PMID- 10393169 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990831 LR - 20161019 IS - 0261-4189 (Print) IS - 0261-4189 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 13 DP - 1999 Jul 1 TI - Crystal structure of the histone acetyltransferase domain of the human PCAF transcriptional regulator bound to coenzyme A. PG - 3521-32 AB - The human p300/CBP-associating factor, PCAF, mediates transcriptional activation through its ability to acetylate nucleosomal histone substrates as well as transcriptional activators such as p53. We have determined the 2.3 A crystal structure of the histone acetyltransferase (HAT) domain of PCAF bound to coenzyme A. The structure reveals a central protein core associated with coenzyme A binding and a pronounced cleft that sits over the protein core and is flanked on opposite sides by the N- and C-terminal protein segments. A correlation of the structure with the extensive mutagenesis data for PCAF and the homologous yeast GCN5 protein implicates the cleft and the N- and C-terminal protein segments as playing an important role in histone substrate binding, and a glutamate residue in the protein core as playing an essential catalytic role. A structural comparison with the coenzyme-bound forms of the related N-acetyltransferases, HAT1 (yeast histone acetyltransferase 1) and SmAAT (Serratia marcescens aminoglycoside 3-N-acetyltransferase), suggests the mode of substrate binding and catalysis by these enzymes and establishes a paradigm for understanding the structure-function relationships of other enzymes that acetylate histones and transcriptional regulators to promote activated transcription. FAU - Clements, A AU - Clements A AD - The Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. FAU - Rojas, J R AU - Rojas JR FAU - Trievel, R C AU - Trievel RC FAU - Wang, L AU - Wang L FAU - Berger, S L AU - Berger SL FAU - Marmorstein, R AU - Marmorstein R LA - eng SI - PDB/1CM0 GR - GM52880/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM55360/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - EMBO J JT - The EMBO journal JID - 8208664 RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Fungal Proteins) RN - 0 (Histones) RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) RN - EC 2.3.1.- (Acetyltransferases) RN - EC 2.3.1.48 (GCN5 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - EC 2.3.1.48 (Histone Acetyltransferases) RN - EC 2.7.- (Protein Kinases) RN - SAA04E81UX (Coenzyme A) SB - IM MH - Acetylation MH - Acetyltransferases/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Binding Sites MH - Catalysis MH - Coenzyme A/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Conserved Sequence MH - Crystallization MH - Crystallography, X-Ray MH - *DNA-Binding Proteins MH - Fungal Proteins/chemistry/metabolism MH - Glutamic Acid/chemistry/metabolism MH - Histone Acetyltransferases MH - Histones/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Models, Molecular MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Protein Conformation MH - Protein Kinases/chemistry/metabolism MH - Protein Structure, Secondary MH - *Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins MH - Structure-Activity Relationship MH - Transcription Factors/*chemistry/metabolism PMC - PMC1171431 EDAT- 1999/07/07 00:00 MHDA- 1999/07/07 00:01 CRDT- 1999/07/07 00:00 PHST- 1999/07/07 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/07/07 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/07/07 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1093/emboj/18.13.3521 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EMBO J. 1999 Jul 1;18(13):3521-32. doi: 10.1093/emboj/18.13.3521.