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A homeotic mutation in the trithorax SET domain impedes histone binding.
Genes & development - 1 Sept 2001
Katsani K R, Arredondo J J, Kal A J, Verrijzer C P
Abstract excerpt
Trithorax (TRX) is a Drosophila SET domain protein that is required for the correct expression of homeotic genes. Here, we show that the TRX SET domain efficiently binds to core histones and nucleosomes. The primary target for the SET domain is histone H3 and binding requires the N-terminal histone tails. The previously described trx(Z11) mutation changes a strictly conserved glycine in the SET domain to serine...
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