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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2024

Conformational diversity of human HP1α.

Tina Ukmar-Godec, Taekyung Yu, Alain Ibanez de Opakua, Christian F Pantoja, Francesca Munari, Markus Zweckstetter

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Tina Ukmar-GodecGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Translational Structural Biology, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5763-2856
Taekyung YuGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Translational Structural Biology, Göttingen, Germany.
Alain Ibanez de OpakuaGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Translational Structural Biology, Göttingen, Germany.
Christian F PantojaGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Translational Structural Biology, Göttingen, Germany.
Francesca MunariDepartment of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Markus ZweckstetterGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Translational Structural Biology, Göttingen, Germany.

Funding

European Research Council 787679
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterochromatin protein 1 alpha (HP1α) is an evolutionarily conserved protein that binds chromatin and is important for gene silencing. The protein comprises 191 residues arranged into three disordered regions and two structured domains, the chromo and chromoshadow domain, which associates into a homodimer. While high-resolution structures of the isolated domains of HP1 proteins are known, the structural properties of full-length HP1α remain largely unknown. Using a combination of NMR spectroscopy and structure predictions by AlphaFold2 we provide evidence that the chromo and chromoshadow domain of HP1α engage in direct contacts resulting in a compact chromo/chromoshadow domain arrangement. We further show that HP1β and HP1γ have increased interdomain dynamics when compared to HP1α which may contribute to the distinct roles of different Hp1 isoforms in gene silencing and activation.

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Chromobox Protein Homolog 5Chromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneHumansModels, MolecularNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularProtein ConformationProtein DomainsCBX5 protein, humanChromobox Protein Homolog 5Chromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneAlphaFoldchromatindynamicsHP1αNMR spectroscopyresidual dipolar couplings

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PMID38895997
PMCPMC11187854

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