Abstract：
:Histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) are crucial for many cellular processes including mitosis, transcription, and DNA repair. The cellular readout of histone PTMs is dependent on both the chemical modification and histone site, and the array of histone PTMs on chromatin is dynamic throughout the eukaryotic life cycle. Accordingly, methods that report on the presence of PTMs are essential tools for resolving open questions about epigenetic processes and for developing therapeutic diagnostics. Reader domains that recognize histone PTMs have shown potential as advantageous substitutes for anti-PTM antibodies, and engineering efforts aimed at enhancing reader domain affinities would advance their efficacy as antibody alternatives. Here we describe engineered chromodomains from Drosophila melanogaster and humans that bind more tightly to H3K9 methylation (H3K9me) marks and result in the tightest reported reader-H3K9me interaction to date. Point mutations near the binding interface of the HP1 chromodomain were screened in a combinatorial fashion, and a triple mutant was found that binds 20-fold tighter than the native scaffold without any loss in PTM-site selectivity. The beneficial mutations were then translated to a human homologue, CBX1, resulting in an even tighter interaction with H3K9me3. Furthermore, we show that these engineered readers (eReaders) increase detection of H3K9me marks in several biochemical assays and outperform a commercial anti-H3K9me antibody in detecting H3K9me-containing nucleosomes in vitro, demonstrating the utility of eReaders to complement antibodies in epigenetics research.
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ACS Chem Bioljournal_title
ACS chemical biologyauthors
Albanese KI,Krone MW,Petell CJ,Parker MM,Strahl BD,Brustad EM,Waters MLdoi
10.1021/acschembio.9b00651subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-01-17 00:00:00pages
103-111issue
1eissn
1554-8929issn
1554-8937journal_volume
15pub_type
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