title: Structure of the histone acetyltransferase Hat1: a paradigm for the GCN5-related N-acetyltransferase superfamily.
abstract: We have solved the crystal structure of the yeast histone acetyltransferase Hat1-acetyl coenzyme A (AcCoA) complex at 2.3 A resolution. Hat1 has an elongated, curved structure, and the AcCoA molecule is bound in a cleft on the concave surface of the protein, marking the active site of the enzyme. A channel of variable width and depth that runs across the protein is probably the binding site for the histone substrate. A model for histone H4 binding by Hat1 is discussed in terms of possible sources of specific lysine recognition by the enzyme. The structure of Hat1 provides a model for the structures of the catalytic domains of a protein superfamily that includes other histone acetyltransferases such as Gcn5 and CBP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132, USA. rnd@snowbird.med.utah.edu
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Dutnall
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Tafrov
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sternglanz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
mesh_terms: D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A / Q000737:chemistry*; D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase / Q000737:chemistry; D001665:Binding Sites; D002384:Catalysis; D003461:Crystallography; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D017356:Synchrotrons; D000099224:p300-CBP-Associated Factor
chemical_list: D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A; D000123:Acetyltransferases; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D006657:Histones; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C501392:GCN5 protein, S cerevisiae; D000099224:p300-CBP-Associated Factor; C110880:histone acetyltransferase type B complex