| Structural highlights
Disease
[ENL_HUMAN] A chromosomal aberration involving MLLT1 is associated with acute leukemias. Translocation t(11;19)(q23;p13.3) with KMT2A/MLL1. The result is a rogue activator protein.
Function
[ENL_HUMAN] Component of the super elongation complex (SEC), a complex required to increase the catalytic rate of RNA polymerase II transcription by suppressing transient pausing by the polymerase at multiple sites along the DNA.[1] [2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
YEATS domain (YD) containing proteins are an emerging class of epigenetic targets in drug discovery. Dysregulation of these modified lysine binding proteins has been linked to the onset and progression of cancers. We herein report the discovery and characterisation of the first small molecule chemical probe, SGC-iMLLT, for the YD of MLLT1 (ENL/YEATS1) and MLLT3 (AF9/YEATS3). SGC-iMLLT is a potent and selective inhibitor of MLLT1/3 - histone interactions. Excellent selectivity over other human YD proteins (YEATS2/4) and bromodomains was observed. Furthermore, our probe displays cellular target engagement of MLLT1 and MLLT3. The first small molecule X-ray co-crystal structures with the MLLT1 YD are also reported. This first in class probe molecule can be used to understand MLLT1/3 associated biology and the therapeutic potential of small molecule YD inhibitors.
Discovery of an MLLT1/3 YEATS Domain Chemical Probe.,Moustakim M, Christott T, Monteiro OP, Bennett J, Giroud C, Ward J, Rogers CM, Smith P, Panagakou I, Saez LD, Felce SL, Gamble V, Gileadi C, Halidi N, Heidenreich D, Chaikuad A, Knapp S, Huber KVM, Farnie G, Heer J, Manevski N, Poda G, Al-Awar R, Dixon DJ, Fedorov O, Brennan P Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2018 Oct 5. doi: 10.1002/anie.201810617. PMID:30288907[3]
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References
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- ↑ He N, Liu M, Hsu J, Xue Y, Chou S, Burlingame A, Krogan NJ, Alber T, Zhou Q. HIV-1 Tat and host AFF4 recruit two transcription elongation factors into a bifunctional complex for coordinated activation of HIV-1 transcription. Mol Cell. 2010 May 14;38(3):428-38. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.04.013. PMID:20471948 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2010.04.013
- ↑ Moustakim M, Christott T, Monteiro OP, Bennett J, Giroud C, Ward J, Rogers CM, Smith P, Panagakou I, Saez LD, Felce SL, Gamble V, Gileadi C, Halidi N, Heidenreich D, Chaikuad A, Knapp S, Huber KVM, Farnie G, Heer J, Manevski N, Poda G, Al-Awar R, Dixon DJ, Fedorov O, Brennan P. Discovery of an MLLT1/3 YEATS Domain Chemical Probe. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2018 Oct 5. doi: 10.1002/anie.201810617. PMID:30288907 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201810617
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