布罗莫结构域

布罗莫结构域(英语:bromodomain)是识别如组蛋白N端尾部等位置乙酰化赖氨酸残基的蛋白质结构域。这一识别过程往往是蛋白质-组蛋白相关及染色质重塑的先决条件。该结构域的采取一种全-α蛋白质折叠的形式,由四个α螺旋捆在一起形成[1][2]

布罗莫结构域
Ribbon diagram of the GCN5 bromodomain from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, colored from blue (N-terminus) to red (C-terminus).[1]
鉴定
标志Bromodomain
PfamPF00439旧版
InterPro英语InterProIPR001487
SMART英语Simple Modular Architecture Research ToolSM00297
PROSITE英语PROSITEPDOC00550
SCOP英语Structural Classification of Proteins1b91 / SUPFAM
CDD英语Conserved Domain Databasecd04369

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约翰·W·塔穆昆与其同僚在研究brm基因时发现了布罗莫结构域这一新的结构模体,且与那些涉及转录活化的基因有着相似的序列.[3]

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参考文献

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  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 PDB 1e6i; Owen DJ, Ornaghi P, Yang JC, Lowe N, Evans PR, Ballario P, Neuhaus D, Filetici P, Travers AA. The structural basis for the recognition of acetylated histone H4 by the bromodomain of histone acetyltransferase gcn5p. EMBO J. November 2000, 19 (22): 6141–9. PMC 305837 . PMID 11080160. doi:10.1093/emboj/19.22.6141. 
  2. ^ Zeng L, Zhou MM. Bromodomain: an acetyl-lysine binding domain. FEBS Lett. February 2002, 513 (1): 124–8. PMID 11911891. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(01)03309-9. 
  3. ^ Tamkun JW, Deuring R, Scott MP, Kissinger M, Pattatucci AM, Kaufman TC, Kennison JA. brahma: a regulator of Drosophila homeotic genes structurally related to the yeast transcriptional activator SNF2/SWI2. Cell. February 1992, 68 (3): 561–72. PMID 1346755. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(92)90191-E.