The methyl-CpG binding protein MBD1 interacts with the p150 subunit of chromatin assembly factor 1.

DNA promoter hypermethylation has been shown to be a functional mechanism of transcriptional repression. This epigenetic gene silencing is thought to involve the recruitment of chromatin-remodeling factors, such as histone deacetylases, to methylated DNA via a family of proteins called methyl-CpG binding proteins (MBD1 to -4). MBD1, a member of ...
this family, exhibits transcription-repressive activity, but to this point no interacting protein partners have been identified. In this study, we demonstrate that MBD1 partners with the p150 subunit of chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1), forming a multiprotein complex that also contains HP1alpha. The MBD1-CAF-1 p150 interaction requires the methyl-CpG binding domain of MBD1, and the association occurs in the C terminus of CAF-1 p150. The two proteins colocalize to regions of dense heterochromatin in mouse cells, and overexpression of the C terminus of CAF-1 p150 prevents the targeting of MBD1 in these cells without disrupting global heterochromatin structure. This interaction suggests a role for MBD1 and CAF-1 p150 in methylation-mediated transcriptional repression and the inheritance of epigenetically determined chromatin states.
Mesh Terms:
3T3 Cells, Animals, Binding Sites, Carrier Proteins, Cell Nucleus, Cells, Cultured, Chromatin Assembly Factor-1, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone, CpG Islands, DNA Methylation, DNA-Binding Proteins, Heterochromatin, Humans, Macromolecular Substances, Mammals, Mice, Multiprotein Complexes, Protein Binding, Repressor Proteins, Transcription Factors
Mol. Cell. Biol.
Date: May. 01, 2003
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