Comment on "Structural basis of histone H3K27 trimethylation by an active polycomb repressive complex 2"

Science. 2016 Dec 23;354(6319):1543. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf6236.

Abstract

Jiao and Liu (Research Articles, 16 October 2015, aac4383) reported the crystal structure of the protein complex polycomb repressive complex 2 from Chaetomium thermophilum This landmark structure has brought invaluable insights into the activation mechanism of this essential methyltransferase. However, the analysis of the x-ray data discussed below suggests that the description of oncogenic H3K27M peptide binding to the active site is incorrect.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Chaetomium / metabolism
  • Histones / metabolism*
  • Methylation
  • Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 / metabolism
  • Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 / chemistry*

Substances

  • Histones
  • Polycomb Repressive Complex 2
  • Polycomb Repressive Complex 1