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SUBMITTER: Mishima Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4666388 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mishima Yuichi Y Jayasinghe Chanika D CD Lu Kai K Otani Junji J Shirakawa Masahiro M Kawakami Toru T Kimura Hironobu H Hojo Hironobu H Carlton Peter P Tajima Shoji S Suetake Isao I
Nucleic acids research 20150828 21
The α, β and γ isoforms of mammalian heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) selectively bind to methylated lysine 9 of histone H3 via their chromodomains. Although the phenotypes of HP1-knockout mice are distinct for each isoform, the molecular mechanisms underlying HP1 isoform-specific function remain elusive. In the present study, we found that in contrast to HP1α, HP1γ could not bind tri-methylated H3 lysine 9 in a reconstituted tetra-nucleosomes when the nucleosomes were in an uncompacted state. Th ...[more]