Chromodomains read the arginine code of post-translational targeting

Iris Holdermann, N. Helge Meyer, Adam Round, Klemens Wild, Michael Sattler, Irmgard Sinning

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Abstract

Chromodomains typically recruit protein complexes to chromatin and read the epigenetic histone code by recognizing lysine methylation in histone tails. We report the crystal structure of the chloroplast signal recognition particle (cpSRP) core from Arabidopsis thaliana, with the cpSRP54 tail comprising an arginine-rich motif bound to the second chromodomain of cpSRP43. A twinned aromatic cage reads out two neighboring nonmethylated arginines and adapts chromodomains to a non-nuclear function in post-translational targeting.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)260-263
Number of pages4
JournalNature Structural and Molecular Biology
Volume19
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2012

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