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== Structural features, evolution and related structures ==
== Structural features, evolution and related structures ==
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=== BAZ1A bromodomain histone-ligand recognition ===
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BAZ1A bromodomain as well as BAZ1B a similar bromodomain family member, both have a conserved asparagine "anchor" residue which in functional bromodomains, hydrogen bonds with the carbonyl group of a bound acetyl-lysine ligand and it is crucial for the interaction. This suggests that BAZ1A and BAZ1B could potentially bind an acety-lysine ligand <ref>DOI 10.1016/j.str.2015.08.004</ref>. Also, BAZ1B has an hydrophobic valine "gatekeeper" residue which is found in the binding pockets of several acetyl-lysine binding bromodomains <ref>DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2012.02.013</ref>. Surprisingly, the BAZ1A bromodomain gatekeeper was found to be a non-canonical glutamic acid residue which was found to be compatible with the bromodomain fold through the solving of the crystal structure of BAZ1A bromodomain. The glutamic acid residue introduces a negative charge on the side of the supposed binding pocket of BAZ1A which reduces its affinity for acetylated histone ligands <ref>DOI 10.1038/s41467-017-00866-0</ref>.
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=== BAZ1A-PHD binding to DNA ===
== Ligand-interaction domain ==
== Ligand-interaction domain ==

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Bromodomain Adjacent to Zinc Finger domain 1A

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