| Structural highlights
3u3z is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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Gene: | MCPH1 (Homo sapiens) |
Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum |
Disease
[MCPH1_HUMAN] Premature chromosome condensation with microcephaly and intellectual deficit;Autosomal recessive primary microcephaly. Defects in MCPH1 are the cause of microcephaly primary type 1 (MCPH1) [MIM:251200]; also known as true microcephaly or microcephaly vera. Microcephaly is defined as a head circumference more than 3 standard deviations below the age-related mean. Brain weight is markedly reduced and the cerebral cortex is disproportionately small. Despite this marked reduction in size, the gyral pattern is relatively well preserved, with no major abnormality in cortical architecture. Primary microcephaly is further defined by the absence of other syndromic features or significant neurological deficits. This entity is inherited as autosomal recessive trait.[1] [2] [3]
Function
[MCPH1_HUMAN] Implicated in chromosome condensation and DNA damage induced cellular responses. May play a role in neurogenesis and regulation of the size of the cerebral cortex.[4] [5] [6]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Tyr142, the C-terminal amino acid of histone variant H2A.X is phosphorylated by WSTF (Williams-Beuren syndrome transcription factor), a component of the WICH complex (WSTF-ISWI chromatin-remodeling complex), under basal conditions in the cell. In response to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), H2A.X is instantaneously phosphorylated at Ser139 by the kinases ATM and ATR and is progressively dephosphorylated at Tyr142 by the Eya1 and Eya3 tyrosine phosphatases, resulting in a temporal switch from a postulated diphosphorylated (pSer139, pTyr142) to monophosphorylated (pSer139) H2A.X state. How mediator proteins interpret these two signals remains a question of fundamental interest. We provide structural, biochemical, and cellular evidence that Microcephalin (MCPH1), an early DNA damage response protein, can read both modifications via its tandem BRCA1 C-terminal (BRCT) domains, thereby emerging as a versatile sensor of H2A.X phosphorylation marks. We show that MCPH1 recruitment to sites of DNA damage is linked to both states of H2A.X.
Dual recognition of phosphoserine and phosphotyrosine in histone variant H2A.X by DNA damage response protein MCPH1.,Singh N, Basnet H, Wiltshire TD, Mohammad DH, Thompson JR, Heroux A, Botuyan MV, Yaffe MB, Couch FJ, Rosenfeld MG, Mer G Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Aug 20. PMID:22908299[7]
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References
- ↑ Jackson AP, Eastwood H, Bell SM, Adu J, Toomes C, Carr IM, Roberts E, Hampshire DJ, Crow YJ, Mighell AJ, Karbani G, Jafri H, Rashid Y, Mueller RF, Markham AF, Woods CG. Identification of microcephalin, a protein implicated in determining the size of the human brain. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Jul;71(1):136-42. Epub 2002 Jun 3. PMID:12046007 doi:10.1086/341283
- ↑ Trimborn M, Bell SM, Felix C, Rashid Y, Jafri H, Griffiths PD, Neumann LM, Krebs A, Reis A, Sperling K, Neitzel H, Jackson AP. Mutations in microcephalin cause aberrant regulation of chromosome condensation. Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug;75(2):261-6. Epub 2004 Jun 15. PMID:15199523 doi:10.1086/422855
- ↑ Trimborn M, Richter R, Sternberg N, Gavvovidis I, Schindler D, Jackson AP, Prott EC, Sperling K, Gillessen-Kaesbach G, Neitzel H. The first missense alteration in the MCPH1 gene causes autosomal recessive microcephaly with an extremely mild cellular and clinical phenotype. Hum Mutat. 2005 Nov;26(5):496. PMID:16211557 doi:10.1002/humu.9382
- ↑ Jackson AP, Eastwood H, Bell SM, Adu J, Toomes C, Carr IM, Roberts E, Hampshire DJ, Crow YJ, Mighell AJ, Karbani G, Jafri H, Rashid Y, Mueller RF, Markham AF, Woods CG. Identification of microcephalin, a protein implicated in determining the size of the human brain. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Jul;71(1):136-42. Epub 2002 Jun 3. PMID:12046007 doi:10.1086/341283
- ↑ Trimborn M, Bell SM, Felix C, Rashid Y, Jafri H, Griffiths PD, Neumann LM, Krebs A, Reis A, Sperling K, Neitzel H, Jackson AP. Mutations in microcephalin cause aberrant regulation of chromosome condensation. Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug;75(2):261-6. Epub 2004 Jun 15. PMID:15199523 doi:10.1086/422855
- ↑ Xu X, Lee J, Stern DF. Microcephalin is a DNA damage response protein involved in regulation of CHK1 and BRCA1. J Biol Chem. 2004 Aug 13;279(33):34091-4. Epub 2004 Jun 25. PMID:15220350 doi:10.1074/jbc.C400139200
- ↑ Singh N, Basnet H, Wiltshire TD, Mohammad DH, Thompson JR, Heroux A, Botuyan MV, Yaffe MB, Couch FJ, Rosenfeld MG, Mer G. Dual recognition of phosphoserine and phosphotyrosine in histone variant H2A.X by DNA damage response protein MCPH1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Aug 20. PMID:22908299 doi:10.1073/pnas.1212366109
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