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ArticleNucleic acids research2020

Alternative splicing and allosteric regulation modulate the chromatin binding of UHRF1.

Maria Tauber, Sarah Kreuz, Alexander Lemak, Papita Mandal, Zhadyra Yerkesh, Alaguraj Veluchamy, Bothayna Al-Gashgari, Abrar Aljahani, Lorena V Cortés-Medina, Dulat Azhibek and 6 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Maria TauberLaboratory of Chromatin Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Sarah KreuzBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Laboratory of Chromatin Biochemistry, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia.
Alexander LemakPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto M5G 1L7, Canada.
Papita MandalBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Laboratory of Chromatin Biochemistry, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia.
Zhadyra YerkeshBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Laboratory of Chromatin Biochemistry, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia.
Alaguraj VeluchamyBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Laboratory of Chromatin Biochemistry, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia.
Bothayna Al-GashgariBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Laboratory of Chromatin Biochemistry, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia.
Abrar AljahaniBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Laboratory of Chromatin Biochemistry, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia.
Lorena V Cortés-MedinaBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Laboratory of Chromatin Biochemistry, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia.
Dulat AzhibekBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Laboratory of Chromatin Biochemistry, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia.
Lixin FanBasic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, SAXS Core Facility of the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Michelle S OngStructural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto M5G 1L7, Canada.
Shili DuanPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto M5G 1L7, Canada.
Scott HoulistonPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto M5G 1L7, Canada.
Cheryl H ArrowsmithPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto M5G 1L7, Canada.
Wolfgang FischleLaboratory of Chromatin Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology · SAUniversity of Toronto · CAMax Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry · DEFrederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research · US

Funding

NCI NIH HHS HHSN2612008000016CUS Department of Energy DE-AC02–06CH11357Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

UHRF1 is an important epigenetic regulator associated with apoptosis and tumour development. It is a multidomain protein that integrates readout of different histone modification states and DNA methylation with enzymatic histone ubiquitylation activity. Emerging evidence indicates that the chromatin-binding and enzymatic modules of UHRF1 do not act in isolation but interplay in a coordinated and regulated manner. Here, we compared two splicing variants (V1, V2) of murine UHRF1 (mUHRF1) with human UHRF1 (hUHRF1). We show that insertion of nine amino acids in a linker region connecting the different TTD and PHD histone modification-binding domains causes distinct H3K9me3-binding behaviour of mUHRF1 V1. Structural analysis suggests that in mUHRF1 V1, in contrast to V2 and hUHRF1, the linker is anchored in a surface groove of the TTD domain, resulting in creation of a coupled TTD-PHD module. This establishes multivalent, synergistic H3-tail binding causing distinct cellular localization and enhanced H3K9me3-nucleosome ubiquitylation activity. In contrast to hUHRF1, H3K9me3-binding of the murine proteins is not allosterically regulated by phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate that interacts with a separate less-conserved polybasic linker region of the protein. Our results highlight the importance of flexible linkers in regulating multidomain chromatin binding proteins and point to divergent evolution of their regulation.

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Alternative SplicingAllosteric RegulationAnimalsCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding ProteinsCell LineCell NucleusChromatinHistone CodeHistonesHumansMiceProtein BindingTudor DomainUbiquitin-Protein LigasesCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding ProteinsChromatinHistonesUbiquitin-Protein LigasesUHRF1 protein, humanUhrf1 protein, mouse

Identifiers

PMID32609811
PMCPMC7430637
OpenAlexW3039842161

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