H, Jiang H, Long Y, Liu D. Crystal structures of SIRT3 reveal that the alpha2-alpha3 loop and alpha3-helix affect the interaction with long-chain acyl lysine. FEBS Lett. 2016 Sep;590(17):3019-28. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.12345. Epub 2016 Aug , 24. PMID:27501476 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.12345
