Bromodomain

Bromodomain

Ribbon diagram of the GCN5 bromodomain from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, colored from blue (N-terminus) to red (C-terminus).[1]
Identifiers
Symbol Bromodomain
Pfam PF00439
InterPro IPR001487
SMART SM00297
PROSITE PDOC00550
SCOP 1b91
SUPERFAMILY 1b91
CDD cd04369

A bromodomain is an approximately 110 amino acid protein domain that recognizes acetylated lysine residues, such as those on the N-terminal tails of histones. Bromodomains, as the “readers” of lysine acetylation, are responsible in transducing the signal carried by acetylated lysine residues and translating it into various normal or abnormal phenotypes.[2] Their affinity is higher for regions where multiple acetylation sites exist in proximity. This recognition is often a prerequisite for protein-histone association and chromatin remodeling. The domain itself adopts an all-α protein fold, a bundle of four alpha helices each separated by loop regions of variable lengths that form a hydrophobic pocket that recognizes the acetyl lysine.[1][3]

Discovery

The bromodomain was identified as a novel structural motif by John W. Tamkun and colleagues studying the drosophila gene Brahma/brm, and showed sequence similarity to genes involved in transcriptional activation.[4] The name "bromodomain" is derived from the relationship of this domain with Brahma and is unrelated to the chemical element bromine.

Examples of bromodomain-containing proteins

Bromodomain-containing proteins can have a wide variety of functions, ranging from histone acetyltransferase activity and chromatin remodeling to transcriptional mediation and co-activation.

A well-known example of a bromodomain family is the BET (Bromodomain and extraterminal domain family). Members of this family include BRD2, BRD3, BRD4 and BRDT. However proteins such as ASH1L also contain a bromodomain. Dysfunction of BRD proteins has been linked to diseases such as human squamous cell carcinoma and other forms of cancer.[5] Histone acetyltransferases, including EP300 and PCAF, have bromodomains in addition to acetyl-transferase domains.[6][7][8]

Role in human disease

The role of bromodomains in translating a deregulated cell acetylome into disease phenotypes was recently unveiled by the development of small molecule bromodomain inhibitors. This breakthrough discovery highlighted bromodomain-containing proteins as key players in cancer biology, as well as inflammation and remyelination in multiple sclerosis.[2]

Members of the BET family have been implicated as targets in both human cancer[9] and multiple sclerosis.[10] These BET inhibitors have shown therapeutic effects in multiple preclinical models of cancer and are currently in clinical trials in the United States.[11] Their application in multiple sclerosis is still in the preclinical stage.

Small molecule inhibitors of non-BET bromodomain proteins BRD7 and BRD9 have also been developed.[12][13]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 PDB: 1e6i​; Owen DJ, Ornaghi P, Yang JC, Lowe N, Evans PR, Ballario P, Neuhaus D, Filetici P, Travers AA (November 2000). "The structural basis for the recognition of acetylated histone H4 by the bromodomain of histone acetyltransferase gcn5p". EMBO J. 19 (22): 6141–9. doi:10.1093/emboj/19.22.6141. PMC 305837. PMID 11080160.
  2. 1 2 Ntranos, Achilles; Casaccia, Patrizia. "Bromodomains: Translating the words of lysine acetylation into myelin injury and repair". Neuroscience Letters. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2015.10.015.
  3. ↑ Zeng L, Zhou MM (February 2002). "Bromodomain: an acetyl-lysine binding domain". FEBS Lett. 513 (1): 124–8. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(01)03309-9. PMID 11911891.
  4. ↑ Tamkun JW, Deuring R, Scott MP, Kissinger M, Pattatucci AM, Kaufman TC, Kennison JA (February 1992). "brahma: a regulator of Drosophila homeotic genes structurally related to the yeast transcriptional activator SNF2/SWI2". Cell 68 (3): 561–72. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(92)90191-E. PMID 1346755.
  5. ↑ Filippakopoulos, Panagis (2012). "Histone Recognition and Large-Scale Structural Analysis of the Human Bromodomain Family". Cell 149 (1): 214–231. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2012.02.013.
  6. ↑ Dhalluin, C; Carlson, J. E.; Zeng, L; He, C; Aggarwal, A. K.; Zhou, M. M.; Zhou, Ming-Ming (1999). "Structure and ligand of a histone acetyltransferase bromodomain". Nature 399 (6735): 491–6. doi:10.1038/20974. PMID 10365964.
  7. ↑ Santillan, D. A.; Theisler, C. M.; Ryan, A. S.; Popovic, R; Stuart, T; Zhou, M. M.; Alkan, S; Zeleznik-Le, N. J. (2006). "Bromodomain and histone acetyltransferase domain specificities control mixed lineage leukemia phenotype". Cancer Research 66 (20): 10032–9. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-2597. PMID 17047066.
  8. ↑ Hay, D. A.; Fedorov, O; Martin, S; Singleton, D. C.; Tallant, C; Wells, C; Picaud, S; Philpott, M; Monteiro, O. P.; Rogers, C. M.; Conway, S. J.; Rooney, T. P.; Tumber, A; Yapp, C; Filippakopoulos, P; Bunnage, M. E.; Müller, S; Knapp, S; Schofield, C. J.; Brennan, P. E. (2014). "Discovery and optimization of small-molecule ligands for the CBP/p300 bromodomains". Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 (26): 9308–19. doi:10.1021/ja412434f. PMC 4183655. PMID 24946055.
  9. ↑ Jung, Marie; Gelato, Kathy A; Fernández-Montalván, Amaury; Siegel, Stephan; Haendler, Bernard (2015-06-16). "Targeting BET bromodomains for cancer treatment". Epigenomics 7 (3): 487–501. doi:10.2217/epi.14.91.
  10. ↑ Gacias, Mar; Gerona-Navarro, Guillermo; Plotnikov, Alexander N.; Zhang, Guangtao; Zeng, Lei; Kaur, Jasbir; Moy, Gregory; Rusinova, Elena; Rodriguez, Yoel. "Selective Chemical Modulation of Gene Transcription Favors Oligodendrocyte Lineage Progression". Chemistry & Biology 21 (7): 841–854. doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2014.05.009. ISSN 1074-5521. PMC 4104156. PMID 24954007.
  11. ↑ Shi, Junwei (2014). "The Mechanisms behind the Therapeutic Activity of BET Bromodomain Inhibition". Molecular Cell 54 (5): 728–736. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2014.05.016. PMC 4236231. PMID 24905006.
  12. ↑ Clark, P. G.; Vieira, L. C.; Tallant, C; Fedorov, O; Singleton, D. C.; Rogers, C. M.; Monteiro, O. P.; Bennett, J. M.; Baronio, R; Müller, S; Daniels, D. L.; Méndez, J; Knapp, S; Brennan, P. E.; Dixon, D. J. (2015). "LP99: Discovery and Synthesis of the First Selective BRD7/9 Bromodomain Inhibitor". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54: n/a. doi:10.1002/anie.201501394. PMID 25864491.
  13. ↑ Theodoulou, N. H.; Bamborough, P; Bannister, A. J.; Becher, I; Bit, R. A.; Che, K. H.; Chung, C. W.; Dittmann, A; Drewes, G; Drewry, D. H.; Gordon, L; Grandi, P; Leveridge, M; Lindon, M; Michon, A. M.; Molnar, J; Robson, S. C.; Tomkinson, N. C.; Kouzarides, T; Prinjha, R. K.; Humphreys, P. G. (2015). "The Discovery of I-BRD9, a Selective Cell Active Chemical Probe for Bromodomain Containing Protein 9 Inhibition". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry: 150430080108003. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00256. PMID 25856009.
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