New insights into BS69 functions

J Biol Chem. 2006 Jun 16;281(24):16546-50. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M600573200. Epub 2006 Mar 24.

Abstract

The BS69 protein has been commonly described as a co-repressor associated with various transcription factors. However, this hypothesis relied predominantly on overexpression of tagged proteins due to the lack of a reliable BS69 antibody. We present for the first time a complete sequence of BS69 and valuable tools to characterize the endogenous protein. We show that the full-length BS69 protein, as well as minor alternatively spliced isoforms, is ubiquitously expressed, nuclear, and associates with chromatin and mitotic chromosomes. Accordingly, BS69 interacts with a set of chromatin remodeling factors, including ATP-dependent helicases, histone deacetylases, and histone methyltransferases, as well as the E2F6 transcription factor. These data strengthen a role for BS69 in gene repression and link BS69 to chromatin remodeling.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alternative Splicing
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Carrier Proteins / physiology*
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Nucleus / metabolism
  • Chromatin / chemistry
  • Co-Repressor Proteins
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Histone Methyltransferases
  • Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Isoforms
  • Protein Methyltransferases
  • Ubiquitin / chemistry

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Chromatin
  • Co-Repressor Proteins
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Protein Isoforms
  • Ubiquitin
  • ZMYND11 protein, human
  • Zmynd11 protein, mouse
  • Histone Methyltransferases
  • Protein Methyltransferases
  • Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase