Chromo-Barrel: Chromo-Barrel, as the other member of the Royal family, shows some specificity, preferring tri- or dimethylated H3K36 and monomethylated H4K20 (H4K20me1); however, they bind rather weakly. (1)
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1. Musselman CA, Lalonde ME, Cote J, Kutateladze TG.Perceiving the epigenetic landscape through histone readers. Nat Struct Mol Biol.2012;19(12):1218-27. PMID: 23211769.
DCD: In the double chromodomain (DCD), both chromodomains share their general secondary structure elements with those previously seen in HP1 and Polycomb chromodomains. The linker segment forms a novel helix–turn–helix structure that juxtaposes the two chromodomains to form a continuous surface. A total of 350 Å is buried at the interface of these tandem chromodomains. (1)
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MBT: MBT reads lower methylation states, recognizing mono- and dimethylated lysines. All MBTs characterized at present contain two to four repeats of ~100 amino acids. The most common three-repeat 3MBT module folds in a propeller-like structure, and the four-repeat 4MBT module has an asymmetric rhombus architecture29-32. Notably, although each MBT repeat contains an aromatic cage, which also includes an acidic residue, only the second repeat binds methyllysine. (1)
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1. Musselman CA, Lalonde ME, Cote J, Kutateladze TG.Perceiving the epigenetic landscape through histone readers. Nat Struct Mol Biol.2012;19(12):1218-27. PMID: 23211769.