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Structural highlights

Function

BMI1_HUMAN Component of a Polycomb group (PcG) multiprotein PRC1-like complex, a complex class required to maintain the transcriptionally repressive state of many genes, including Hox genes, throughout development. PcG PRC1 complex acts via chromatin remodeling and modification of histones; it mediates monoubiquitination of histone H2A 'Lys-119', rendering chromatin heritably changed in its expressibility. In the PRC1 complex, it is required to stimulate the E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase activity of RNF2/RING2.^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. ↑ Cao R, Tsukada Y, Zhang Y. Role of Bmi-1 and Ring1A in H2A ubiquitylation and Hox gene silencing. Mol Cell. 2005 Dec 22;20(6):845-54. PMID:16359901 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2005.12.002
2. ↑ Chagraoui J, Niessen SL, Lessard J, Girard S, Coulombe P, Sauvageau M, Meloche S, Sauvageau G. E4F1: a novel candidate factor for mediating BMI1 function in primitive hematopoietic cells. Genes Dev. 2006 Aug 1;20(15):2110-20. PMID:16882984 doi:http://dx.doi.org/20/15/2110
3. ↑ Li Z, Cao R, Wang M, Myers MP, Zhang Y, Xu RM. Structure of a Bmi-1-Ring1B polycomb group ubiquitin ligase complex. J Biol Chem. 2006 Jul 21;281(29):20643-9. Epub 2006 May 18. PMID:16714294 doi:10.1074/jbc.M602461200