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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2024

WDR5 Binding to Histone Serotonylation Is Driven by an Edge-Face Aromatic Interaction with Unexpected Electrostatic Effects.

Christopher R Travis, Hanne C Henriksen, Jake R Wilkinson, Noah K Schomburg, Joseph W Treacy, Kelsey M Kean, K N Houk, Marcey L Waters

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Christopher R TravisDepartment of Chemistry, CB 3290, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0673-6978
Hanne C HenriksenDepartment of Chemistry, CB 3290, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.ORCID 0009-0006-4238-3670
Jake R WilkinsonDepartment of Chemistry, CB 3290, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.ORCID 0009-0005-5782-403X
Noah K SchomburgDepartment of Chemistry, CB 3290, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.ORCID 0009-0003-7511-3835
Joseph W TreacyDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8597-0246
Kelsey M KeanDepartment of Chemistry, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina 27268, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4981-9810
K N HoukDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8387-5261
Marcey L WatersDepartment of Chemistry, CB 3290, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4917-5755

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI David Darr · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
Biosynthesis and Enzymology of Antifungal Natural Products - R01AI141481R01AI141481 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GARG, NEIL K, HOUK, KENDALL N · 2019 to 2023
$2.8M
NIH Administrative Supplement to Purchase a LyophilizerR35GM145227 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI MARCEY L WATERS · 2022 to 2026
$2.2M
Origins of Ligand Binding and Selectivity in Methyllysine Reader and Writer ProteinsR01GM118499 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI WATERS, MARCEY L · 2017 to 2022
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI141481NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM118499NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM145227
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Histone serotonylation has emerged as a key post-translational modification. WDR5 preferentially binds to serotonylated histone 3 (H3), and this binding event has been associated with tumorigenesis. Herein, we utilize genetic code expansion, structure-activity relationship studies, and computation to study an edge-face aromatic interaction between WDR5 Phe149 and serotonin on H3 that is key to this protein-protein interaction. We find experimentally that this edge-face aromatic interaction is unaffected by modulating the electrostatics of the face component but is weakened by electron-withdrawing substituents on the edge component. Overall, these results elucidate that this interaction is governed by van der Waals forces as well as electrostatics of the edge ring, a result that clarifies discrepancies among previous theoretical models and model system studies of this interaction type. This is the first evaluation of the driving force of an edge-face aromatic interaction at a protein-protein interface and provides a key benchmark for the nature of these understudied interactions that are abundant in the proteome.

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HistonesStatic ElectricityHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalStructure-Activity RelationshipHistonesIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsWDR5 protein, human

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PMID39321462
PMCPMC12132056

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