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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2025

The kinetoplastid kinetochore protein KKT23 acetyltransferase is a structural homolog of GCN5 that acetylates the histone H2A C-terminal tail.

Patryk Ludzia, Midori Ishii, Gauri Deák, Christos Spanos, Marcus D Wilson, Christina Redfield, Bungo Akiyoshi

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Patryk LudziaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
Midori IshiiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK; Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK.
Gauri DeákWellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK.
Christos SpanosWellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK.
Marcus D WilsonWellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK.
Christina RedfieldDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK. Electronic address: christina.redfield@bioch.ox.ac.uk.
Bungo AkiyoshiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK; Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, UK. Electronic address: bungo.akiyoshi@ed.ac.uk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The kinetochore is the macromolecular protein machine that drives chromosome segregation in eukaryotes. In an evolutionarily divergent group of organisms called kinetoplastids, kinetochores are built using a unique set of proteins (KKT1-25 and KKIP1-12). KKT23 is a constitutively localized kinetochore protein containing a C-terminal acetyltransferase domain of unknown function. Here, using X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, we have determined the structure and dynamics of the KKT23 acetyltransferase domain from Trypanosoma brucei and found that it is structurally similar to the GCN5 histone acetyltransferase domain. We find that KKT23 can acetylate the C-terminal tail of histone H2A and that knockdown of KKT23 results in decreased H2A acetylation levels in T. brucei. Finally, we have determined the crystal structure of the N-terminal region of KKT23 and shown that it interacts with KKT22. Our study provides important insights into the structure and function of the unique kinetochore acetyltransferase in trypanosomes.

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HistonesKinetochoresProtozoan ProteinsTrypanosoma brucei bruceiAcetylationAcetyltransferasesAmino Acid SequenceBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayHistone AcetyltransferasesModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein DomainsAcetyltransferasesHistone AcetyltransferasesHistonesProtozoan ProteinsacetylationacetyltransferaseGCN5histoneskinetochorekinetoplastidKKT23NMR spectroscopyTrypanosoma bruceiX-ray crystallography

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PMID39579771
PMCPMC7619301

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