Abstract
Histone Nϵ-lysine methylation is a widespread posttranslational modification that is specifically recognised by a diverse class of Nϵ-methyllysine binding reader proteins. Combined thermodynamic data, molecular dynamics simulations, and quantum chemical studies reveal that reader proteins efficiently bind trimethylornithine and trimethylhomolysine, the simplest Nϵ-trimethyllysine analogues that differ in the length of the side chain.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2409-2412 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| Early online date | 9 Feb 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - 7 Mar 2018 |
Funding
This work was supported by the ERC Starting Grant to J. M. (ChemEpigen-715691) and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NCI-TA 731.015.202). K. K. is supported by a World Bank Education Grant. J. P. thanks the Spanish MINECO (CTQ2016-77558-R).
| Funders | Funder number |
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| ERC Starting | ChemEpigen-715691 |
| Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research | NCI-TA 731.015.202 |
| World Bank Education | |
| Horizon 2020 Framework Programme | 715691 |