title: Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic study of isolated modules of the mouse coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1.
abstract: Coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1) plays a crucial role in gene expression as a coactivator of several nuclear hormone receptors and also of non-nuclear receptor systems. Its recruitment by the transcriptional machinery induces protein methylation, leading to chromatin remodelling and gene activation. CARM1(28-507) and two structural states of CARM1(140-480) were expressed, purified and crystallized. Crystals of CARM1(28-507) belong to space group P6(2)22, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 136.0, c = 125.3 A; they diffract to beyond 2.5 A resolution using synchrotron radiation and contain one monomer in the asymmetric unit. The structure of CARM1(28-507) was solved by multiple isomorphous replacement and anomalous scattering methods. Crystals of apo CARM1(140-480) belong to space group I222, with unit-cell parameters a = 74.6, b = 99.0, c = 207.4 A; they diffract to beyond 2.7 A resolution and contain two monomers in the asymmetric unit. Crystals of CARM1(140-480) in complex with S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine belong to space P2(1)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = 74.6, b = 98.65, c = 206.08 A; they diffract to beyond 2.6 A resolution and contain four monomers in the asymmetric unit. The structures of apo and holo CARM1(140-480) were solved by molecular-replacement techniques from the structure of CARM1(28-507).
authors.affiliation: Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Département de Biologie et Génomique Structurales, Illkirch, France.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Troffer-Charlier
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cura
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hassenboehler
authors.forename: Dino
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moras
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cavarelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D017931:DNA Primers; D051379:Mice; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011484:Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018411:Spodoptera
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D011484:Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases; C119966:coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1