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Chromatin structure and its chemical modifications regulate the ubiquitin ligase substrate selectivity of UHRF1.


ABSTRACT: Mitotic inheritance of DNA methylation patterns is facilitated by UHRF1, a DNA- and histone-binding E3 ubiquitin ligase that helps recruit the maintenance DNA methyltransferase DNMT1 to replicating chromatin. The DNA methylation maintenance function of UHRF1 is dependent on its ability to bind chromatin, where it facilitates monoubiquitination of histone H3 at lysines 18 and 23, a docking site for DNMT1. Because of technical limitations, this model of UHRF1-dependent DNA methylation inheritance has been constructed largely based on genetics and biochemical observations querying methylated DNA oligonucleotides, synthetic histone peptides, and heterogeneous chromatin extracted from cells. Here, we construct semisynthetic mononucleosomes harboring defined histone and DNA modifications and perform rigorous analysis of UHRF1 binding and enzymatic activity with these reagents. We show that multivalent engagement of nucleosomal linker DNA and dimethylated lysine 9 on histone H3 directs UHRF1 ubiquitin ligase activity toward histone substrates. Notably, we reveal a molecular switch, stimulated by recognition of hemimethylated DNA, which redirects UHRF1 ubiquitin ligase activity away from histones in favor of robust autoubiquitination. Our studies support a noncompetitive model for UHRF1 and DNMT1 chromatin recruitment to replicating chromatin and define a role for hemimethylated linker DNA as a regulator of UHRF1 ubiquitin ligase substrate selectivity.

SUBMITTER: Vaughan RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6126761 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Chromatin structure and its chemical modifications regulate the ubiquitin ligase substrate selectivity of UHRF1.

Vaughan Robert M RM   Dickson Bradley M BM   Whelihan Matthew F MF   Johnstone Andrea L AL   Cornett Evan M EM   Cheek Marcus A MA   Ausherman Christine A CA   Cowles Martis W MW   Sun Zu-Wen ZW   Rothbart Scott B SB  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20180813 35


Mitotic inheritance of DNA methylation patterns is facilitated by UHRF1, a DNA- and histone-binding E3 ubiquitin ligase that helps recruit the maintenance DNA methyltransferase DNMT1 to replicating chromatin. The DNA methylation maintenance function of UHRF1 is dependent on its ability to bind chromatin, where it facilitates monoubiquitination of histone H3 at lysines 18 and 23, a docking site for DNMT1. Because of technical limitations, this model of UHRF1-dependent DNA methylation inheritance  ...[more]

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