title: CpG methylation of the CENP-B box reduces human CENP-B binding.
abstract: In eukaryotes, CpG methylation is an epigenetic DNA modification that is important for heterochromatin formation. Centromere protein B (CENP-B) specifically binds to the centromeric 17 base-pair CENP-B box DNA, which contains two CpG dinucleotides. In this study, we tested complex formation by the DNA-binding domain of CENP-B with methylated and unmethylated CENP-B box DNAs, and found that CENP-B preferentially binds to the unmethylated CENP-B box DNA. Competition analyses revealed that the affinity of CENP-B for the CENP-B box DNA is reduced nearly to the level of nonspecific DNA binding by CpG methylation.
authors.affiliation: Protein Research Group, RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurumizaka
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
mesh_terms: D001324:Autoantigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D051936:Centromere Protein B; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D018899:CpG Islands; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011485:Protein Binding
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens; C497926:CENPB protein, human; D051936:Centromere Protein B; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004247:DNA