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Balasubramaniyam T, Oh KI, Jin HS, Ahn HB, Kim BS, Lee JH. Non-Canonical Helical Structure of Nucleic Acids Containing Base-Modified Nucleotides. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:9552. [PMID: 34502459 PMCID: PMC8430589 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22179552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Chemically modified nucleobases are thought to be important for therapeutic purposes as well as diagnosing genetic diseases and have been widely involved in research fields such as molecular biology and biochemical studies. Many artificially modified nucleobases, such as methyl, halogen, and aryl modifications of purines at the C8 position and pyrimidines at the C5 position, are widely studied for their biological functions. DNA containing these modified nucleobases can form non-canonical helical structures such as Z-DNA, G-quadruplex, i-motif, and triplex. This review summarizes the synthesis of chemically modified nucleotides: (i) methylation, bromination, and arylation of purine at the C8 position and (ii) methylation, bromination, and arylation of pyrimidine at the C5 position. Additionally, we introduce the non-canonical structures of nucleic acids containing these modifications.
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- Thananjeyan Balasubramaniyam
- Department of Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Gyeongnam, Korea; (T.B.); (K.-I.O.); (H.-S.J.); (H.-B.A.)
- The Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Gyeongnam, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Gyeongnam, Korea; (T.B.); (K.-I.O.); (H.-S.J.); (H.-B.A.)
- The Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Gyeongnam, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Gyeongnam, Korea; (T.B.); (K.-I.O.); (H.-S.J.); (H.-B.A.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Gyeongnam, Korea; (T.B.); (K.-I.O.); (H.-S.J.); (H.-B.A.)
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- The Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Gyeongnam, Korea
- Department of Chemistry Education, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Gyeongnam, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Gyeongnam, Korea; (T.B.); (K.-I.O.); (H.-S.J.); (H.-B.A.)
- The Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Gyeongnam, Korea
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Xu SY, Zemlyanskaya EV, Gonchar DA, Sun Z, Weigele P, Fomenkov A, Degtyarev SK, Roberts RJ. Characterization of BisI Homologs. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:689929. [PMID: 34276622 PMCID: PMC8281217 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.689929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BisI is a sequence-specific and 5-methylcytosine (m5C)-dependent restriction endonuclease (REase), that cleaves the modified DNA sequence Gm5CNGC (G indicates that the cytosine opposite to G is modified). We expressed and purified a number of BisI homologs from sequenced bacterial genomes and used Illumina sequencing to determine the Pam7902I (Esp638I-like) cleavage sites in phage Xp12 DNA. One BisI homolog KpnW2I is EcoBLMcrX-like, cleaving GCNGC/RCNGY/RCNRC sites with m5C. We also cloned and expressed three BisI homologs from metagenome sequences derived from thermophilic sources. One enzyme EsaTMI is active at 37 to 65°C. EsaHLI cleaves GCNGC sites with three to four m5C and is active up to 50°C. In addition, we determined the number and position of m5C in BisI sites for efficient cleavage. BisI cleavage efficiency of GCNGC site is as following: Gm5CNGC (two internal m5C) > Gm5CNGC (one internal m5C) > GCNGm5C (one external m5C) > > GCNGC (unmodified). Three or four m5C in GCNGC site also supports BisI cleavage although partial inhibition was observed on duplex oligos with four m5C. BisI can be used to partially cleave a desired GCNGC site targeted with a complementary oligonucleotide (hemi-methylated). The m5C-dependent BisI variants will be useful for epigenetic research.
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- New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, MA, United States
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- New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, MA, United States
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Pastor M, Czapinska H, Helbrecht I, Krakowska K, Lutz T, Xu SY, Bochtler M. Crystal structures of the EVE-HNH endonuclease VcaM4I in the presence and absence of DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:1708-1723. [PMID: 33450012 PMCID: PMC7897488 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Many modification-dependent restriction endonucleases (MDREs) are fusions of a PUA superfamily modification sensor domain and a nuclease catalytic domain. EVE domains belong to the PUA superfamily, and are present in MDREs in combination with HNH nuclease domains. Here, we present a biochemical characterization of the EVE-HNH endonuclease VcaM4I and crystal structures of the protein alone, with EVE domain bound to either 5mC modified dsDNA or to 5mC/5hmC containing ssDNA. The EVE domain is moderately specific for 5mC/5hmC containing DNA according to EMSA experiments. It flips the modified nucleotide, to accommodate it in a hydrophobic pocket of the enzyme, primarily formed by P24, W82 and Y130 residues. In the crystallized conformation, the EVE domain and linker helix between the two domains block DNA binding to the catalytic domain. Removal of the EVE domain and inter-domain linker, but not of the EVE domain alone converts VcaM4I into a non-specific toxic nuclease. The role of the key residues in the EVE and HNH domains of VcaM4I is confirmed by digestion and restriction assays with the enzyme variants that differ from the wild-type by changes to the base binding pocket or to the catalytic residues.
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- Michal Pastor
- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.,Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
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- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.,Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
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- New England Biolabs, Inc. 240 County Road, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA
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- New England Biolabs, Inc. 240 County Road, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA
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- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.,Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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Lutz T, Czapinska H, Fomenkov A, Potapov V, Heiter DF, Cao B, Dedon P, Bochtler M, Xu SY. Protein Domain Guided Screen for Sequence Specific and Phosphorothioate-Dependent Restriction Endonucleases. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1960. [PMID: 33013736 PMCID: PMC7461809 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Modification dependent restriction endonucleases (MDREs) restrict modified DNA, typically with limited sequence specificity (∼2-4 bp). Here, we focus on MDREs that have an SRA and/or SBD (sulfur binding domain) fused to an HNH endonuclease domain, cleaving cytosine modified or phosphorothioated (PT) DNA. We independently characterized the SBD-SRA-HNH endonuclease ScoMcrA, which preferentially cleaves 5hmC modified DNA. We report five SBD-HNH endonucleases, all recognizing GpsAAC/GpsTTC sequence and cleaving outside with a single nucleotide 3' stagger: EcoWI (N7/N6), Ksp11411I (N5/N4), Bsp305I (N6/N4-5), Mae9806I [N(8-10)/N(8-9)], and Sau43800I [N(8-9)/N(7-8)]. EcoWI and Bsp305I are more specific for PT modified DNA in Mg2+ buffer, and promiscuous with Mn2+. Ksp11411I is more PT specific with Ni2+. EcoWI and Ksp11411I cleave fully- and hemi-PT modified oligos, while Bsp305I cleaves only fully modified ones. EcoWI forms a dimer in solution and cleaves more efficiently in the presence of two modified sites. In addition, we demonstrate that EcoWI PT-dependent activity has biological function: EcoWI expressing cells restrict dnd+ GpsAAC modified plasmid strongly, and GpsGCC DNA weakly. This work establishes a framework for biotechnology applications of PT-dependent restriction endonucleases (PTDRs).
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- Thomas Lutz
- New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, MA, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
- College of Life Science, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Warsaw, Poland
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Hosford CJ, Adams MC, Niu Y, Chappie JS. The N-terminal domain of Staphylothermus marinus McrB shares structural homology with PUA-like RNA binding proteins. J Struct Biol 2020; 211:107572. [PMID: 32652237 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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McrBC is a conserved modification-dependent restriction system that in Escherichia coli specifically targets foreign DNA containing methylated cytosines. Crystallographic data show that the N-terminal domain of Escherichia coli McrB binds substrates via a base flipping mechanism. This region is poorly conserved among the plethora of McrB homologs, suggesting that other species may use alternative binding strategies and/or recognize different targets. Here we present the crystal structure of the N-terminal domain from Stayphlothermus marinus McrB (Sm3-180) at 1.92 Å, which adopts a PUA-like EVE fold that is closely related to the YTH and ASCH RNA binding domains. Unlike most PUA-like domains, Sm3-180 binds DNA and can associate with different modified substrates. We find the canonical 'aromatic cage' binding pocket that confers specificity for methylated bases in other EVE/YTH domains is degenerate and occluded in Sm3-180, which may contribute to its promiscuity in target recognition. Further structural comparison between different PUA-like domains identifies motifs and conformational variations that correlate with the preference for binding either DNA or RNA. Together these data have important implications for PUA-like domain specificity and suggest a broader biological versatility for the McrBC family than previously described.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Lutz T, Flodman K, Copelas A, Czapinska H, Mabuchi M, Fomenkov A, He X, Bochtler M, Xu SY. A protein architecture guided screen for modification dependent restriction endonucleases. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:9761-9776. [PMID: 31504772 PMCID: PMC6765204 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 08/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Modification dependent restriction endonucleases (MDREs) often have separate catalytic and modification dependent domains. We systematically looked for previously uncharacterized fusion proteins featuring a PUA or DUF3427 domain and HNH or PD-(D/E)XK catalytic domain. The enzymes were clustered by similarity of their putative modification sensing domains into several groups. The TspA15I (VcaM4I, CmeDI), ScoA3IV (MsiJI, VcaCI) and YenY4I groups, all featuring a PUA superfamily domain, preferentially cleaved DNA containing 5-methylcytosine or 5-hydroxymethylcytosine. ScoA3V, also featuring a PUA superfamily domain, but of a different clade, exhibited 6-methyladenine stimulated nicking activity. With few exceptions, ORFs for PUA-superfamily domain containing endonucleases were not close to DNA methyltransferase ORFs, strongly supporting modification dependent activity of the endonucleases. DUF3427 domain containing fusion proteins had very little or no endonuclease activity, despite the presence of a putative PD-(D/E)XK catalytic domain. However, their expression potently restricted phage T4gt in Escherichia coli cells. In contrast to the ORFs for PUA domain containing endonucleases, the ORFs for DUF3427 fusion proteins were frequently found in defense islands, often also featuring DNA methyltransferases.
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- Thomas Lutz
- New England Biolabs, Inc. 240 County Road, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA
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- New England Biolabs, Inc. 240 County Road, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA
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- New England Biolabs, Inc. 240 County Road, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA
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- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
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- New England Biolabs, Inc. 240 County Road, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA
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- New England Biolabs, Inc. 240 County Road, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240 Shanghai, China
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- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.,Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- New England Biolabs, Inc. 240 County Road, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA
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Kisiala M, Copelas A, Czapinska H, Xu SY, Bochtler M. Crystal structure of the modification-dependent SRA-HNH endonuclease TagI. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:10489-10503. [PMID: 30202937 PMCID: PMC6212794 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
TagI belongs to the recently characterized SRA-HNH family of modification-dependent restriction endonucleases (REases) that also includes ScoA3IV (Sco5333) and TbiR51I (Tbis1). Here, we present a crystal structure of dimeric TagI, which exhibits a DNA binding site formed jointly by the nuclease domains, and separate binding sites for modified DNA bases in the two protomers. The nuclease domains have characteristic features of HNH/ββα-Me REases, and catalyze nicks or double strand breaks, with preference for /RY and RYN/RY sites, respectively. The SRA domains have the canonical fold. Their pockets for the flipped bases are spacious enough to accommodate 5-methylcytosine (5mC) or 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), but not glucosyl-5-hydroxymethylcytosine (g5hmC). Such preference is in agreement with the biochemical determination of the TagI modification dependence and the results of phage restriction assays. The ability of TagI to digest plasmids methylated by Dcm (C5mCWGG), M.Fnu4HI (G5mCNGC) or M.HpyCH4IV (A5mCGT) suggests that the SRA domains of the enzyme are tolerant to different sequence contexts of the modified base.
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- Marlena Kisiala
- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.,Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.,Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- New England Biolabs, Inc. 240 County Road, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA
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- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
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- New England Biolabs, Inc. 240 County Road, Ipswich, MA 01938, USA
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- International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.,Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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Weigele P, Raleigh EA. Biosynthesis and Function of Modified Bases in Bacteria and Their Viruses. Chem Rev 2016; 116:12655-12687. [PMID: 27319741 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
Naturally occurring modification of the canonical A, G, C, and T bases can be found in the DNA of cellular organisms and viruses from all domains of life. Bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) are a particularly rich but still underexploited source of such modified variant nucleotides. The modifications conserve the coding and base-pairing functions of DNA, but add regulatory and protective functions. In prokaryotes, modified bases appear primarily to be part of an arms race between bacteriophages (and other genomic parasites) and their hosts, although, as in eukaryotes, some modifications have been adapted to convey epigenetic information. The first half of this review catalogs the identification and diversity of DNA modifications found in bacteria and bacteriophages. What is known about the biogenesis, context, and function of these modifications are also described. The second part of the review places these DNA modifications in the context of the arms race between bacteria and bacteriophages. It focuses particularly on the defense and counter-defense strategies that turn on direct recognition of the presence of a modified base. Where modification has been shown to affect other DNA transactions, such as expression and chromosome segregation, that is summarized, with reference to recent reviews.
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- Peter Weigele
- Chemical Biology, New England Biolabs , Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938, United States
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Mechanistic insights into the recognition of 5-methylcytosine oxidation derivatives by the SUVH5 SRA domain. Sci Rep 2016; 6:20161. [PMID: 26841909 PMCID: PMC4740795 DOI: 10.1038/srep20161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
5-Methylcytosine (5 mC) is associated with epigenetic gene silencing in mammals and plants. 5 mC is consecutively oxidized to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5 hmC), 5-formylcytosine (5fC) and 5-carboxylcytosine (5caC) by ten-eleven translocation enzymes. We performed binding and structural studies to investigate the molecular basis of the recognition of the 5 mC oxidation derivatives in the context of a CG sequence by the SET- and RING-associated domain (SRA) of the SUVH5 protein (SUVH5 SRA). Using calorimetric measurements, we demonstrate that the SRA domain binds to the hydroxymethylated CG (5hmCG) DNA duplex in a similar manner to methylated CG (5mCG). Interestingly, the SUVH5 SRA domain exhibits weaker affinity towards carboxylated CG (5caCG) and formylated CG (5fCG). We report the 2.6 Å resolution crystal structure of the SUVH5 SRA domain in a complex with fully hydroxymethyl-CG and demonstrate a dual flip-out mechanism, whereby the symmetrical 5hmCs are simultaneously extruded from the partner strands of the DNA duplex and are positioned within the binding pockets of individual SRA domains. The hydroxyl group of 5hmC establishes both intra- and intermolecular interactions in the binding pocket. Collectively, we show that SUVH5 SRA recognizes 5hmC in a similar manner to 5 mC, but exhibits weaker affinity towards 5 hmC oxidation derivatives.
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