3smr
From Proteopedia
Crystal structure of human WD repeat domain 5 with compound
Structural highlights
Function[WDR5_HUMAN] Contributes to histone modification. May position the N-terminus of histone H3 for efficient trimethylation at 'Lys-4'. As part of the MLL1/MLL complex it is involved in methylation and dimethylation at 'Lys-4' of histone H3. H3 'Lys-4' methylation represents a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional activation. As part of the NSL complex it may be involved in acetylation of nucleosomal histone H4 on several lysine residues. May regulate osteoblasts differentiation.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Publication Abstract from PubMedWDR5 (WD40 repeat protein 5) is an essential component of the human trithorax-like family of SET1 [Su(var)3-9 enhancer-of-zeste trithorax 1] methyltransferase complexes that carry out trimethylation of histone 3 Lys4 (H3K4me3), play key roles in development and are abnormally expressed in many cancers. In the present study, we show that the interaction between WDR5 and peptides from the catalytic domain of MLL (mixed-lineage leukaemia protein) (KMT2) can be antagonized with a small molecule. Structural and biophysical analysis show that this antagonist binds in the WDR5 peptide-binding pocket with a Kd of 450 nM and inhibits the catalytic activity of the MLL core complex in vitro. The degree of inhibition was enhanced at lower protein concentrations consistent with a role for WDR5 in directly stabilizing the MLL multiprotein complex. Our data demonstrate inhibition of an important protein-protein interaction and form the basis for further development of inhibitors of WDR5-dependent enzymes implicated in MLL-rearranged leukaemias or other cancers. Small-molecule inhibition of MLL activity by disruption of its interaction with WDR5.,Senisterra G, Wu H, Allali-Hassani A, Wasney GA, Barsyte-Lovejoy D, Dombrovski L, Dong A, Nguyen KT, Smil D, Bolshan Y, Hajian T, He H, Seitova A, Chau I, Li F, Poda G, Couture JF, Brown PJ, Al-Awar R, Schapira M, Arrowsmith CH, Vedadi M Biochem J. 2013 Jan 1;449(1):151-9. doi: 10.1042/BJ20121280. PMID:22989411[6] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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Categories: Human | Al-Awar, R | Arrowsmith, C H | Bolshan, Y | Bountra, C | Brown, P J | Dombrovski, L | Dong, A | Edwards, A M | Hajian, T | Nguyen, K T | Poda, G | Structural genomic | Schapira, M | Senisterra, G | Smil, D | Tempel, W | Vedadi, M | Wasney, G A | Weigelt, J | Wu, H | Sgc | Transcription | Wd repeat domain 5 | Wdr5
