6C1Y

mbd of human mecp2 in complex with methylated DNA


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.286 
  • R-Value Work: 0.231 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.233 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Plasticity at the DNA recognition site of the MeCP2 mCG-binding domain.

Lei, M.Tempel, W.Chen, S.Liu, K.Min, J.

(2019) Biochim Biophys Acta Gene Regul Mech 1862: 194409-194409

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagrm.2019.194409
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    6C1Y, 6OGJ, 6OGK

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    MeCP2 is an abundant protein, involved in transcriptional repression by binding to CG and non-CG methylated DNA. However, MeCP2 might also function as a transcription activator as MeCP2 is found bound to sparsely methylated promoters of actively expressed genes. Furthermore, Attachment Region Binding Protein (ARBP), the chicken ortholog of MeCP2, has been reported to bind to Matrix/scaffold attachment regions (MARs/SARs) DNA with an unmethylated 5'-CAC/GTG-3' consensus sequence. In our previous study, although we have systemically measured the binding abilities of MBDs to unmethylated CAC/GTG DNA and the complex structures reveal that the MBD2-MBD (MBD of MBD2) binds to the unmethylated CAC/GTG DNA by recognizing the complementary GTG trinucleotide, how the MeCP2-MBD (MBD of MeCP2) recognizes the unmethylated CAC/GTG DNA, especially the MARs DNA, is still unclear. In this study, we investigated the binding characteristics of MeCP2 in recognizing unmethylated 5'-CAC/GTG-3' motif containing DNA by binding and structural studies. We found that MeCP2-MBD binds to MARs DNA with a comparable binding affinity to mCG DNA, and the MeCP2-CAC/GTG complex structure revealed that MeCP2 residues R111 and R133 form base-specific interactions with the GTG motif. For comparison, we also determined crystal structures of the MeCP2-MBD bound to mCG and mCAC/GTG DNA, respectively. Together, these crystal structures illustrate the adaptability of the MeCP2-MBD toward the GTG motif as well as the mCG DNA, and also provide structural basis of a biological role of MeCP2 as a transcription activator and its disease implications in Rett syndrome.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China; Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Methyl-CpG-binding protein 2
A, B
86Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: MECP2
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for P51608 (Homo sapiens)
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Go to UniProtKB:  P51608
PHAROS:  P51608
GTEx:  ENSG00000169057 
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UniProt GroupP51608
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
12-mer DNAC [auth D],
D [auth C],
E [auth F],
F [auth E]
12synthetic construct
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.286 
  • R-Value Work: 0.231 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.233 
  • Space Group: P 1
  • Diffraction Data: https://doi.org/10.18430/M36C1Y
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 40.753α = 68.15
b = 47.359β = 89.83
c = 54.623γ = 65.98
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
Aimlessdata scaling
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
HKL-3000data reduction
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2018-02-14
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2019-11-20
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2023-10-04
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description