Chromo shadow domain

Chromo shadow domain
hp1 chromo shadow domain in complex with pxvxl motif of caf-1
Identifiers
Symbol	Chromo_shadow
Pfam	PF01393
Pfam clan	CL0049
InterPro	IPR008251
SCOP2	1e0b / SCOPe / SUPFAM
CDD	cd00034
Available protein structures: Pfam   structures / ECOD   PDB RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj PDBsum structure summary

In molecular biology, the chromo shadow domain is a protein domain which is distantly related to the chromodomain. It is always found in association with a chromodomain.[1] Proteins containing a chromo shadow domain include Drosophila and human heterochromatin protein Su(var)205 (HP1); and mammalian modifier 1 and modifier 2.

Chromo shadow domains self-aggregate, bringing together the nucleosomes to which their proteins are bound and thus condense the chromatin region they are associated with. Condensed chromatin is not able to be transcribed as the transcription factors and enzymes are not able to access to DNA sequence in this form. Hence chromoshadow domain containing proteins repress gene transcription.[2]

References

1. Aasland R, Stewart AF (August 1995). "The chromo shadow domain, a second chromo domain in heterochromatin-binding protein 1, HP1". Nucleic Acids Research. 23 (16): 3168–73. doi:10.1093/nar/23.16.3168. PMC 307174. PMID 7667093.
2. Yamamoto K, Sonoda M (February 2003). "Self-interaction of heterochromatin protein 1 is required for direct binding to histone methyltransferase, SUV39H1". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 301 (2): 287–92. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)03021-8. PMID 12565857.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro: IPR008251

External links

• Eukaryotic Linear Motif resource motif class LIG_HP1_1